Buses and Loops vs Spool Out
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buses and Loops
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The rush hour is upon us! Lots of colorful passengers need to get to their destinations. Manage the buses in the parking lot. Collect the passengers and once the busses are full, they can drive away. Leave no one behind! Many challenging levels. New routes to explore and master. Great way to pass some time and exercise your wits at the same time.
Spool Out
Untangle threads by tapping spools in the correct sequence to wind them neatly. This puzzle game starts easy but quickly introduces complex tangles and overlaps, challenging your strategic thinking with simple one-tap controls. Enjoy satisfying animations and a clean design as you progress through increasingly difficult levels.
- One-tap gameplay
- Increasingly tricky levels
- Satisfying thread-winding animations
- Clean, minimal design
- Simple rules, real challenge
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Threads are tangled. Spools are waiting. Tap them in the right order to wind everything back up clean. It starts simple — a few threads, a few spools, no sweat. But the tangles get trickier, the overlaps pile up, and suddenly you're staring at the screen trying to figure out which spool goes first. One tap. One thread at a time. Get the order wrong and you're stuck. FEATURES · One-tap gameplay — easy to learn, hard to master · A lot of increasingly tricky levels · Satisfying thread-winding animations · Clean, minimal design Simple rules. Real challenge. Good luck.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Buses and Loops at none against Spool Out's 10. Spool Out's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Spool Out sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Buses and Loops asks for nothing beyond the download.
Buses and Loops ships an update every 9 days, Spool Out every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Buses and Loops | Spool Out |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bugbomb | Upcasual Games |
In-app purchases
Buses and Loops
No in-app purchases
Spool Out
- Small Bundle 50% Off$4.49
- No Ads Bundle 50% Off$4.99
- Small Bundle 25% Off$6.99
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- Small Bundle$8.99
- Medium Bundle 50% Off$8.99
- Medium Bundle 25% Off$13.99
- Medium Bundle$17.99
- Ultra Bundle 50% Off$19.99
- Ultra Bundle 25% Off$29.99
- Ultra Bundle$39.99
Questions
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