Comparison

Stack Borough vs PulseOrchard

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

Head to head
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.

About

PulseOrchard

Features
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Welcome to PulseOrchard โ€” a vibrant fruit-energy laboratory filled with glowing reactions, colorful experiments, and satisfying puzzle challenges. Step inside a futuristic neon orchard where every fruit contains a unique energy signal. Connect matching fruits, create powerful reaction chains, stabilize the laboratory core, and discover new formulas as you progress. PulseOrchard combines relaxing pattern-based gameplay with short challenges, collection mechanics, daily objectives, and detailed personal statistics. Every activity contributes to the development of your laboratory. BUILD FRUIT-ENERGY REACTIONS Enter the Pulse Reactor and connect neighboring matching fruits without lifting your finger. Longer chains generate more energy, increase your score, and activate special pulse surges. Plan each move carefully, search for the strongest connections, and reach the target before the reactor runs out of available moves. Each fruit has its own visual identity and energy frequency, making every board colorful, clear, and satisfying to explore. COMPLETE DAILY EXPERIMENTS A new laboratory objective is available each day. Identify the required fruit signals, protect reactor stability, use limited scans wisely, and complete the formula before the experiment is interrupted. Daily experiments provide additional energy, unlock research progress, and help you build a continuous laboratory streak.

Screenshots

Stack Borough4 screens
PulseOrchard4 screens

Verdict

The call

Stack Borough and PulseOrchard 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

Stack Borough ships an update every 2 weeks, PulseOrchard every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Stack Borough versus PulseOrchard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStack BoroughPulseOrchard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.616.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size33 MB11 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperOmirkhan BaikonurovRHODRI HARCOURT

In-app purchases

None

Stack Borough

No in-app purchases

None

PulseOrchard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stack Borough free?
Stack Borough is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PulseOrchard free?
PulseOrchard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stack Borough or PulseOrchard have ads?
Neither Stack Borough nor PulseOrchard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stack Borough or PulseOrchard?
Stack Borough ships an update every 2 weeks, and PulseOrchard every 8 days. Most recently, Stack Borough was updated on October 31, 2026 and PulseOrchard on November 6, 2026.

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