PaperGames vs STAK
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PaperGames
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Paper Games is a free collection of pencil-and-paper classics — Tic-Tac-Toe, SOS, Connect Four, Hangman, Dots and Boxes and Battleship — all in one offline app. Two-player on one device, or solo against a quietly clever AI. No ads. No accounts. No tracking. Designed to look and feel like an actual notebook. Cream paper, red margin rule, hand-drawn ink, real handwriting fonts. Your scores live on your device only — nothing is ever sent anywhere. GAMES IN VOLUME ONE • Tic-Tac-Toe (Noughts and Crosses, Xs and Os) • SOS — pick S or O each turn, score by completing S-O-S in any direction • Connect Four (Four in a Row) • Hangman — guess the word before the gallows is complete • Dots and Boxes — claim squares with the long-chain rule • Battleship — hide your fleet, call your shots, sink them all • Golf, MASH, Dungeon, Galaxy — coming soon WHY PAPER GAMES • Plays fully offline once installed • Pass-and-play locally OR vs AI on three difficulty tiers • No ads. No signup. No analytics. Free forever • Hand-drawn aesthetic — every mark looks like real ink on real paper • Built for phone and tablet, light and dark notebook themes Perfect for kids, classrooms, road trips, queues, and anywhere a wifi connection isn't a given. Volume one — more games coming.
STAK
Tap to drop blocks and build the tallest tower possible. Aim for perfect center drops to earn bonuses and unlock new skins. Compete on a global leaderboard and complete daily challenges for rewards.
- One-tap block dropping gameplay
- Perfect center drop bonuses
- Gold Rush and Golden Blocks multipliers
- Global, cheat-proof leaderboard
- Daily challenges and quests
- Unlockable tower skins
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How high can you stack? STAK is the one-tap tower game that's impossible to put down. A block slides; you tap to drop it. Nail the center for a PERFECT - miss, and it's over. Simple to learn, brutal to master. Then it gets deep: GOLD RUSH - chain 10 perfects in a row and the tower ignites: 3x diamonds until you slip. GOLDEN BLOCKS - every 15th block is gold. Land it perfectly for a jackpot. PERFECT GAUNTLET - hit a 15-streak and the next blocks go double-speed for huge bonuses. High risk, high reward. GLOBAL LEADERBOARD - every score is server-verified, so the rankings are cheat-proof. Climb to #1. DAILY CHALLENGE & QUESTS - one seeded run a day that's the same for everyone, plus 3 fresh objectives for bonus diamonds. Build your streak. DIAMONDS & SKINS - earn diamonds every run and repaint your tower with unlockable skins: Neon, Sunset, Gold, Aurora and more. Free. Instant. No account needed. Just one more go.
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Verdict
PaperGames and STAK are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | PaperGames | STAK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | App Studios | Christian Larios |
In-app purchases
PaperGames
No in-app purchases
STAK
No in-app purchases









