Place n Fill vs Pixel Hive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Place n Fill
Place colored balls into open spaces on a board to reveal a hidden image. As each ball fills a hole, the picture gradually takes shape. Complete the entire design by filling all remaining spaces.
- Fill spaces with colored balls
- Reveal hidden images
- Section-by-section picture building
- Complete full designs
- Relaxing puzzle gameplay
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Colored balls settle into open holes across the board. As each space is occupied, the hidden figure starts to take form. Work through the remaining openings, build the picture section by section, and complete the full design with every ball in its place.
Pixel Hive
Engage in a relaxing 3D puzzle game where you direct swarms of colored bees to deconstruct pixel sculptures. Plan your hive releases strategically to manage limited slots and clear each level.
- Harvest matching pixel blocks with colored bee swarms
- Deconstruct 3D pixel sculptures piece by piece
- Manage limited hive waiting slots
- Rotate sculptures to find colors
- Plan with upcoming hive queue
- Utilize power-ups like magnet and freeze
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Welcome to Pixel Hive, a puzzle game where swarms of busy bees take apart colorful 3D pixel sculptures, one block at a time. Every level starts with a finished sculpture floating above your hives: a juicy watermelon, a desert pyramid, and many more. Your job is to pick the right hive and release its bees. Each hive holds a swarm of one color, and its bees fly out to harvest only the blocks that match. As the blocks disappear, the sculpture melts away until nothing is left. But there's a catch. A hive whose bees still have blocks to collect flies back and parks in a waiting slot. Slots are limited. Fill them all and the level is over. Success means reading the sculpture, choosing hives in the right order, and keeping the swarm moving without clogging the hive. Rotate the sculpture to spot hidden colors, plan ahead with the hives coming up in your queue, and use power-ups like the magnet, the fan, and the freeze ray when the pressure builds. As you progress, sculptures grow bigger, colors multiply, and every choice matters more. Features - Send colored bee swarms to harvest matching pixel blocks - Take apart beautiful 3D pixel sculptures piece by piece - Manage limited waiting slots before the hive fills up - Rotate sculptures to find the colors you need - Plan around a queue of upcoming hives - Powerful boosters: magnet, fan, extra slot, and freeze - Simple one-tap controls with real puzzle depth - Hundreds of levels with growing size and color variety - Relaxing visuals and satisfying block-by-block clearing Pick your hives, manage the swarm, and clear every pixel in Pixel Hive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Place n Fill at none against Pixel Hive's 9. Pixel Hive's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 12 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Pixel Hive sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Place n Fill asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Place n Fill against 5.0 for Pixel Hive. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 18 respectively.
Place n Fill ships an update every 12 months, Pixel Hive every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Place n Fill | Pixel Hive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (18 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | +4 |
| Developer | Muammer Taygun Savas | Playoneer LTD |
Customer experience
Place n Fill
Pixel Hive
In-app purchases
Place n Fill
No in-app purchases
Pixel Hive
- Mini Coin Package$1.99
- Double Pack$6.99
- Remove Ads$6.99
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- Small Coin Package$7.99
- Double Pack$9.99
- Medium Coin Package$14.99
- Big Coin Package$29.99
- Super Coin Package$54.99
- Giant Coin Package$99.99







