Starchess vs Maniloops
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starchess
Experience chess with a unique twist on a three-dimensional board. Pieces gain new movement capabilities, allowing for strategic plays in up, down, and diagonal directions. Enjoy a fresh challenge to your chess skills.
- Three-dimensional chess board
- Traditional chess rules
- Expanded piece movement (up, down, diagonal)
- Unique strategic gameplay
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Starchess has all of the same rules as traditional chess but now on a three-dimensional board. Pieces can move up, down and diagonally.
Maniloops
This game offers a unique twist on classic cube puzzles by allowing players to rotate interlocking loops through impossible 3D shapes. It challenges your logic with handcrafted puzzles that are easy to learn but difficult to master.
- Rotate interlocking loops
- Solve impossible 3D shapes
- Handcrafted puzzles
- Escalating challenge
- Zero ads
- Colorblind-friendly options
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Maniloops reimagines the twisty puzzle for the digital world. Instead of turning faces, you rotate interlocking loops that slide through impossible 3D shapes. No physical limits. No shortcuts. Just pure logic in motion. If you love cube puzzles, you’ll feel right at home — and then quickly out of your comfort zone. These puzzles twist space itself: looping tori, layered spheres, and structures that could never exist as real objects. Easy to pick up. Hard to master. Every solve is a small victory. Features: - Handcrafted puzzles with escalating challenge - Zero ads, zero distractions - Colorblind-friendly options - Perfect for quick plays or long problem-solving sessions A fresh take on twisty puzzles — built for your brain, not your shelf.
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Verdict
Starchess and Maniloops are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Starchess | Maniloops |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nathan Lane | Maniloops |
Customer experience
Starchess
Maniloops
In-app purchases
Starchess
No in-app purchases
Maniloops
No in-app purchases
