Climb Up! vs Thread VS Needle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Climb Up!
A scrolling action game where players flick and tilt to navigate a stickman up extremely long bars. Collect coins to unlock powerups and see how high you can climb while avoiding obstacles.
- Scrolling action gameplay
- Tilt controls for navigation
- Obstacle avoidance
- Coin collection
- Powerup system
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Climb Up! is a scrolling action game to climb up very very loooooong bars. Flick and tilt to avoid obstacles! Collect coins to get powerups! How far can you climb?
Thread VS Needle
A fun and engaging game where players must skillfully thread needles. Test your precision across over 70 challenging stages by controlling the thread's movement to complete each objective.
- Threading gameplay
- Over 70 stages
- Interactive thread control
- Object threading challenges
- Precision-based puzzles
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Fun game to thread the needles! Can you thread all the needles? Can you thread many various objects? There are more than 70 stages! Can you thread in all the stages? == HOW TO PLAY == Your thread is very active! Press your screen to raise the end of your thread, and release to drop it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Climb Up! at 81% against Thread VS Needle's 35%. Thread VS Needle's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.7) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Thread VS Needle holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thread VS Needle has 36 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Climb Up!'s written reviews are positive against 35% of Thread VS Needle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Climb Up! ships an update every 13 months, Thread VS Needle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Climb Up! | Thread VS Needle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.3 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.0% of reviews — better | 34.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KAZUYA KAMIOKA | REP COM Inc. |
Customer experience
Climb Up!
Thread VS Needle
In-app purchases
Climb Up!
No in-app purchases
Thread VS Needle
No in-app purchases
Questions
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