Comparison

Pixel Gem Loop vs Macaron Stack

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Gem Loop

Engage in a relaxing puzzle game where you sort colorful beads flowing through pipelines. Complete intricate diamond art canvases and reveal stunning pixel masterpieces. Save your creations and enjoy a soothing, mentally stimulating experience.

Highlights
  • Satisfying bead sorting
  • Pipeline puzzle mechanics
  • Diamond art creation
  • Personal artwork gallery
  • Relaxing gameplay
  • Mindfully engaging puzzles
Features
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Pick a color. Fill the canvas. Bring sparkling pixel art to life! Welcome to Pixel Gem Loop, where color-matching puzzles meet the joy of creating gem-filled pictures. Choose gems from the bottom tray or the conveyor belt and fit them into matching spaces on the canvas. Watch scattered colors come together, from your first colorful section to the final sparkling piece. HOW TO PLAY: FIND, MATCH & REVEAL Find the Colors You Need Look at the canvas and spot the spaces waiting to be filled. Check their colors and find a section you can work on next. Every empty spot is another piece of the picture waiting to appear. Choose Your Gems & Fill the Canvas Find matching gems in the bottom tray or on the conveyor belt, then use them to fill the corresponding spaces. Watch each placement add color and bring more of the picture into view. Think Ahead, One Match at a Time Which color should you use first? Which section can you complete next? Let the canvas and your available gems guide your choices. Simple controls make it easy to begin, while careful observation and thoughtful planning keep each puzzle engaging. Complete the Picture Connect colorful sections, uncover the details, and fill the last remaining space. Enjoy the satisfying moment when all those little matches become one complete gem artwork! Satisfying from Start to Finish Glossy gems, bright colors, and smooth animations make every placement a pleasure to watch. Fill a section, reveal a detail, and enjoy visible progress all the way to the final piece. Pictures Worth Discovering Explore playful designs and art-inspired images, each with its own colors, shapes, and details. Find a new favorite and enjoy bringing it to life, gem by gem. A Gallery of Your Achievements Save finished artworks to your personal gallery, revisit the pictures you love, and watch your collection grow. Every completed canvas is a little achievement to keep. Ready to place your first gem? Download Pixel Gem Loop and turn colorful matches into sparkling works of art!

About

Macaron Stack

Features
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Welcome to Macaron Stack, a cozy bakery puzzle about sorting sweet stacks. Macarons come out of the oven in small batches and land on your trays. Move a run of matching macarons from tray to tray. When a tray holds ten of one flavor, they bake together into two macarons of the next flavor, and that can set off a chain. Strawberry becomes pistachio, pistachio becomes blueberry, and on it goes, all the way up to galaxy, aurora and royal. NO ADS There are no ads, no video buttons, no lives and no energy. Play as long as you like. A FAIR OVEN You always see the next batch before you press the oven. It is shaped around the flavors on your counter, and it won't leave you stuck when a kinder batch would do. EVERY LEVEL IS SOLVABLE Every one of the 500 Journey levels is proven solvable, without boosters, by our built-in solver. Each level shows its par, so you know three stars can be done. 500 LEVELS, 8 BAKERIES Travel from Paris Corner to Cloud Castle. New ideas arrive one at a time: small trays, boxed macarons, frosted trays, twin trays, a conveyor and golden orders. Every 10th level is a Grand Order. MORE WAYS TO PLAY • Endless Bakery: climb the flavors as high as you can. • Daily Recipe: the same puzzle for everyone, every day, with a streak and monthly badges. • Relax: a full counter sells itself, and undo is unlimited. • Café Orders: three minutes and a row of hungry pet customers. MAKE IT YOURS Fill a recipe book of 24 flavors, spend your stars on 40 bakery upgrades from bunting to a golden oven, and choose tray, plating and wallpaper styles with coins you earn by playing. There are 39 medals to collect. KIND TO YOU A symbol on every flavor (color-blind friendly), five free undos every level, Reduce Motion, haptics, and gentle music that lets your own music keep playing. It plays offline and saves after every move. No tracking. No accounts. Nothing collected.

Screenshots

Pixel Gem Loop4 screens
Macaron Stack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Macaron Stack at none against Pixel Gem Loop's 10. Macaron Stack also leads on ads (none vs shown). Pixel Gem Loop's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price and device support 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. Pixel Gem Loop sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Macaron Stack asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pixel Gem Loop versus Macaron Stack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel Gem LoopMacaron Stack
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews17.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size274 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCONATUREMuhammad Rizwan

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pixel Gem Loop

One-time10
  • Coins Bundle01$1.99
  • Starter Bundle$1.99
  • Comeback Boost 01$4.99
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  • Basic Bundle$5.99
  • DiscountBundle01$7.99
  • Coins Bundle 02$8.99
  • NoTimerBundle01$9.99
  • Big Pack$11.99
  • Remove ADS Bundle$12.99
  • Mega Pack$17.99
None

Macaron Stack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixel Gem Loop free?
Pixel Gem Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Macaron Stack free?
Macaron Stack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixel Gem Loop or Macaron Stack have ads?
Pixel Gem Loop shows ads; Macaron Stack does not.

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