Comparison

Donut Stack Sort vs Jelly Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

Donut Stack Sort

A minimalistic puzzle game where players merge hexagonal number blocks to create higher numbers. This addictive game challenges your brain, improving memory, concentration, and reflexes.

Highlights
  • Hexagon number block merging
  • Mind-sharpening gameplay
  • Improves memory and concentration
  • Addictive puzzle experience
  • Minimalistic design
Features
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Minimalistic and elegantly designed hexa puzzle game which lets you think out of the box and sharpen your mind. Donut Hexa Sort is one of those addictive number merge games that’ll keep you entertained for hours. The goal is to drag and merge the same hexagon number blocks so they merge into higher numbers. You get to enjoy this amazing new hexagon number puzzle game while improving your memory, concentration levels and reflexes at the same time. Once you start playing it, you will absolutely get addicted to this hexagon puzzle game.

About

Jelly Puzzle

Engage your mind with a unique jelly-themed logic puzzle. Strategically screw and unscrew nuts and bolts to solve increasingly challenging levels and improve your problem-solving skills. Discover multiple solutions and unlock new difficulties.

Highlights
  • IQ brain training
  • Unique jelly theme
  • Multiple solutions
  • New challenges unlocked
  • Screw and unscrew mechanics
  • Strategic thinking
Features
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Play Nuts and Bolts Game, the new brain-challenging puzzle to challenge and test your IQ. Train your mind while relaxing with multiple levels of our game Become the master of logic puzzles and enjoy the creative gameplay we have prepared especially for you. Nuts & Bolts: Jelly Puzzle Key Features - IQ Brain - training puzzle: Practice your brain and strategical thinking throughout our levels. Constantly thinking of new ways to solve the nuts bolts puzzle and level up your problem-solving skill - Unique Theme: The only nuts and bolts game that uses Jelly theme with great color and design - Multiple Solutions: Be creative when solving this brain teasing puzzle. Screw and unscrew to find out new strategy - New challenges: Face new challenges level after level. Unlock new difficulties once you have solved all the easy screw pin puzzles. Experience the nuts bolts puzzle game - Carefully look and evaluate the levels - Screw & unscrew: choose and relocate the pin or nuts to unpin all of the jelly plates from the board. - Be creative: Use different strategies to manipulate the plates, bolts, and nuts. Experiment with different ways of thinking to solve the screw pin puzzle with the least move as possible - Challenge the hell mode: Unlock new difficulty to challenge the master level of legends nuts bolts What are you waiting for? Screw and unscrew this puzzle and become the master of nuts & bolts now

Screenshots

Donut Stack Sort4 screens
Jelly Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Donut Stack Sort at none against Jelly Puzzle's shown. Jelly Puzzle's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 26%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Donut Stack Sort sells 19 one-off in-app purchases and Jelly Puzzle sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jelly Puzzle holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jelly Puzzle has 894 ratings behind it against 168, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Donut Stack Sort's written reviews are positive against 50% of Jelly Puzzle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Donut Stack Sort ships an update every 3 weeks, Jelly Puzzle fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Donut Stack Sort versus Jelly Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDonut Stack SortJelly Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (168 ratings)4.8 (894 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.9% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings168894 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size429 MB389 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTran Tien ThanhCTC Technology Limited

Customer experience

Donut Stack Sort

All ratings167 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive25.9%
Neutral16.7%
Negative57.4%

Jelly Puzzle

All ratings892 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

User reviews

Donut Stack Sort

From 168 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🎨 Beautiful design and graphics
  • 💡 Good core game mechanics
  • 💖 Enjoyable for anxiety relief

Room to improve

  • 广告 Excessive and intrusive ads
  • 💸 Deceptive advertising practices
  • 😩 Ads cover half the screen
  • ✋ Ads block gameplay
  • ❌ Ads prevent game progression

Jelly Puzzle

From 894 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Enjoyable daily challenge
  • 🧩 Fun and challenging puzzles
  • 👍 Positive feedback on the game overall
  • 👏 Excellent work on the game

Room to improve

  • 🐞 Bugs and glitches affecting gameplay
  • 📺 Too many ads causing frustration
  • ⏱ Rigid and challenging timers
  • 💰 In-app purchases can be perceived as stingy

Bugs and requests

Donut Stack Sort

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Ads freeze the game
  • Ads don't close
  • Ads appear mid-game and block screen
  • Purchased ad-free experience still has ads
  • In-app purchases not credited (e.g., coins)
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  • Levels don't change after reaching a certain point
  • Game freezes and requires restart
  • Transparent ad layer blocks gameplay
  • Levels are locked early on

Requested features

6 requests
  • More levels needed
  • Update the game with new content
  • Fix the ad issue
  • Improve ad removal value
  • Change or remove the white donut (hard to see)
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  • Add more lives/attempts

Jelly Puzzle

No bugs or feature requests surfaced in reviews.

In-app purchases

19 purchases

Donut Stack Sort

One-time19
  • Coin 1$0.99
  • Premium Skin 2$0.99
  • Premium Skin 1$0.99
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  • Remove ads$1.99
  • Super Spin$3.99
  • Ticket 1$3.99
  • Coin 2$4.99
  • No ads bundle$4.99
  • Mini Bundle$4.99
  • Piggy bank$4.99
  • Safe Pack$4.99
  • Ticket 2$7.99
  • Coin 3$9.99
  • One Plus One$9.99
  • Large Bundle$9.99
  • Ultimate Donut Pass$9.99
  • All bundle$19.99
  • Coin 4$29.99
  • Coin 5$49.99
16 purchases

Jelly Puzzle

One-time16
  • sweetpack$0.99
  • piggybank$2.49
  • vippass1$2.99
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  • candy1$2.99
  • ticket1$2.99
  • No Ads$4.99
  • featurecombo1$4.99
  • feature$6.99
  • vippass2$7.99
  • ticket2$7.99
  • candy2$7.99
  • gummypass$9.99
  • ticket3$14.99
  • candy3$14.99
  • featurecombo3$19.99
  • ticket4$29.99

Questions

Is Donut Stack Sort free?
Donut Stack Sort is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jelly Puzzle free?
Jelly Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Donut Stack Sort or Jelly Puzzle?
Jelly Puzzle is rated higher. Donut Stack Sort averages 4.5 out of 5 from 168 ratings, while Jelly Puzzle averages 4.8 from 894 ratings.
Do Donut Stack Sort or Jelly Puzzle have ads?
Jelly Puzzle shows ads; Donut Stack Sort does not.
Which is updated more often, Donut Stack Sort or Jelly Puzzle?
Donut Stack Sort ships an update every 3 weeks, and Jelly Puzzle fortnightly. Most recently, Donut Stack Sort was updated on October 21, 2026 and Jelly Puzzle on October 24, 2026.

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