Comparison

Pigment & Story vs Cup Color Stack

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

Head to head
About

Pigment & Story

Features
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Slow down with a quiet colouring book where the story unfolds as you colour. Pigment & Story pairs illustrated pages with short stories. Read the opening, choose a palette and make the scene your own. Finish colouring to reveal the next part of the tale. NEW: THE LAST FROST FAIR Visit London in 1814, when a fair appeared on the frozen Thames. Join Kit and Nell through 17 new scenes, follow a lost star-stitched mitten and earn a keepsake card to personalise, colour and share. SIX WORLDS TO EXPLORE - Moonlit Forest - The Tea Garden - Cabinets of Curiosity - The Old Apothecary - Lighthouse Stories - The Last Frost Fair COLOUR YOUR WAY - Tap enclosed areas to fill them with colour. - Draw with your finger or Apple Pencil on a compatible iPad, using pencil, watercolour and crayon brushes. - Pinch to zoom into the details, then fit the whole page to the screen. - Choose curated palettes, explore the full colour set or create your own colours. - Pick up a fill colour with the eyedropper or a long press. - Undo and redo as you experiment, with progress saved automatically. STORIES TO KEEP Enjoy quiet ambience for each story pack. Return to your artwork in the Gallery and share finished pages with their stories. Find the five original bells to uncover a bonus page, or finish the Frost Fair's five mitten pages and ending to unlock Your Card. NINE PAGES TO TRY FREE Eight Moonlit Forest pages and the first Frost Fair page are free. A single Full Edition purchase unlocks all six packs: 103 story pages and two reward pages to earn. The Last Frost Fair is included for existing Full Edition owners. No ads. No subscription. No free trial or recurring charges. Colour and read offline. An internet connection is needed to buy or restore Full Edition. Your colouring and optional keepsake names stay on your device unless you choose to share an image. Made for iPhone and iPad by SPRING DATA LIMITED. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Cup Color Stack

Engage in a relaxing sorting puzzle game where you match and stack colorful cups. Plan your moves carefully to clear the board and progress through increasingly challenging levels with fun obstacles and timed challenges.

Highlights
  • Match and stack colorful cups
  • Satisfying sorting ritual
  • Brain-activating puzzles
  • Challenging levels with obstacles
  • Timed challenges
  • Power-ups for extra space
  • Clean art style and soft colors
Features
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Sort out a messy pile of cups just like tidying up your little knick-knacks, and let the gentle rhythm melt your stress away. Your screen is filled with all kinds of cute boba cups. Every move feels like organizing a little piece of your day. The rules are simple: you can only move the top cup from any stack. Using just one temporary holding spot, match cups with the same patterns and pop them into the hanging basket above. It’s a highly satisfying, gentle sorting ritual. The gameplay is easy to learn but keeps your brain active! Plan your moves carefully so your temporary spot doesn’t get full and leave you stuck. As you level up, the puzzles get trickier with more cup designs, fun obstacles, and the occasional timed challenge to keep things fresh and exciting. You’ll love the little details: handy power-ups can give you extra space or clear out roadblocks, while the smooth controls and snappy sound effects make every match incredibly satisfying. The clean art style and soft colors create a perfect, cozy vibe you’ll want to get lost in. Looking for a peaceful and rhythmic way to pass the time? Start sorting your first stack of cups today, and enjoy the calming, rewarding feeling of putting everything perfectly in its place.

Screenshots

Pigment & Story4 screens
Cup Color Stack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cup Color Stack at none against Pigment & Story's 1. Cup Color Stack also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Pigment & Story's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. Pigment & Story sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cup Color Stack asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pigment & Story ships an update every 5 months, Cup Color Stack every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Pigment & Story versus Cup Color Stack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPigment & StoryCup Color Stack
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (40 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—40 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB271 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSPRING DATA LIMITEDSUPLIFE PTE. LTD.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pigment & Story

One-time1
  • Pigment & Story Full Edition$4.99
None

Cup Color Stack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pigment & Story free?
Pigment & Story is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cup Color Stack free?
Cup Color Stack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pigment & Story or Cup Color Stack have ads?
Cup Color Stack shows ads; Pigment & Story does not.
Which is updated more often, Pigment & Story or Cup Color Stack?
Pigment & Story ships an update every 5 months, and Cup Color Stack every 2 days. Most recently, Pigment & Story was updated on November 9, 2026 and Cup Color Stack on October 31, 2026.

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