Comparison

Aphelion Rise vs Stack Borough

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

Head to head
About

Aphelion Rise

Features
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Hold to latch onto a ring. Let go to fling off in a straight line. Aim for the next ring, hold again, and keep the chain alive โ€” that's Aphelion Rise. It's a one-touch arcade climber built around a single, satisfying motion: orbit, release, catch. Every run is a straight shot at a new personal best, powered by momentum and timing instead of taps and menus. FEATURES โ€ข Endless Climb โ€” swing from ring to ring for as long as you can hold the chain. One mistimed release or one hazard clip and the run ends, so every catch matters. โ€ข Style Multiplier โ€” clean catches build your multiplier. Thread the gates, graze hazards without crashing, and stack style for a bigger score. โ€ข Daily Run โ€” everyone gets the exact same course each day. No randomness, no advantage โ€” just skill, a shared leaderboard moment, and a streak to protect. โ€ข Race a Ghost โ€” run against your own best attempt, or drop in a friend's shared code and race their ghost head-to-head. โ€ข Trails โ€” unlock cosmetic comet trails with Stardust earned in-game. Purely visual โ€” trails never change how the game plays. โ€ข Achievements & Stats โ€” track best distance, streaks, and milestones as you improve. Aphelion Rise collects nothing. There's no analytics, no ads, no account, and no network connection required โ€” it runs fully offline, and your scores never leave your phone. Hold. Fling. Climb. How far can you get?

About

Stack Borough

Features
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Swap tiles on the board to line up three or more matching materials and gather what a building needs. Bricks, wood, glass, steel, paint and tools each count toward a building recipe, so plan which clusters to clear first. Line up four to make a beam that clears a whole row and column, or five for a wrecking ball that blasts the area around it. When the board gets stuck, spend a few coins on a hammer, some dynamite, or a full board shuffle. Each plot is a match-3 level with its own recipe and a move limit. Buy the empty plot with coins, meet the recipe in time, and the building rises on the spot. Finished buildings earn passive coins minute after minute, which you collect and pour back into new plots and upgrades. Upgrading a building raises its income, so a busy borough keeps paying while you play. Work through districts that each have their own look, from a warm Old Town to Market Row and the Harborside. Grids grow larger as you progress and some cells are blocked off, which changes how tiles fall and where matches form. Stars reward clean boards with moves to spare.

Screenshots

Aphelion Rise4 screens
Stack Borough4 screens

Verdict

The call

Aphelion Rise and Stack Borough are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Aphelion Rise versus Stack Borough: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAphelion RiseStack Borough
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB33 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJoseph LewisOmirkhan Baikonurov

In-app purchases

None

Aphelion Rise

No in-app purchases

None

Stack Borough

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aphelion Rise free?
Aphelion Rise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stack Borough free?
Stack Borough is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aphelion Rise or Stack Borough have ads?
Neither Aphelion Rise nor Stack Borough shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aphelion Rise or Stack Borough?
Aphelion Rise ships an update every 2 weeks, and Stack Borough every 2 weeks. Most recently, Aphelion Rise was updated on October 4, 2026 and Stack Borough on October 5, 2026.

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