Comparison

Stroopy vs Pickle Machines

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

Head to head
About

Stroopy

Features
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Stroopy is a challenging puzzle game inspired by the famous Stroop effect from psychology. Test and improve your cognitive flexibility, focus, and reaction time through short, engaging challenges designed to push your brain to its limits. Features: • Brain-training puzzles based on the Stroop effect • Improve attention, focus, and reaction speed • Simple design, challenging gameplay • Ideal for short daily training sessions Can you stay focused when colors and words don’t match?

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Pickle Machines

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Some machines do one job. Pickle Machines do it the silliest way possible. GOOD FOR BUSY BRAINS Every puzzle rewards a little planning and a lot of what if. It is gentle problem solving that feels like play, not homework. Kids build the logic without noticing. Grown ups get quietly hooked too. Every level gives you a goofy goal, pop the balloon or drop the ball in the bucket, and a box of parts. You build a wild chain reaction to make it happen. Press Run, watch it go, laugh when it flops, tweak it, and win. WHAT YOU BUILD WITH Trampolines, fans, seesaws, conveyor belts, magnets, cannons, portals, dominoes, candles, spinning wheels, ropes, pulleys, scissors, gears, balloons, cartoon bombs, and a cat. Twenty six parts, each with its own trick. HOW IT PLAYS Tap a part to drop it in. Drag it, spin it, flip it. Hit Run and the whole machine springs to life. Edit puts every part back exactly where it was, so kids can experiment with zero fear of breaking anything. No clock. No wrong way to tinker. MADE TO BE KID SAFE No ads. No in-app purchases. No pop-ups asking for money. Nothing to buy and nothing to sign up for. It works offline, anywhere, and progress saves right on the device. THIRTY FOUR HANDMADE LEVELS Twenty four play with the phone sideways and ten play with it upright. Each one teaches a new part, then dares you to combine them. There is a test bench too, running every single part at once. Build it. Run it. Watch the chaos work.

Screenshots

Stroopy3 screens
Pickle Machines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pickle Machines at none against Stroopy's shown. Pickle Machines also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Stroopy's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stroopy ships an update every 3 months, Pickle Machines weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Stroopy versus Pickle Machines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStroopyPickle Machines
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOLE WebDesignBEGRIP

In-app purchases

None

Stroopy

No in-app purchases

None

Pickle Machines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stroopy free?
Stroopy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pickle Machines free?
Pickle Machines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stroopy or Pickle Machines have ads?
Stroopy shows ads; Pickle Machines does not.
Which is updated more often, Stroopy or Pickle Machines?
Stroopy ships an update every 3 months, and Pickle Machines weekly. Most recently, Stroopy was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pickle Machines on October 29, 2026.

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