Comparison

Star Puzzle Game vs CRITICSCALE

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

Head to head
About

Star Puzzle Game

Engage your logic with a simple yet challenging puzzle game. Place stars on a board divided into shapes, adhering to specific placement rules for single and double stars. Enjoy a fun and mentally stimulating experience.

Highlights
  • Star placement logic
  • Shape-based board division
  • Single star rules
  • Double star rules
  • Challenging gameplay
Features
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Let play one a simple puzzle game ! Play stars on board that divided to the separated shapes / areas. Remember some following rules: 2 Stars cannot be adjacent vertically , diagonally or horizontally. For 1 star : only one star existed in a shape, on each row and on each column. For 2 stars: only two stars existed in a shape, on each row and on each column. Have Fun ! Rate 5 stars if you like the game.

About

CRITICSCALE

Engage in daily music trivia challenges with eight distinct mini-games. Test your knowledge of music history, artists, and albums to maintain a daily streak and compete with friends. Offers a Pro version for expanded features.

Highlights
  • Eight bite-sized music trivia games
  • Daily streak challenges
  • Leaderboards and head-to-head play
  • Album cover identification
  • Music fact connection game
  • Artist origin guessing
  • Pro version with extra features
Features
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CRITICSCALE — DAILY MUSIC GAMES FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY KNOW MUSIC. Eight bite-sized games. One streak. A fresh round of every game at local midnight, every night. Free to play forever. THE EIGHT GAMES ERAPIN — A 30-second clip plays. Drag the pin along the timeline to the year you think it dropped. Closer is more points. CHROMEVINYL — An album cover, blurred down to its palette. Identify the artist before the clues sharpen and the score drops. CRITICWEB — Connect each music fact to the artist who lived it. Build the full web — no second guesses. VINYLCRACK — Hangman, but vinyl. Guess the artist letter by letter. Eight wrong picks and the record shatters. FAKEVINYL — Four album covers. One is real. Three are convincing fakes. Five rounds of pure paranoia. BANDGRID — Sixteen tiles. Four hidden categories of four. Group them all without burning four mistakes. ORIGINMAP (Pro) — A song plays. Drop a pin on the map where you think the artist is from. BEATBLITZ — Pick a music prompt. Type as many correct answers as you can before the clock dies. Rare answers buy you more time. ONE STREAK, EVERY DAY Play any game on a given day to keep your streak alive. Build it one day at a time, lose it in a missed midnight, defend it with a streak shield. FRIENDS, NOT FEEDS Add friends, compare daily scores on the leaderboard, and challenge anyone to a 1v1 head-to-head round. No algorithmic feed, no follower counts, no rage. Just receipts. NO ADS. NO TRACKING. NO NONSENSE. We don't run third-party advertising. We don't track you across other apps. We don't sell your data. The app is free; Pro is optional. PRO Pro unlocks past challenges (replay any previous day's round), Originmap, Endless Erapin, and a few quality-of-life upgrades. Subscription billed by Apple, cancellable any time from your subscription settings. QUESTIONS support@criticscale.com — bugs, account help, anything privacy@criticscale.com — privacy and data requests criticscale.com — eight games, one streak, see for yourself Made for music nerds. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Star Puzzle Game4 screens
CRITICSCALE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CRITICSCALE at 5.0 against Star Puzzle Game's 3.3. Star Puzzle Game's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CRITICSCALE sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Star Puzzle Game asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CRITICSCALE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Star Puzzle Game ships an update every 5 days, CRITICSCALE every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Star Puzzle Game versus CRITICSCALE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStar Puzzle GameCRITICSCALE
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB55 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHieu HoangCARLOS ANDRES SALAME AROSEMENA

Customer experience

Star Puzzle Game

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

CRITICSCALE

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Star Puzzle Game

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

CRITICSCALE

Subscriptions2
  • CriticScale Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • CriticScale Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time4
  • 100 Vinyl Stars$0.99
  • 550 Vinyl Stars$2.99
  • 1,200 Vinyl Stars$4.99
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  • 2,500 Vinyl Stars$9.99

Questions

Is Star Puzzle Game free?
Star Puzzle Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CRITICSCALE free?
CRITICSCALE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Star Puzzle Game or CRITICSCALE?
CRITICSCALE is rated higher. Star Puzzle Game averages 3.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while CRITICSCALE averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Star Puzzle Game or CRITICSCALE have ads?
Neither Star Puzzle Game nor CRITICSCALE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Star Puzzle Game or CRITICSCALE?
Star Puzzle Game ships an update every 5 days, and CRITICSCALE every 2 months. Most recently, Star Puzzle Game was updated on October 27, 2026 and CRITICSCALE on October 24, 2026.

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