Comparison

Phone Phite vs Maximum Plaid

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Phone Phite

Engage in a global competition where players strategically "attack" virtual screens on a world map. Utilize a variety of projectiles and defensive tools to outlast opponents and claim victory on a worldwide stage.

Highlights
  • Global competition on a world map
  • Virtual screen-cracking gameplay
  • Variety of projectiles (pebbles, rocks, pulse emitters)
  • Defensive tools (shields, cloud of doom)
  • Drone assistance
  • Strategic bearing and power settings
  • Outlast opponents to win
Features
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Welcome to the app that sets you on a world map where you try to "crack" the screen of the others in the game. No..not really...you are not really cracking their screen. Toss pebbles, rocks, send off pulse emitters, bowling balls, create a cloud of doom, put up a shield or two, and use drones to help you. You set the bearing and the power. This is on a world stage...real phone users on all continents may be a part of your game. Outlast them all to win.

About

Maximum Plaid

Experience a mesmerizing 2D physics simulation with interactive shapes that resemble snowflakes. Watch as these objects interact, grab each other, and move across the screen in a dynamic and visually captivating display. Customize the simulation by choosing different shape types and removing them with simple button presses.

Highlights
  • 2D physics simulation
  • Interactive snowflake-like shapes
  • Growing and shrinking shapes
  • Shape interaction and grabbing
  • Customizable shape types
  • Shape removal functionality
Features
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You won't believe your eyes when you see the shapes flying around the screen! Look at first and you will see pretty shapes that look like snowflakes, and filled snowflakes, and growing and shrinking shapes. Look for a bit longer and you will see that the little snowflake objects are interacting with each other and their little pockets grab each other as they move across the screen in a beautiful physics simulation in two dimensions! You can choose snowflakes, filled snowflakes, simple snowflakes, resizing shapes and you can remove them from the screen, all by pressing the buttons on the screen. For maximum freak out take a look at "Maximum Plaid" and see all of the shapes interacting at the same time. It is soothing and freakish at the same time! Please enjoy!

Screenshots

Phone Phite4 screens
Maximum Plaid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Phone Phite at 100% against Maximum Plaid's 25%. Phone Phite also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Maximum Plaid's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Phone Phite sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Maximum Plaid asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Phone Phite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Phone Phite's written reviews are positive against 25% of Maximum Plaid's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phone Phite ships an update fortnightly, Maximum Plaid every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Phone Phite versus Maximum Plaid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhone PhiteMaximum Plaid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian BentwoodRobert L Zimmelman

Customer experience

Phone Phite

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Maximum Plaid

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Phone Phite

One-time10
  • Bowling Ball$0.99
  • Green Slime$0.99
  • Info Drone$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Safety Shield$0.99
  • Red Slime$0.99
  • Blue Slime$0.99
  • Purple Slime$0.99
  • Pink Slime$0.99
  • Adv. Info Drone$0.99
  • Doom Cloud$0.99
None

Maximum Plaid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Phone Phite free?
Phone Phite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Maximum Plaid free?
Maximum Plaid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Phone Phite or Maximum Plaid?
Phone Phite is rated higher. Phone Phite averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Maximum Plaid averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Phone Phite or Maximum Plaid have ads?
Neither Phone Phite nor Maximum Plaid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phone Phite or Maximum Plaid?
Phone Phite ships an update fortnightly, and Maximum Plaid every 4 weeks. Most recently, Phone Phite was updated on August 28, 2026 and Maximum Plaid on June 5, 2026.

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