Comparison

Grow! vs Timber Stack

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

Head to head
About

Grow!

Embark on a cosmic journey from the atomic scale to the astronomical. Absorb matter, level up, and evolve into an unstoppable force. This survivor-like action game features deep progression and a unique art style.

Highlights
  • Progress through 20 tiers of reality
  • Deep meta-progression with permanent abilities
  • Loot gear and craft builds
  • Asynchronous multiplayer leaderboards
  • Striking minimalist art style
  • Unravel mysterious lore
Features
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You are the Entity. You don't know what you are. You don't know why you're here. All you know is one thing : GROW! Grow! is an incremental survivors-like with idle progression: every run makes you permanently stronger. Start at the atomic scale. Tear through particles, nucleons, and molecules. Absorb their matter. Level up. Get stronger. Then do it again, bigger. Molecules. Bacteria. Cells. A tardigrade. Tadpoles. Insects. Animals. Humans. Buildings. Satellites. Moons. Planets. Stars. Nothing is beyond your reach. Every run pushes you further up the cosmic ladder, from the subatomic to the astronomical. Grow! is a survivor-like action game where scale IS the progression. Fight through waves of enemies that grow as you grow, loot gear, unlock abilities, and build your Entity into an unstoppable force, across runs that span the entire known universe. CORE FEATURES ◈ SCALE BEYOND IMAGINATION Progress through 20 tiers of reality : from particle physics to astrophysics. Each tier brings new enemies, new challenges, and a mind-bending sense of scale. ◈ DEEP META-PROGRESSION Every run matters : Unlock permanent abilities, upgrade your Entity, and push further than ever before. The meta-progression is massive: there's always something new to chase. ◈ LOOT & EQUIP Enemies drop gear. Spend Matter, the universal currency, during or between runs. Craft your build, find synergies, dominate. ◈ COMPETE GLOBALLY Asynchronous multiplayer leaderboards : How far can you grow? Compare your highest tier reached against players worldwide. ◈ STRIKING MINIMALIST ART Black, white, grey, and yellow : Clean vector visuals with a bold, distinctive identity. No visual clutter: just you, the swarm, and the ever-expanding universe. ◈ MYSTERIOUS LORE What is the Entity? Why does it grow? Every death delivers the same cryptic message: GR0W. Piece together the mystery as you ascend through layers of reality. Free to play. No ads.

About

Timber Stack

Features
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Drop. Balance. Climb. Timber Stack is a one-tap balancing game with real physics. A wooden plank slides back and forth above your tower — tap to drop it. Land it clean and the tower grows; drop it off-center and the whole thing starts to lean, wobble… and eventually goes TIMBER. There's no timer and no tricks — just you, gravity, and a tower that gets taller and more precarious with every plank. The higher you climb, the faster the plank slides and the more one shaky drop can bring it all down. • ONE TAP — the whole game is a perfectly-timed drop • REAL PHYSICS — every wobble is real; no two towers fall the same way • CLIMB FOREVER — no levels, no limits, just how high you can go • PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF — your tower is saved on your device • NO WIFI NEEDED — play anywhere, fully offline Simple to start. Impossible to put down. How high can you stack?

Screenshots

Grow!4 screens
Timber Stack3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Timber Stack at none against Grow!'s 8. Grow!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Grow! sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Timber Stack asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grow! ships an update weekly, Timber Stack fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Grow! versus Timber Stack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrow!Timber Stack
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (145 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings145 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperThibault Brouardelletimothy smith

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Grow!

One-time8
  • 100% of Endergy Page Cost$2.99
  • +1 Attack Slot$4.99
  • +1 Element Slot$4.99
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  • Endergy Boost x2$8.99
  • Full Bundle$8.99
  • 500% of Endergy Page Cost$8.99
  • Absolute Boost ×2$14.99
  • 5000% of Endergy Page Cost$44.99
None

Timber Stack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grow! free?
Grow! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timber Stack free?
Timber Stack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grow! or Timber Stack have ads?
Timber Stack shows ads; Grow! does not.
Which is updated more often, Grow! or Timber Stack?
Grow! ships an update weekly, and Timber Stack fortnightly. Most recently, Grow! was updated on November 13, 2026 and Timber Stack on November 10, 2026.

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