Comparison

Pixel Holes 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

Pixel Holes

Collect pixels by strategically activating colorful holes to fill them. Plan your moves carefully to avoid filling slots too early and complete beautiful pixel art levels. Enjoy quick gameplay with a steady challenge, playable offline.

Highlights
  • Pixel art levels
  • Hole activation mechanic
  • Strategic move planning
  • Offline play
  • Quick levels
  • Color-based challenges
Features
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In Pixel Holes, you get to collect pixels by using colorful holes. Your goal is to remove all by activating holes and collecting pictures, just be mindful about the colors. Plan your moves, manage hole order, and avoid filling all your slots too early. Features Beautiful pixel art levels Holes eating pixels Simple rules, smart decisions Quick levels with steady challenge Offline play

About

Screw Machine

This game challenges you to sort colored screws onto a spinning machine. Tap panels to release screws onto a rail, where they thread into matching plates. Fill all plates to win, but avoid jamming the machine by overloading the rail.

Highlights
  • Color-sorting screw puzzle
  • Spinning machine mechanic
  • Tap-to-release screws
  • Level-based progression
  • Offline play
  • Mystery plates, gates, tunnels, arrows
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

Pixel Holes4 screens
Screw Machine4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pixel Holes and Screw Machine both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pixel Holes's written reviews are positive against 57% of Screw Machine's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Pixel Holes 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Pixel Holes against 4.9 for Screw Machine. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 495 and 736 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Pixel Holes's written reviews are positive against 57% of Screw Machine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Holes ships an update weekly, Screw Machine every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pixel Holes versus Screw Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel HolesScrew Machine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (495 ratings)4.9 (736 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings495736 — 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
Size184 MB428 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPickcel GamesTwist Games

Customer experience

Pixel Holes

All ratings495 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Screw Machine

All ratings736 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.4%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Pixel Holes

One-time9
  • Mini Coin Pack$1.99
  • Starter Bundle$1.99
  • Fail Offer$4.99
Show 6 more
  • Power Bundle$4.99
  • Small Coin Pack$7.99
  • No Ads$7.99
  • Super Bundle2 variants$9.99
  • Medium Coin Pack$14.99
  • Mega Bundle$19.99
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 Pixel Holes free?
Pixel Holes 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, Pixel Holes or Screw Machine?
Pixel Holes and Screw Machine are both rated 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store, from 495 and 736 ratings respectively.
Do Pixel Holes or Screw Machine have ads?
Both Pixel Holes and Screw Machine show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Holes or Screw Machine?
Pixel Holes ships an update weekly, and Screw Machine every 4 days. Most recently, Pixel Holes was updated on November 5, 2026 and Screw Machine on November 1, 2026.

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