Comparison

Stuff it! vs EmberFrost

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

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About

Stuff it!

Features
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Stuff It! is a fun and relaxing puzzle game about packing a suitcase before a trip! Help our heroine get ready for vacation: carefully fit all her items into the suitcase, making the most of every inch of space. Each level brings a fresh puzzle with a unique set of items and suitcase shape. GAME FEATURES: - Dozens of engaging levels with increasing difficulty - Simple, intuitive controls — just drag and drop items - Relaxing, meditative gameplay - Bright, cheerful travel-themed art style - Hint system for tricky moments - Fun for players of all ages Take a virtual trip by organizing the perfect suitcase! The ideal game to unwind between tasks. Download Stuff It! now and start your packing adventure!

About

EmberFrost

Rebuild a frozen village by gathering resources, selling goods, and constructing new buildings. Keep the central fire alive to protect villagers from the cold and uncover a compelling story. Hire helpers and craft tools to survive harsh blizzards and expand your settlement.

Highlights
  • Resource gathering and selling
  • Village construction and expansion
  • Fire management for warmth
  • Hiring and managing villagers
  • Crafting tools and upgrades
  • Story-driven progression
  • Offline play
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The cold never stops. Neither do you. Light the last ember, keep the fire alive and bring a frozen village back to life in EmberFrost: Survival Tycoon. A cozy but tense village builder with a real story, played with one thumb. You arrive alone at Tamarisk Village, a ruin buried deep in snow. The fire pit at its heart has gone cold, the temperature keeps falling, and nobody is left to rebuild. With a lantern and the Last Ember, you light the first fire, and the village slowly wakes up. GATHER, CARRY, SELL, BUILD • Chop wood in the pine forest, fish through the ice and cut stone at the quarry. • Sell to the villagers at the market stall and collect the coins they leave behind. • Stand on a building zone to spend your coins and watch a new place rise from the ruins. • Unlock 26 places in all: cabins, a market stall, a fishing hole and a repaired pier, a stone quarry, a forge, an infirmary, a storage shed, braziers, a torch fence, wind screens and a lookout tower. KEEP THE FIRE ALIVE • The fire's warmth is the safe ring everyone lives in. Feed it wood, and upgrade it to warm a wider circle. • Out in the cold you slow down, so plan each trip and get back in time. • Light braziers, raise wind screens and a torch fence to push the warmth further out. • Nights are colder, and snowstorms roll in every few days. HIRE HELP AND GROW • Hire woodcutters, a fisher, a stonecutter and a carrier who walks the paths for you. • Visit the forge to craft better tools, bigger crates and a sled for heavy loads. • Build cabins and grow the village to 20 villagers, then keep their spirits up through long, dark nights. A STORY WORTH STAYING FOR • Granny Maud, the village healer, is the first to come out of the forest when the fire is lit. She teaches you to keep it burning and cares for the sick. • Lily, a young mapmaker, arrives with a torn piece of an old map. Each visit, she has found a little more. • Bram, the smith, brings the forge back to life and helps you prepare for the worst. • Nobody dies in EmberFrost. The worst that can happen is that a cold, unhappy villager packs up and leaves. THE GREAT BLIZZARD Something big is coming from the north. When the last place is built, the Great Blizzard arrives: the temperature falls hard, the wind howls, and the fire eats wood faster than ever. Everything you built must hold until morning. Survive it, and the whole village gathers around the fire for a festival dance. THE FROZEN LAKE The lake north of the village is frozen solid, mostly. Slide across the ice, fish through the hole, repair the old pier, and watch your step near the middle, where the ice is thin. PLAY YOUR WAY • Normal mode for a cozy run, Hard mode for a real fight against the cold. Switch any time in the settings. • About three hours of story, with a play-time clock so you can try to beat your best run. • Plays fully offline. No account, no sign-in, no waiting timers. • Portrait mode and simple one-thumb controls. 21 LANGUAGES, FULLY VOICED Every line of the story is voiced, in English, German, French, Spanish, Brazilian and European Portuguese, Japanese, Turkish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, Hindi, Arabic, Thai, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean and Indonesian. COZY ART AND SOUND Warm low-poly scenes, falling snow, a crackling fire and soft music: a small winter world that is calm to look at and tense to survive in. FAIR AND SIMPLE No ads, ever. The prologue and your first three places are free. One purchase, Full Story, unlocks the rest of the story for good: every place and worker, the forge upgrades, the Great Blizzard and the ending. Optional coin packs appear later in the game; the story can be finished without them. Privacy Policy: https://fiosapps.com/games/emberfrost/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Stuff it!4 screens
EmberFrost4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stuff it! at none against EmberFrost's 4. Stuff it! also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). EmberFrost's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. EmberFrost sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Stuff it! asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stuff it! versus EmberFrost: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStuff it!EmberFrost
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size236 MB234 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIrina GazaryanBurak Tunc

In-app purchases

None

Stuff it!

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

EmberFrost

One-time4
  • Full Story$1.99
  • 100 Coins$1.99
  • 250 Coins$2.99
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  • 500 Coins$3.99

Questions

Is Stuff it! free?
Stuff it! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EmberFrost free?
EmberFrost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stuff it! or EmberFrost have ads?
Stuff it! shows ads; EmberFrost does not.

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