Pen Stacks vs Ranked
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pen Stacks
Match same-colored pencils and stack them to guide them to the sharpener. Navigate through levels filled with blockers. A colorful and engaging puzzle experience awaits.
- Match same-colored pencils
- Stack pencils
- Guide pencils to sharpener
- Overcome blockers
- Colorful puzzle gameplay
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Your mission is simple: match the same-colored pencils, stack them, and lead them to the sharpener! Watch out for blockers!
Ranked
A daily drag-to-rank puzzle game where you order items from first to last based on real data. Track your score, build a streak, and access an archive of past puzzles. The first five puzzles are free, with a one-time purchase unlocking the full game.
- Daily drag-to-rank puzzles
- Order items by real data
- Track score and streak
- Archive of past puzzles
- Share results with friends
- No ads or subscriptions
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Every morning at 7AM, one puzzle drops. Can you get the ranking right? Ranked is a daily drag-to-rank puzzle. Each day brings a fresh set of items countries, movies, records, tech, sports stats, facts and your job is to order them from first to last. No multiple choice. No hints. Just your best judgment against the real data. Some may be easy, some may be hard!!! When you submit, you see exactly where you went wrong. Your score, your streak, your average and a easy way to share (brag) about your results to freinds. Build a streak. Come back tomorrow. Repeat. The archive holds all past puzzles, growing to a full year of daily drops. Browse by topic, catch the ones you missed, and keep your streak alive on your own terms. Every puzzle is grounded in real data with a source you can actually check. First 5 daily puzzles are free. After that, a one-time $3.99 unlocks the full daily puzzle library for life. No subscription. No ads. No gotchas. Pay once, play forever. CITY EDITIONS: Explore themed puzzle packs in the Packs tab. The Boston pack is free. New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Miami, San Francisco and Tokyo are optional add-ons, each a separate one-time $0.99 in-app purchase, not included in the $3.99 unlock. Come get humbled. Or prove everyone wrong. Either way, we'll see you at 7AM.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pen Stacks at none against Ranked's 8. Pen Stacks also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Ranked's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Ranked sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Pen Stacks asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Pen Stacks against 5.0 for Ranked. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 9 respectively.
| Parameter | Pen Stacks | Ranked |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kaliba Games & Technologies Inc. | Peter Salamanca |
Customer experience
Pen Stacks
Ranked
In-app purchases
Pen Stacks
No in-app purchases
Ranked
- Chicago Pack$0.99
- New York Pack$0.99
- Los Angeles Pack$0.99
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- Miami Pack$0.99
- London Pack$0.99
- San Francisco Pack$0.99
- Tokyo Pack$0.99
- Lifetime Unlock$3.99
