Cargo vs PixWords® Scenes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cargo
A brain-challenging puzzle game where players program a robot to move crates. It's designed to help users learn fundamental programming concepts through engaging gameplay and beautiful graphics.
- Robot programming puzzles
- Learn programming concepts
- Beautiful graphics
- Fiendish puzzles
- Record and share solutions
- Programmed on iPad
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Over one million people have enjoyed Cargo-Bot! The puzzle game that challenges your brain and helps you learn programming concepts. Cargo-Bot is the first game programmed entirely on iPad® using Codea It's a puzzle game where you teach a robot how to move crates. Sounds simple, right? Try it out! • Beautiful graphics • Fiendish puzzles • A game about programming, programmed entirely on iPad • Record your solutions and share them on YouTube • Learn more about how it was made by searching for Codea on the App Store
PixWords® Scenes
Solve crosswords by finding words hidden within detailed pictures. Play in your native or a foreign language to expand your vocabulary. Enjoy beautiful graphics and flexible play modes.
- Find words in pictures
- Crossword puzzles
- Vocabulary enrichment
- Multiple language support
- Beautiful graphics
- Landscape and portrait modes
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PixWords Scenes is a new amazing game from the PixWords® family. Find all words from a crossword in a picture/scene. You can choose your native language or any foreign one to enrich your vocabulary by playing the game. Main features - Ability to switch between many different languages and return to the languages you played before without losing your progress - Beautiful graphics and visual effects - Support for landscape and portrait mode - play any way you like The first game of the PixWords™ family - Crosswords with Pictures became a worldwide hit (over 15 million users on various platforms). The game was localized to 50 languages and held the #1 spot in the TOP Overall in more than 15 countries.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PixWords® Scenes at 4.8 against Cargo's 3.6. PixWords® Scenes also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (3.1K vs 27). Cargo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. PixWords® Scenes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Cargo asks for nothing beyond the download.
PixWords® Scenes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PixWords® Scenes has 3.1K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Cargo's written reviews are positive against 76% of PixWords® Scenes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Cargo ships an update every 30 months, PixWords® Scenes monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cargo | PixWords® Scenes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (27 ratings) | 4.8 (3.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.1% of reviews — better | 76.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 3.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 163 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Two Lives Left | Dekovir, Inc. |
Customer experience
Cargo
PixWords® Scenes
User reviews
Cargo
From 27 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Epic
- 👍 Tricky logical game
- 👍 Excellent game!
- 👍 Good accessible programming game
- 👍 Genius!
Room to improve
- 🐛 I AM SO MAD AT THE DEVELOPER AND THE GAME!!!!
- 🐛 The game is bad
- 🐛 The update deleted my save!
- 🐛 App Support
- 🐛 Teaches bad programming practices
PixWords® Scenes
From 3.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Engaging and challenging game
- 💡 Helpful for learning new languages
- 🧠 Exercises the mind
- 🎨 Lovely visuals and artwork
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🕰️ Long wait times between plays
- 🤔 Questionable scoring and tournament issues
Bugs and requests
Cargo
Reported bugs
4 issues- Come together 2 hard mode crashes when I complete it in 8 step... wants you to stack 7 blocks but stashes when you do!!
- App froze while I was doing the tutorial. Still frozen each time I open it.
- ERROR: Parameters dt = random numbers. (about 1.6) OUTPUT: TEST TEST error: [string " -- StagePhysics.lua..":97: attempt to index local 'info' (a nil value) Pausing playback
- Infinite loop issue, recursion does not work correctly
Requested features
13 requests- Add a prog 5?
- Create your own level thing added in
- Saving multiple solutions, version control of unsolved puzzles, & saving off a set of instructions for reuse (building libraries of moves that are easy to reference in other puzzles)
- Settings to disable the sounds/music while letting background music play
- A button to simply change the "best solution" criteria
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- Updating the game or downloading "content" updates when new solutions are found
- An option in Settings to include a link to the video with the best solution displayed
- More explications... Per exemple, why a left arrow on the last sqarre of prog2 bring the claw automaticly to the leftmost colum no matter where your claw is???
- A reset levels button so you can use it with other users in a school
- A break function to stop infinite loops
- A tutorial about how to do the tutorial?
- A way to see the best solution for a level
- Multiple player profiles or even reset the game
PixWords® Scenes
Reported bugs
4 issues- Progress resets to level 1 after updates
- Purchased coins not being awarded correctly
- Scoring and tournament issues
- Compatibility problems on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add zoom functionality for better visibility
- Provide word definitions when tapping on words
- Introduce a shuffle feature for the letters
- Improve the 'show on picture' hint mechanism
In-app purchases
Cargo
No in-app purchases
PixWords® Scenes
- 100 Coins$0.99
- 200 Coins$1.99
- 550 Coins$2.99
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- 300 Coins$2.99
- 550 Coins$4.99
- Premium Coins Payout 30 Days$4.99
- 1200 Coins$5.99
- 1200 Coins$9.99
- 2500 Coins$11.99
- 2500 Coins$19.99
