Comparison

Stack vs PixelFlip

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

Head to head
About

Stack

Features
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Stack is a block puzzle for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Drop falling pieces, fill rows to clear them, and set off bomb blocks for bigger clears. Play today's Daily Challenge on either screen: the same pieces for everyone, once a day. ON IPHONE AND IPAD • Touch controls: swipe to move, tap to rotate, swipe down to drop softly, flick down to drop hard. • Ghost piece shows where each piece will land. • Line clears ripple across the board with a stepped haptic pattern. • Daily Challenge tile on the home screen shows today's seed code and your streak. • Game Center leaderboards, optional. • Siri and Shortcuts: play Stack, play today's challenge, ask for your best score. • Light and dark mode, and a short tutorial for the controls. • Your streak and best scores are kept on each device; the daily seed is the same on both. ON APPLE WATCH Fully playable on your wrist with the Digital Crown, no phone needed. Gameplay Highlights • Classic falling-block mechanics • Neon bomb power-ups for explosive clears • Daily Challenge: the same seeded puzzle for everyone, once a day • Real Game Center leaderboards and streak achievements • Digital Crown controls on Apple Watch, touch controls on iPhone and iPad • Quick, satisfying rounds for on-the-go play Daily Challenge Everyone gets the same falling-block sequence once a day, so it's a fair contest, not just a high score chase. Build a streak by playing every day, see your best score and a 7-day trend on Apple Watch, and ask Siri to check your streak without opening the app. Power-Up Fun Collect and activate bomb blocks to wipe rows in style with glowing effects and satisfying haptics. Compete & Conquer Sign in to Game Center (optional) to submit your scores to a live leaderboard and unlock streak achievements. Fully playable offline without it, your scores and streak are always saved on each device either way.

About

PixelFlip

Experience a unique arcade challenge where failing in one game drops you into another. Master Pinball, Breakout, and Hurdle in a descending sequence, with increasing difficulty and surprising twists. Save your progress and compete for high scores.

Highlights
  • Three stacked retro arcade games
  • Descending challenge mechanic
  • Random flipper swaps and traps
  • Progressive difficulty
  • Save and Quit functionality
  • High score tables and achievements
Features
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The game is rigged. We're telling you now so you can't say we didn't. PixelFlip stacks three retro arcade games on top of each other: Pinball on top, Breakout in the middle, Hurdle at the bottom. Drain the ball and you don't lose, exactly. You fall. Into the next game down. You can climb back up. It won't save you. The longer you last, the meaner everything gets, and games end faster than you'd like. Only a Hurdle crash costs you a life. You have three. That's not a lot. We checked. THINGS THAT WILL GO WRONG - Score enough and a bumper starts pulsing. Hit it and your flippers swap sides. Yes, on purpose. - Other traps exist. They have names. You'll learn them. - Breakout remembers what you broke. It also gets less generous every time you come back. - Hurdle speeds up. Hurdle does not care. THINGS THAT WILL GO RIGHT, OCCASIONALLY - Gold rings in Hurdle, for people who like points and risk in equal measure. - Save & Quit before any ball launch. Two save slots, so someone else can disappoint themselves separately. Saves are one-use, because we've met you. - A top-10 high score table with three-letter initials, the way nature intended. - A Game Center leaderboard and 14 achievements, a few of which you won't understand until you've earned them. THINGS WE'RE NOT TELLING YOU There are hidden games in here. More than one. We're not saying where. That would ruin it, and also be helpful, which isn't really our brand. TRY IT FIRST Play the intro and one full game of Pinball before you spend anything. If you enjoy being humbled, a single one-time purchase unlocks everything: saving, every hidden game, and all future updates. No ads. No subscription. No energy meter judging you.

Screenshots

Stack4 screens
PixelFlip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stack at none against PixelFlip's 1. Stack also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price and ads 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. PixelFlip sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stack asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Stack versus PixelFlip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStackPixelFlip
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHemal ModiRobert Laramee

In-app purchases

None

Stack

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PixelFlip

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$0.99

Questions

Is Stack free?
Stack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PixelFlip free?
PixelFlip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stack or PixelFlip have ads?
Neither Stack nor PixelFlip shows ads.

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