Comparison

1Stack vs Apila

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

Head to head
About

1Stack

Features
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Tap at the right moment, stack each moving block, and build the tallest tower you can. 1Stack is a focused one-hand arcade game for quick runs. Precise placements preserve the tower, perfect drops build combos, and every miss ends the run. Features: • Simple one-tap controls • Classic mode and Daily Tower: the same tower for everyone each day, with a day streak • The sky changes every 10 floors, from a green meadow up to space • Keep perfects going and your block grows back • Daily, weekly, country, and world rankings • Perfect-drop combos and increasing difficulty • Local best score with offline gameplay • Korean, English, Japanese, and Spanish • Kid-safe ads only after a run ends; no banners and no ads during play An internet connection is required for online rankings. Core gameplay and the local best score remain available offline.

About

Apila

Features
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One tap. One tower. No end. Drop each block at just the right moment: whatever hangs over gets sliced off and the tower narrows. Land it perfectly and a note rings out; chain three and the tower grows back. Easy to learn, impossible to put down. TEN WAYS TO PLAY • Classic, Time attack and Perfects only. • Story: help Pila climb from the ground to the Moon in 8 chapters. • Levels: 60 challenges across 6 worlds with wind, fog and a boss at the end of each world. • Puzzles: slice every floor exactly along the marked shape. • Zen: no losing, no rush. • Weekend tournament: the same tower for everyone; the best win prizes. • World Tower: every floor you place adds to one tower built by all players. • Created: design your own levels, publish them and play everyone else's. WITH YOUR FRIENDS Live duels with up to 8 players, race a friend's ghost even when they're offline, take down the weekly boss together and climb the room league. ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW • A free season Pass with 30 reward tiers and an exclusive theme. • Daily chest, missions, three daily challenges and day streaks. • 45 medals, 17 themes, power-ups, bosses and events. • The sky changes as you climb: sunrise, clouds, sunset, night and outer space. • Game Center, a home-screen widget and a shareable video of your tower. Plays offline. No ads.

Screenshots

1Stack4 screens
Apila4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Apila at none against 1Stack's shown. Apila also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). 1Stack's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

1Stack ships an update every 5 days, Apila daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 2 level
1Stack versus Apila: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1StackApila
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKCREW(KR)Hector Luis De Jesus

In-app purchases

None

1Stack

No in-app purchases

None

Apila

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 1Stack free?
1Stack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Apila free?
Apila is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 1Stack or Apila have ads?
1Stack shows ads; Apila does not.
Which is updated more often, 1Stack or Apila?
1Stack ships an update every 5 days, and Apila daily. Most recently, 1Stack was updated on October 31, 2026 and Apila on October 26, 2026.

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