Comparison

Pixel Pigeon vs 8

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

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Pixel Pigeon

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You are a pigeon. Everybody on the street would rather you were somewhere else. Pixel Pigeon is a stealth game about a small grey bird with a plan. Case a place from the wires above it. Watch a shopkeeper's back, count the seconds a cat keeps its eyes shut, then drop in, take what you came for, and be three roofs away before anyone works out where the noise came from. NO SIGNAL, NO PROBLEM Download it once and the whole game sits on your phone. Every city, every level, every crumb. It plays exactly the same in a plane seat, in a tunnel, on the tube, in a queue at the airport, with the phone in airplane mode and nothing at all in the bars. Nothing to stream, nothing to sign into, no account to make. Open it and it is there. WHERE YOU WORK A city rooftop at dusk. A Bangkok weekend market at full volume. A cliff above the sea, an Irish bog, the great stones of the Pyramids, a neon backstreet in Hong Kong, a night train running dark. Every place has its own crowd, its own weather and its own way of catching you. WHAT YOU DO Read a street before you cross it, then take your moment Slip past cats, work a crowd, mind the wires, ride the wind Peck, poop, topple, and generally make yourself the problem Take the day's jobs, one of which names the exact piece of mischief it wants Keep a case file of what you have pulled off in every place Get booked: pull your pigeon's mugshot and charge sheet, then share it Kit out your bird and make the nest your own Play the golf tour through Venice, the Pyramids and Bangkok THE STREET ANSWERS BACK Lamps, statues, market stalls, temple bowls: touch almost anything and something has a word to say about it. Knock one thing over and the street notices. Keep going and it starts looking for you. Some of the faces turn up again in the next city, and they remember you. BUY IT ONCE Start free. One purchase opens the rest of the game and it stays yours. No subscriptions, no ads, no timers counting down while you wait, nothing that needs a connection. A wry little story about making it through, one feather at a time. Privacy Policy: https://dro1d.org/pixelpigeon.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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8

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Step behind the bar and shake up some classics — if you're fast enough. 8-Bit Bartender is a retro pixel-art arcade game where you play as a bartender serving a packed bar full of impatient customers. Match the right ingredients before their patience runs out, rack up tips, and level up to face harder drinks and bigger tippers. HOW TO PLAY • A customer walks in and places an order • Select the correct ingredients from your bar • Serve before the patience meter hits zero • Earn tips — speed and accuracy pay off • Level up every 5 drinks to unlock harder recipes CUSTOMER TYPES • Regular — easygoing, fair tips • Tourist — patient but a light tipper • Businessperson — no time to waste, huge tips • Party Guest — quick and generous • Expert — demands perfection, tips like it FEATURES • 50+ classic cocktail recipes to learn and master • Pixel art characters and 8-bit style animations • Increasing pressure as difficulty ramps up • High score tracking across sessions • Portrait mode — perfect for one-handed play • No random ads. No energy bars. Download free and play through the first 5 levels. Unlock the full bar with an Unlimited subscription.

Screenshots

Pixel Pigeon4 screens
84 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: 8 at every 2 days against Pixel Pigeon's every 5 days. 8 also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Pixel Pigeon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 8 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Pigeon ships an update every 5 days, 8 every 2 days. Both last shipped on September 17, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Pixel Pigeon versus 8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel Pigeon8
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1815.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB44 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperDRO1D LABS LIMITEDMalcolm Paulino

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixel Pigeon

One-time1
  • Pixel Pigeon Lifetime Access$3.99
1 purchases

8

One-time1
  • Unlimited Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is Pixel Pigeon free?
Pixel Pigeon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 8 free?
8 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pixel Pigeon or 8 have ads?
Neither Pixel Pigeon nor 8 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Pigeon or 8?
Pixel Pigeon ships an update every 5 days, and 8 every 2 days. Most recently, Pixel Pigeon was updated on September 17, 2026 and 8 on September 17, 2026.

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