Comparison

PaperGames vs STAK

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

Head to head
About

PaperGames

Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

PaperGames4 screens
STAK4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PaperGames versus STAK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperGamesSTAK
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApp StudiosChristian Larios

In-app purchases

None

PaperGames

No in-app purchases

None

STAK

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PaperGames free?
PaperGames is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is STAK free?
STAK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PaperGames or STAK have ads?
Neither PaperGames nor STAK shows ads.

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