Comparison

Thread Out vs Emberfort

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

Head to head
About

Thread Out

Engage in a calming thread sorting game where you untangle colorful wool and yarn to complete beautiful art pieces. Enjoy relaxing gameplay, vibrant designs, and progressive challenges that offer a soothing escape and a sense of accomplishment.

Highlights
  • Creative yarn sorting challenges
  • Relaxing and soothing gameplay
  • Vibrant colors and stitch designs
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Collect wool art pieces
Features
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Dive into an engaging thread jam sorting experience, you will definitely feel calm and soothing! Once you clear all the wool and yarn jam from the board, complete the art piece, enjoy the fulfillness and happiness. And you will always collect more arts in coming levels! **Key Features:** - **Creative Yarn Challenges**: Engage in unique and creative challenges to knit colorful wool out into stunning art. - **Relaxing Gameplay**: Relaxing and soothing gameplay, perfect for relieving stress or antistress. - **Vibrant Colors and Designs**: Immerse yourself in a world of vibrant color jam and intricate stitch designs - **Progressive Difficulty Levels**: Discover and unlock exciting features for thousands of hard levels! Complete diffrent wool patterns! Join this soothing sorting color jam experience and enjoy a quiet me-time! Sort the wool jam out and collect wool arts!

About

Emberfort

Features
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Master the skies in castle battles! Emberfort is a landscape castle battle game. Adjust the angle and power of each shot, target walls and supports, and use falling structures to destroy the enemy core. • A 30-stage single-player campaign. • Eight heroes with different attacks. • Four-hero formations and hero and castle upgrades. • Ballistic shots and collapsing structures. • Quests and daily rewards. • Japanese, Portuguese and English. Campaign progress is saved on your device. Opponents are computer-controlled. Sky Chronicles Explore 90 expedition variants: the 30 campaign stages across three difficulties. Grow your captain to level 50, complete contracts and discover the bestiary, stories and gameplay guides. In the Cloud Workshop, exchange free adventure resources for packs with stated contents and sigils for your next PvE battle. Every month brings 30 new calendar gifts on their scheduled dates in Japan time. Missed dates cannot be claimed. Living World Discover island adventures, daily missions, conversations and choices, travel companions and the relic workshop. Use free resources earned through play to develop companions and relics and progress through PvE routes. The board changes daily in Japan time; the wiki explains the characters, routes and activities. Ember Chronicle A 12-chapter saga, the new Cloudforge and Lantern Grove regions and seven residents. Battles now bring gales, lightning and meteors, marching mobs and the crowned Imp King, plus MVP and emotes. There is always something to do: a 30-gift calendar that changes every month (one per day in Japan time; missed days do not return), 140 daily requests drawn at random, weekly objectives, daily and weekly chests, a captain track, hero talents, a weekly market and arena leagues. Everything uses resources earned through play. Living battlefield Heroes and enemies truly move now: idle, walking, attacking, taking hits, falling and cheering, with explosions, flashes, smoke, damage numbers and sound and haptics that match the material you hit. Every chapter changes the scenery — meadow, waterfall isles, snow and ice, a lava archipelago — with moving layers and music for each region. The world map shows the sky islands, your next stage, bosses and closed regions; in the Atelier you pick roof, walls, banner, emblem, wheels and each troop’s headgear and aura (with a weekly deal and kits). A charged SUPER attack, pull-and-release aiming, a left-handed layout and options for music, effects, vibration and graphics. 180 daily requests. New horizons Drag and zoom across a panoramic sky map, choosing among eight regions and 32 adventures. Scenery layers, routes and island landmarks help you find your next journey. Eight heroes and eight enemies have 640 animation frames for idle, walking, attack, damage, falling and victory; hero portraits have 48 expressions. Lobby controls fit within the screen. Companion, relic and story catalogues show compact entries with details on selection. The calendar brings 30 gifts into a date grid with the selected reward beside it. Preview your castle or troop while choosing each part in the Atelier. Keep enjoying 180 daily requests, encounters and choices, companions, relics, expeditions, weekly objectives, collections, the wiki, SUPER attacks, music and control options.

Screenshots

Thread Out4 screens
Emberfort4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Emberfort at none against Thread Out's 10. Emberfort also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Thread Out's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. Thread Out sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Emberfort asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thread Out ships an update every 2 weeks, Emberfort every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Thread Out versus Emberfort: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThread OutEmberfort
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (686 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews12.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings686 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size227 MB159 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperChengdu Warrior Tech Limitedraphael neves

Bugs and requests

Thread Out

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game freezes after completing a level
  • Incompatibility issues on some devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Increase coin payout for completing levels
  • Reduce cost of power-ups
  • Provide an option to disable ads for a one-time fee

Emberfort

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Thread Out

One-time10
  • Shop Coin 1$1.99
  • Vip Offer$2.49
  • Ladder Pack1$2.99
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  • Super Offer$4.99
  • Shop Coin 2$5.99
  • Ladder Pack2$5.99
  • No ADS Just Fun$5.99
  • MasterPack$9.99
  • SuperPack$19.99
  • MegaPack$29.99
None

Emberfort

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thread Out free?
Thread Out is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Emberfort free?
Emberfort is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Thread Out or Emberfort have ads?
Thread Out shows ads; Emberfort does not.
Which is updated more often, Thread Out or Emberfort?
Thread Out ships an update every 2 weeks, and Emberfort every 3 days. Most recently, Thread Out was updated on October 30, 2026 and Emberfort on November 6, 2026.

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