Flow Free vs Pack the Barn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flow Free
Connect matching colored pipes to fill the board and solve puzzles. Avoid crossing pipes to complete each level. Offers hundreds of free puzzles with varying difficulty, plus daily challenges and a timed mode.
- Connect matching colors
- Cover the entire board
- Hundreds of shaped puzzles
- Daily new levels
- Time Trial mode
- Game Center achievements
- Cloud sync
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Flow Free® reimagined: Infinite possibilities! If you like Flow Free, you'll love Flow Free: Shapes! Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap! Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free: Shapes a try, and experience "mind like water"! Flow Free: Shapes features: * Over 4,000 free, shaped puzzles! * Daily puzzles: new levels every day, never run out * Carefully crafted, high-quality puzzles ranging from easy to extreme! * Optimized touch controls for smooth, satisfying play * Game Center achievements and cloud sync of your progress * Clean, colorful graphics and fun sound effects Enjoy!
Pack the Barn
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Welcome to Pack the Barn, a charming block puzzle filled with cows, pigs, sheep, and plenty of farmyard personality. Choose from three animal-shaped pieces and carefully place them on the board. Complete rows and columns to make room for more animals, earn bonuses, and build scoring chains by clearing lines with consecutive moves. Simple to learn but increasingly challenging, every game tests your planning, timing, and ability to keep the barn from becoming too full. Features: Relaxing, easy-to-learn puzzle gameplay Adorable farm-animal pieces Simultaneous row and column clearing Chain multipliers and multiple-line bonuses Colourful clearing effects and animations Animated chickens exploring the farmyard Persistent best-score tracking Music and sound controls Designed for iPhone and iPad A cheerful farm setting suitable for all ages How many animals can you fit before the barn is full?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pack the Barn at none against Flow Free's 18. Pack the Barn also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 months). On price, 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. Flow Free sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Pack the Barn asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flow Free ships an update every 10 months, Pack the Barn every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flow Free | Pack the Barn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (14K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Big Duck Games LLC | ROBERT JOHN SMITH |
Bugs and requests
Flow Free
Reported bugs
2 issues- Accidental hint usage due to button placement
- Visibility issues with overlapping paths in 3D levels
Requested features
3 requests- Restore original UI layout from previous Flow Free games
- Option to disable in-app purchase prompts
- Forward/backward level navigation
Pack the Barn
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flow Free
- 5 Hints$0.99
- Spring Greens Colors$0.99
- Fall Harvest Colors$0.99
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- Pastel Colors$0.99
- Neon Rainbow Colors$0.99
- Winter Chill Colors$0.99
- Jumbo Oval 2$1.99
- Circle Pack 2$1.99
- 8x8 Cube Mania$1.99
- Kids Pack$1.99
- Starter Bundle$1.99
- Unlock All Themes$1.99
- Extreme Alley 2$1.99
- 5x5 Cube Mania$1.99
- Cube Pack 2$1.99
- 20 Hints$2.99
- Unlock All Packs & Remove Ads$4.99
- 100 Hints$9.99
Pack the Barn
No in-app purchases









