Comparison

Drop N Knit vs SkyXplorer

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

Head to head
About

Drop N Knit

Engage in a vibrant puzzle-shooter adventure by tapping and blasting colorful blocks. Strategically launch cute plant shooters to clear the board, solve challenging puzzles, and trigger satisfying chain reactions. Enjoy hundreds of levels with dynamic block movement and delightful animations, playable offline.

Highlights
  • Tap-to-shoot mechanics
  • Color-matching puzzles
  • Plant shooter cannons
  • Dynamic block movement
  • Chain reaction combos
  • Hundreds of levels
  • Offline play
Features
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Tap a box. Nine spools of yarn burst out, hit the spinning loop, and start circling. The moment a spool passes its color in the knitting below, it grabs the thread and winds itself away — stitch by stitch, gone. That's the original wind-to-clear mechanic at the heart of Drop N Knit — not about dropping things into containers, but about reading a moving loop and finishing a piece of knitting one clean color at a time. The catch? The loop never stops and only holds thirty spools. Every box you open is a promise of nine. Plan your opening, watch what the knitting asks for next, and keep the yarn flowing — or watch it all tangle. As you go, the boards get cleverer: linked boxes that pop as a pair, mystery boxes hiding their color, crates that keep spitting out new boxes, and secret rows in the knitting that reveal themselves mid-game. Handmade levels, every one. No WiFi needed. No waiting. Open a box and see where the yarn takes you.

About

SkyXplorer

Features
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Explore the sky in a new way with SkyXplorer. Discover stars, planets, satellites and other celestial objects, then turn the night sky into an interactive treasure hunt. Point your iPhone toward the sky, search for objects, follow live-sky guidance and explore what is above you. Create your own SkyXplorer hunts, generate AI-assisted clues, publish hunts for other players, or take on casual and ranked challenges. Features include: • Interactive sky exploration • Search and target guidance • Stars, planets, satellites and other sky objects • Create and publish treasure hunts • AI-assisted clue generation • Casual and ranked hunt play • Community-created hunts • Speech input • Reporting and moderation for community content • Optional SkyXplorer Pro subscription • Optional AI clue-credit packs SkyXplorer combines astronomy, exploration and gameplay to make looking up at the sky more interactive. Privacy Policy: https://install.satoshi-hunt.com/skyxplorer/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Drop N Knit4 screens
SkyXplorer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SkyXplorer at none against Drop N Knit's shown. Drop N Knit's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Drop N Knit sells 17 one-off in-app purchases and SkyXplorer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drop N Knit ships an update weekly, SkyXplorer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Drop N Knit versus SkyXplorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrop N KnitSkyXplorer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (820 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews27.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings820 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size356 MB372 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperLoop Games Oyun Teknolojileri Anonim SirketiSaling Club LLC

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Drop N Knit

One-time17
  • Welcome Offer$0.99
  • Ladder Offer 1$0.99
  • Coin Pack 1$1.99
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  • Ladder Offer 2$2.99
  • Ladder Offer 3$5.99
  • Remove Ads$5.99
  • End Game Offer$5.99
  • Coin Pack 2$7.99
  • Golden Pass$9.99
  • Beginner Pack$9.99
  • Remove Ads Bundle 1$12.99
  • Coin Pack 3$14.99
  • Pro Pack$19.99
  • Ladder Offer 6$29.99
  • Veteran Pack$39.99
  • Master Pack$79.99
  • Champion Pack$99.99
5 purchases

SkyXplorer

Subscriptions2
  • SkyXplorer Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • SkyXplorer Pro Annual$6.991 Year
One-time3
  • 250 AI Clue Credits$0.99
  • 1,000 AI Clue Credits$1.99
  • 3,000 AI Clue Credits$4.99

Questions

Is Drop N Knit free?
Drop N Knit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SkyXplorer free?
SkyXplorer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Drop N Knit or SkyXplorer have ads?
Drop N Knit shows ads; SkyXplorer does not.
Which is updated more often, Drop N Knit or SkyXplorer?
Drop N Knit ships an update weekly, and SkyXplorer every 9 days. Most recently, Drop N Knit was updated on October 30, 2026 and SkyXplorer on October 8, 2026.

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