Pipe Jam vs Crate Sort!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pipe Jam
Slide colorful pieces to connect them to matching holes, building paths for balls to roll through. Overcome challenging obstacles and evolving puzzles as you advance through increasingly difficult levels. Enjoy a logic-based experience with a focus on strategic path-building.
- Slide pieces to connect pipes
- Guide balls into matching holes
- Overcome obstacles like iced holes
- Navigate around screwed-in pieces
- Progress through increasingly difficult levels
- Solve shape puzzles
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Solve the shape puzzle. Slide the colorful pieces to connect them to the matching holes. Build the right path and watch the balls roll out to clear the board. Plan your moves carefully. You slide shapes to open new paths. The puzzles change as you play. You break open iced holes and navigate around screwed-in pieces. New obstacles appear to test your logic as you advance. What you will enjoy playing: Build paths to guide balls into matching holes Solve puzzles by sliding and connecting pieces Overcome obstacles like iced holes and screwed pieces Play levels that get harder as you advance From simple starts to tangled pipes, every level brings a new puzzle. Enjoy!
Crate Sort!
Engage in a 3D color sorting puzzle where you unpack crates and pour balls onto a conveyor. Balls are automatically sorted into matching colored boxes. Strategically arrange crates to prevent the conveyor from overflowing.
- 3D color sorting gameplay
- Automatic ball sorting
- Conveyor belt mechanics
- Strategic crate arrangement
- Intuitive puzzle solving
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Welcome to the ultimate 3D color sorting game! Unpack the crates and pour the balls inside it to the conveyor. Balls get sorted automatically to the Sorting boxes that are matching their color. Choose the crates order wisely, make sure the conveyor is not overflowing!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crate Sort! at none against Pipe Jam's 7. Crate Sort! also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks). Pipe Jam's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (18 vs 2). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pipe Jam sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Crate Sort! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pipe Jam against 5.0 for Crate Sort!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pipe Jam has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pipe Jam ships an update every 4 weeks, Crate Sort! every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pipe Jam | Crate Sort! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bahadir Yerdelen | Can Aksoy |
Customer experience
Pipe Jam
Crate Sort!
In-app purchases
Pipe Jam
- 1000 Coins$1.99
- Remove Ads$7.99
- 5000 Coins$7.99
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- 10000 Coins$14.99
- 25000 Coins$29.99
- 50000 Coins$54.99
- 100000 Coins$99.99
Crate Sort!
No in-app purchases
