Comparison

Flow Free vs Pack the Barn

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Connect matching colors
  • Cover the entire board
  • Hundreds of shaped puzzles
  • Daily new levels
  • Time Trial mode
  • Game Center achievements
  • Cloud sync
Features
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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!

About

Pack the Barn

Features
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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?

Screenshots

Flow Free4 screens
Pack the Barn3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flow Free sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Pack the Barn asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flow Free versus Pack the Barn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlow FreePack the Barn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (14K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings14K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBig Duck Games LLCROBERT 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

18 purchases

Flow Free

One-time18
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • Spring Greens Colors$0.99
  • Fall Harvest Colors$0.99
Show 15 more
  • 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
None

Pack the Barn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flow Free free?
Flow Free is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pack the Barn free?
Pack the Barn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flow Free or Pack the Barn have ads?
Flow Free shows ads; Pack the Barn does not.
Which is updated more often, Flow Free or Pack the Barn?
Flow Free ships an update every 10 months, and Pack the Barn every 2 days. Most recently, Flow Free was updated on November 2, 2026 and Pack the Barn on October 10, 2026.

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