Alfric's Workshop vs Pickle Machines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alfric's Workshop
Navigate a workshop after a magical shrinking accident by constructing inventive contraptions. Solve physics-based puzzles using a variety of parts and explore 81 levels. Create and share your own levels with a built-in editor.
- Physics-based puzzles
- 81 levels
- 21+ unique parts
- Level editor
- User-generated content sharing
- Wacky contraption building
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Alfric has been shrunk in a magical accident. Help him navigate his workshop in search of the cure by building wacky contraptions. - 81 levels - Solve physics-based puzzles using chains, pulleys, crystal balls, and more... - 21 different parts (plus 1 secret part unlocked by beating the game) - Level editor - upload your own levels and share them with your friends - All content is free (ad supported, in-app purchase to remove ads)
Pickle Machines
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Some machines do one job. Pickle Machines do it the silliest way possible. GOOD FOR BUSY BRAINS Every puzzle rewards a little planning and a lot of what if. It is gentle problem solving that feels like play, not homework. Kids build the logic without noticing. Grown ups get quietly hooked too. Every level gives you a goofy goal, pop the balloon or drop the ball in the bucket, and a box of parts. You build a wild chain reaction to make it happen. Press Run, watch it go, laugh when it flops, tweak it, and win. WHAT YOU BUILD WITH Trampolines, fans, seesaws, conveyor belts, magnets, cannons, portals, dominoes, candles, spinning wheels, ropes, pulleys, scissors, gears, balloons, cartoon bombs, and a cat. Twenty six parts, each with its own trick. HOW IT PLAYS Tap a part to drop it in. Drag it, spin it, flip it. Hit Run and the whole machine springs to life. Edit puts every part back exactly where it was, so kids can experiment with zero fear of breaking anything. No clock. No wrong way to tinker. MADE TO BE KID SAFE No ads. No in-app purchases. No pop-ups asking for money. Nothing to buy and nothing to sign up for. It works offline, anywhere, and progress saves right on the device. THIRTY FOUR HANDMADE LEVELS Twenty four play with the phone sideways and ten play with it upright. Each one teaches a new part, then dares you to combine them. There is a test bench too, running every single part at once. Build it. Run it. Watch the chaos work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pickle Machines at none against Alfric's Workshop's 1. Pickle Machines also leads on ads (none vs shown). Alfric's Workshop's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. Alfric's Workshop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pickle Machines asks for nothing beyond the download.
Alfric's Workshop ships an update fortnightly, Pickle Machines weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alfric's Workshop | Pickle Machines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 296 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frohardt Studios LLC | BEGRIP, s.r.o. |
In-app purchases
Alfric's Workshop
- Remove Ads$1.99
Pickle Machines
No in-app purchases
Questions
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