Comparison

Pipes and Balls vs Screw Factory!

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

Head to head
About

Pipes and Balls

Twist, match, and connect vibrant pipelines to guide rolling balls to their destination in this immersive 3D puzzle game. Navigate hundreds of tricky levels, from easy to epic, and face challenging boss levels. Enjoy fresh puzzles weekly in an easy-to-learn, hard-to-master experience.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of tricky levels
  • Immersive 3D gameplay
  • New puzzles weekly
  • Twist, match, and connect pipelines
  • Guide rolling balls
  • Boss levels
Features
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Pipes and Balls: A Unique 3D Puzzle Experience! Dive into the colorful world of Pipes and Balls, where you’ll twist, match, and connect vibrant pipelines to guide rolling balls to their destination. This immersive puzzle journey combines the art of pin manipulation with the excitement of decoding near-impossible knots, challenging your mind and captivating your senses all at once. From easy to hard and finally to the epic stages, each level reveals fresh and diverse puzzles that test your strategic brilliance. Prepare to face Boss Levels where only the most courageous puzzle-solvers can triumph, and prove your worth in the elite ranks of puzzle-solving masters. Highlights • Hundreds of Tricky Levels: Progress through an ever-growing library of challenges. • Immersive 3D Gameplay: Experience the lifelike rush of aligning pipes and balls • Fresh Puzzles Every Week: Stay on your toes with regular updates featuring new obstacles and twists. It’s easy to play, yet hard to master—the perfect formula for endless fun. Download now and embark on the journey of a lifetime, connecting pipes and unraveling complex knots one puzzle at a time. If you have what it takes to step into this enigmatic universe, prepare to become the next puzzle-solving legend!

About

Screw Factory!

Engage in a captivating puzzle game where you strategically sort nuts onto bolts. Manage a continuous flow of nuts from a conveyor belt, testing your problem-solving and strategic thinking skills to pack and ship them all.

Highlights
  • Strategic nut sorting onto bolts
  • Manage conveyor belt nut production
  • Test strategic thinking
  • Compete with friends
  • Relaxing puzzle experience
Features
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Get ready for an exciting new challenge in the ultimate brain training puzzle game, Screw Factory! In Screw Factory!, the simple but addictive goal is to sort nuts onto bolts. But be careful! Nuts will be constantly being produced on a conveyor belt, so every move is important. Can you solve the puzzle and pack all the nuts produced into bolts and ship them out? This is no ordinary factory simulation. It is a thrilling nuts and bolts puzzle game that will test your strategic thinking and problem solving skills. If you like solving puzzles that offer a realistic interaction experience, Screw Factory! is just the game designed for you. No matter what size and color the bolts are, your puzzle skills are needed! Features Addictive gameplay: Strategically move the bolts to ship all the nuts produced endlessly. Compete with friends: Challenge your friends in this epic nuts and bolts puzzle and see who can solve the puzzle faster! Fun and Relaxing: Take a break from the nuts and bolts for a relaxing experience. Screw Factory! is more than just a bus puzzle game.

Screenshots

Pipes and Balls4 screens
Screw Factory!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Screw Factory! at none against Pipes and Balls's 5. Screw Factory! also leads on ratings volume (3K vs 78). Pipes and Balls's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 23%). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pipes and Balls sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Screw Factory! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pipes and Balls against 4.7 for Screw Factory!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Screw Factory! has 3K ratings behind it against 78, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Pipes and Balls's written reviews are positive against 23% of Screw Factory!'s.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pipes and Balls versus Screw Factory!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipes and BallsScrew Factory!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (78 ratings) — better4.7 (3K ratings)
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews — better22.5% of reviews
Number of ratings783K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size225 MB204 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMesiba GamesGOODROID,Inc.

Customer experience

Pipes and Balls

All ratings78 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.3%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%

Screw Factory!

All ratings3,003 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral6.2%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive22.5%
Neutral18.3%
Negative59.2%

Bugs and requests

Pipes and Balls

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Screw Factory!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cannot select bolts near shuffle button
  • Shuffle tool does not work as expected
  • Levels become unplayable due to graphic overlaps

Requested features

3 requests
  • Fix graphic issues on lower levels
  • Improve shuffle button placement
  • Reduce number of ads and make in-app purchases more reasonable

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Pipes and Balls

One-time5
  • 2 Peeks$0.99
  • 3 Hints$0.99
  • No ads$5.99
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  • Bundle package$9.99
  • VIP package$29.99
None

Screw Factory!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pipes and Balls free?
Pipes and Balls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screw Factory! free?
Screw Factory! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pipes and Balls or Screw Factory!?
Pipes and Balls is rated higher. Pipes and Balls averages 4.7 out of 5 from 78 ratings, while Screw Factory! averages 4.7 from 3K ratings.
Do Pipes and Balls or Screw Factory! have ads?
Both Pipes and Balls and Screw Factory! show ads.

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