Comparison

Sumward vs Skyline Tap

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

Head to head
About

Sumward

Features
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MAKE A HAND. BUILD AN ENGINE. BREAK THE MATH. Step into the Night Parade: a number-card roguelite where simple hands become outrageous scoring machines. Draw 8 cards, play up to 5, and turn familiar sets and runs - plus Sum to Ten, Spectrum, and Pure Run - into chips x mult. Then draft relics, tune your deck, and survive eight escalating rounds. EASY TO READ. DEEP TO MASTER. • See your score before you commit a hand • Keep the complete hand table one tap away • Read every suit by color, symbol, and name • Spot overlapping hands and score the strongest pattern BUILD SOMETHING BROKEN • Discover 22 relics across common, uncommon, and rare tiers • Combine relic effects into powerful scoring engines • Add, enhance, or remove cards in The Exchange • Upgrade cards with foil, holo, and gild enhancements • Bank coins between rounds to earn interest - or spend them chasing the perfect build THE RULES CHANGE AS YOU CLIMB Every run climbs through eight named rounds. From the third, each round bends a rule: fewer swaps, a smaller hand, halved coins, or junk hands worth nothing. Beat The Auditor at Round 8 to win. Your run saves after every action, so you can leave and continue exactly where you stopped. ONE SHARED DAILY Everyone gets the same seeded run each day: the same deal, the same rule changes, and the same Exchange. You get one ranked attempt, then you can compare your result on the global leaderboard. The Daily is free for everyone. THE MARATHON (PRO) Pro adds a separate board on the same daily deck. Carry it past Round 8 in Infinite Mode as often as you like: every run counts and your best run ranks. The Daily itself stays one ranked attempt for everyone. KEEP MAKING PROGRESS • Complete 13 milestones • Discover every hand and relic • Track personal records and your strongest builds • Change the full table with unlockable themes • Share polished result cards with friends FREE TO PLAY Play the ranked Daily every day, start five introductory casual runs, then receive three casual starts each day. Free players get the complete eight-round game and the full core relic pool. There are no ads. GO PRO Unlock unlimited casual runs, continue winning builds into Infinite Mode, expand from five to eight relic slots after Round 8, play today's deck on the Marathon Pro board, where unlimited attempts count and your best run past Round 8 ranks, keep the Ledger of lifetime records and your last 30 runs, and equip every premium table theme. Choose the one-time Full Game Unlock or the StackForge Play Pass. No subscription is required to own the full game. Made by StackForge Studios. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Skyline Tap

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Skyline Tap is a one-finger timing game about building a tower into the sky. A block glides back and forth above your tower. Tap to drop it onto the layer below: • Whatever hangs over the edge falls away, and the rest becomes your new top. • Land within the tolerance and it's "Aligned!" — nothing is trimmed and the tower keeps its width. • Miss the tower completely and the run ends. Try again right away. The block keeps moving until you tap. There is no timer. The higher you stack, the more the sky changes: from morning haze to noon, golden hour, dusk and the first stars, with distant monuments floating above a sea of clouds. • Generative ambient music, synthesized live and shaped by your height. It never loops. Music, sound effects and haptics each have their own control. • My records: your personal top 10, recent runs, milestones (10 / 20 / 30 / 50 / 75 / 100 layers) and your next challenge. • Game Center leaderboards: all-time and weekly. You can turn them off in Settings. • Leaving the app, a display hiccup or opening Settings pauses the game, and only "Resume" continues it — no surprise misses. • Pause any time and pick your tower up again next time. • English and Simplified Chinese. Supports Reduce Motion. • No ads, no in-app purchases, no account.

Screenshots

Sumward4 screens
Skyline Tap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Skyline Tap at none against Sumward's 3. Skyline Tap also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sumward sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Skyline Tap asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sumward ships an update every 3 weeks, Skyline Tap every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Sumward versus Skyline Tap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSumwardSkyline Tap
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStackForge StudiosCurastone CORP.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sumward

Subscriptions2
  • StackForge Play Pass Monthly$2.991 Month
  • StackForge Play Pass Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sumward Full Game Unlock$4.99
None

Skyline Tap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sumward free?
Sumward is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Skyline Tap free?
Skyline Tap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sumward or Skyline Tap have ads?
Neither Sumward nor Skyline Tap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sumward or Skyline Tap?
Sumward ships an update every 3 weeks, and Skyline Tap every 2 days. Most recently, Sumward was updated on October 29, 2026 and Skyline Tap on October 29, 2026.

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