Comparison

Disc Pop! vs Screw Machine

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

Head to head
About

Disc Pop!

Launch balls to shatter matching colored disks on a board. Strategically manage cleared pieces in your slots to avoid a crowded grid. Experience satisfying chain reactions and flow-state puzzle-solving with one-tap controls.

Highlights
  • One-tap control for fast sessions
  • Color-matched disk destruction
  • Stacked and special disk types
  • Strategic slot management
  • Pipe-to-pipe ball momentum
  • Satisfying board-clearing moments
Features
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The board is set. The discs are waiting. Tap to launch a ball through the pipe. It tears across the board, shattering every disc that matches its color. Stack up enough hits and the whole group explodes off the grid. Miss your timing, mismanage your slots, and the board starts to feel very crowded very fast. Here's the loop: balls enter from one side, rip through the grid, and exit the other. Discs come in stacks — sometimes frozen, sometimes hidden, sometimes armored. Your slots hold the pieces you've already cleared. Fill them smart, clear them fast, and chain your hits for that rush of a perfectly cleaned board. It sounds simple. It isn't — but it never feels unfair. Highlights One-tap control: Fast sessions, no precision needed — just timing and instinct. Color-matched chaos: Balls only destroy their own color. No random hits, no guesswork — pure pattern reading. Stacked discs, real depth: Ice discs, hidden discs, multi-hit armor — the board throws new puzzles without breaking the flow. Slot management: Five slots between you and a failed run. Use them wisely. Pipe-to-pipe momentum: The ball never stops — neither does the rhythm. Board-clearing satisfaction: That moment the last disc shatters? Worth every tap. For anyone who loves flow-state puzzles, color-matching mechanics, and the quiet joy of a perfectly cleared grid. The pipe is loaded. The discs aren't ready for you.

About

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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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

Disc Pop!4 screens
Screw Machine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Screw Machine at 67% against Disc Pop!'s 18%. Screw Machine also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (378 vs 19). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Disc Pop! sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Screw Machine sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Screw Machine holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Screw Machine has 378 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Disc Pop!'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Screw Machine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Disc Pop! ships an update weekly, Screw Machine every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Disc Pop! versus Screw Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDisc Pop!Screw Machine
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (19 ratings)4.9 (378 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.2% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19378 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB329 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEmirhan CakarTwist Games

Customer experience

Disc Pop!

All ratings19 ratings
Positive26.3%
Neutral10.5%
Negative63.2%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive18.2%
Neutral9.1%
Negative72.7%

Screw Machine

All ratings378 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.3%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Disc Pop!

One-time9
  • Coin Pack 1$1.99
  • Fail Offer$5.99
  • No Ads$9.99
Show 6 more
  • Coin Pack 2$9.99
  • Small Bundle$9.99
  • Coin Pack 3$19.99
  • Coin Pack 4$39.99
  • Coin Pack 5$74.99
  • Coin Pack 6$99.99
10 purchases

Screw Machine

One-time10
  • 1000 Coins$1.99
  • Fail Offer$4.99
  • 5000 Coins$7.99
Show 7 more
  • No Ads$7.99
  • Small Bundle$9.99
  • No Ads Bundle$12.99
  • 10000 Coins$14.99
  • Medium Bundle$19.99
  • Large Bundle$29.99
  • Mega Bundle$49.99

Questions

Is Disc Pop! free?
Disc Pop! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screw Machine free?
Screw Machine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Disc Pop! or Screw Machine?
Screw Machine is rated higher. Disc Pop! averages 2.4 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Screw Machine averages 4.9 from 378 ratings.
Do Disc Pop! or Screw Machine have ads?
Both Disc Pop! and Screw Machine show ads.
Which is updated more often, Disc Pop! or Screw Machine?
Disc Pop! ships an update weekly, and Screw Machine every 4 days. Most recently, Disc Pop! was updated on October 12, 2026 and Screw Machine on October 13, 2026.

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