Comparison

Pixelado vs Ringdown

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

Head to head
About

Pixelado

Features
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A merge 3 puzzle game focused on PixelArt! If you enjoy old school game grahics, and chill an relaxing puzzles, Pixelado is a great game for you! Handmade art! Every Pixel Art in the game is hand made, no AI generation! No forced ads! The game features just ad banners which doesn't block the game, and they can be removed forever with the single in app purchase in the game! Each level is a unique pixel art, new levels are released periodicaly, so keep your game updated!

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Ringdown

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Ringdown is a premium, tactile, no-ads switchboard puzzle game where you race to connect calls using coloured cables before callers lose patience and hang up. You’re the operator and the calls won’t stop. Featured in PocketGamer, who said: “It's rare you get such an excellent combination of simple gameplay and an interesting theme as Ringdown: Switchboard Puzzler… It's a simple but challenging offering that's a pretty exciting new launch". Ringdown is a beautifully crafted switchboard puzzle game about speed, focus, and controlled chaos. A brass lamp lights up. It shows two things: a colour and a number. Grab the matching cable, drag it to the right jack, and make the connection before the shrinking patience ring turns red. Answer fast and you build a combo. Pick the wrong port or let a caller hang up, and the shift starts slipping away. The longer you last, the harder it gets. The board fills up. Priority calls expire fast but pay double. Held calls tie up a line until they clear. And on squeeze shifts, there are more callers than cables, forcing you to free old lines before the next lamp turns red. Compete every day. Take on the Daily Challenge: the same board for everyone, every day. Chase your best score, climb the leaderboard, and compete with friends and players worldwide. Built to feel like the real thing. Ringdown isn’t a grid of flat buttons. The boards are richly detailed, the cables have weight, and every plug lands with a click you feel in your fingers, backed by period sound and haptics. What you get: • The 1960s Campaign: timed shifts that climb from quiet evenings to controlled chaos. • The Blitz: a second campaign set during the London air raids of 1940, with blackouts, bomb blasts, and things scuttling across the switchboard. An atmospheric thriller of a campaign. • Endless: one shift that keeps ramping until you crack. • Daily Challenge: the same board for everyone, every day. • Game Center leaderboards. • A trophy cabinet of career milestones. More campaigns are coming soon. Only one in-app purchase is required to unlock the full Ringdown experience, including premium campaigns, daily challenges and special limited-time events. Pay once. It’s yours. No ads. One in-app purchase. Nothing locked behind more money.

Screenshots

Pixelado4 screens
Ringdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ringdown at none against Pixelado's shown. Pixelado's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.2). 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. Pixelado sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ringdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixelado ships an update every 9 days, Ringdown every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Pixelado versus Ringdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixeladoRingdown
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB99 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperErick ZanardoIronic Thought ltd

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixelado

One-time1
  • No ads and daily revives!$3.99
1 purchases

Ringdown

One-time1
  • Ringdown — Full Version$3.99

Questions

Is Pixelado free?
Pixelado is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ringdown free?
Ringdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pixelado or Ringdown have ads?
Pixelado shows ads; Ringdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Pixelado or Ringdown?
Pixelado ships an update every 9 days, and Ringdown every 8 days. Most recently, Pixelado was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ringdown on October 24, 2026.

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