Comparison

ALPHASTACK vs Pocket Screw Machine

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

Head to head
About

ALPHASTACK

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ALPHASTACK is a simple physics game where you stack letters from A to Z, in order. The controls are simple. Tap where you want, and the letter drops straight down. No left-right adjustments. No skills required. But the moment a letter falls below the base, it’s game over. It’s okay if the stack collapses. It’s okay if it overlaps or tilts. As long as it doesn’t fall, you continue. If it falls, it ends. Physics behavior changes every time. Collision detection faithful to the actual shape of each letter. Difficulty is always the same — only luck and intuition matter. Instant restart after failure. Stack from A to Z to clear. Nothing more. Nothing less. Short sessions. Before you know it, you’re playing again. A game that’s meaningless — yet impossible to stop.

About

Pocket Screw Machine

A unique color-sorting puzzle game where you manage screws on a spinning machine. Tap panels to release screws and match them to their colored plates before the rail overloads. Features special mechanics like mystery plates and gates for added challenge.

Highlights
  • Spinning machine sorting mechanic
  • Color-matching screw puzzles
  • Tap-to-release screw panels
  • Special game-changing parts (mystery plates, gates)
  • Offline play
  • No timer or move counter
Features
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Pocket Screw Machine is a color-sorting screw puzzle with a moving twist. Instead of stacking screws onto a bolt, you spill screws onto a spinning machine and let timing do the sorting. Tap a panel drop its screws onto the rail, and watch each color thread itself into its matching plate as the ring carries it around. Fill every plate to win. Overload the rail and the whole machine seizes up. HOW THE MACHINE WORKS • Tap a panel to loosen its screws onto the spinning rail • Four color plates sit around the ring — each one takes three screws of its color • As the machine turns, every screw passing its matching plate drives itself in • Fill a plate and it locks shut; the next color rolls up behind it • Clear all the plates to finish the level KEEP IT TURNING • The rail only holds so many screws, release colors with nowhere to go and it jams solid • Read the machine before you tap: open the panels whose colors have an open plate • No move counter, no timer, you only lose if the rail jams for good • Every level is a small sorting puzzle built to be untangled PARTS THAT CHANGE THE GAME • Mystery plates: The next color stays hidden behind a "?" until it rolls into place • Gates: Run a screw through and it splits into more • Tunnels: Feed a whole extra run of panels onto the board • Arrows: Panels that you can only unlock from a certain direction WHY IT'S HARD TO PUT DOWN • A fresh, tactile spin on the nuts and bolts puzzles you already love • One-tap, simple, with real timing and planning underneath • Hand-built levels that stay clever without ever feeling like work • Oddly satisfying to watch, screws driving home, plates locking in sequence • Play offline, anywhere, no wifi needed • Free to play, with lives that refill over time Loosen the screws. Run the machine. Sort every color.

Screenshots

Pocket Screw Machine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Pocket Screw Machine at 3 against ALPHASTACK's —. Pocket Screw Machine also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). On price 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ALPHASTACK versus Pocket Screw Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterALPHASTACKPocket Screw Machine
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (25 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—25 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB289 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersho tsugawaTwist Games

In-app purchases

None

ALPHASTACK

No in-app purchases

None

Pocket Screw Machine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ALPHASTACK free?
ALPHASTACK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Screw Machine free?
Pocket Screw Machine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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