Comparison

Pocket Pet Hotel vs Screw Machine

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Pet Hotel

Features
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Run a pet hotel, care for tiny guests, and beat the rush. Welcome cats, dogs, bunnies, birds, and other lovable visitors. Read each guest's request, guide them to the right room, serve snacks, baths, play time, or rest, collect tips, and clean up before the next arrival. Build smooth care combos while guest patience ticks down. Upgrade your staff and rooms, choose helpful boosters, and turn a quiet lobby into a fully restored boutique hotel. Explore 90 handcrafted shifts across five hotel wings. Return for a fresh Daily Guest Rush, fill a Hotel Book with 32 memorable guests, and choose a favorite companion for your lobby. Features: - Fast, readable hotel-management shifts - Four distinct care rooms with animated guest moments - 90-shift Restoration Journey across five wings - Daily challenge and weekly Hotel Book progress - 32 collectible named guests and lobby companions - Meaningful staff, room, and service upgrades - Optional accessibility controls for reduced motion - Fully playable offline - No account required Your progress is stored locally on your device, so the hotel remains ready whenever you are. Optional rewarded videos may provide a clearly labeled bonus after your privacy choices. Core gameplay remains fully playable without watching ads, including offline.

About

Screw Machine

A unique color-sorting puzzle game where you manage screws on a spinning machine. Tap panels to release screws and match them to their colored plates before the rail overloads. Features special mechanics like mystery plates and gates for added challenge.

Highlights
  • Spinning machine sorting mechanic
  • Color-matching screw puzzles
  • Tap-to-release screw panels
  • Special game-changing parts (mystery plates, gates)
  • Offline play
  • No timer or move counter
Features
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Screw Machine is a color-sorting screw puzzle with a moving twist. Instead of stacking screws onto a bolt, you spill screws onto a spinning machine and let timing do the sorting. Tap a panel drop its screws onto the rail, and watch each color thread itself into its matching plate as the ring carries it around. Fill every plate to win. Overload the rail and the whole machine seizes up. HOW THE MACHINE WORKS • Tap a panel to loosen its screws onto the spinning rail • Four color plates sit around the ring — each one takes three screws of its color • As the machine turns, every screw passing its matching plate drives itself in • Fill a plate and it locks shut; the next color rolls up behind it • Clear all the plates to finish the level KEEP IT TURNING • The rail only holds so many screws, release colors with nowhere to go and it jams solid • Read the machine before you tap: open the panels whose colors have an open plate • No move counter, no timer, you only lose if the rail jams for good • Every level is a small sorting puzzle built to be untangled PARTS THAT CHANGE THE GAME • Mystery plates: The next color stays hidden behind a "?" until it rolls into place • Gates: Run a screw through and it splits into more • Tunnels: Feed a whole extra run of panels onto the board • Arrows: Panels that you can only unlock from a certain direction WHY IT'S HARD TO PUT DOWN • A fresh, tactile spin on the nuts and bolts puzzles you already love • One-tap, simple, with real timing and planning underneath • Hand-built levels that stay clever without ever feeling like work • Oddly satisfying to watch, screws driving home, plates locking in sequence • Play offline, anywhere, no wifi needed • Free to play, with lives that refill over time Loosen the screws. Run the machine. Sort every color.

Screenshots

Pocket Pet Hotel4 screens
Screw Machine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pocket Pet Hotel at none against Screw Machine's 10. Pocket Pet Hotel also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Screw Machine sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Pocket Pet Hotel asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Pet Hotel ships an update weekly, Screw Machine every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pocket Pet Hotel versus Screw Machine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Pet HotelScrew Machine
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (445 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—445 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB368 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFUTURISTIC SRLTwist Games

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Pet Hotel

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Screw Machine

One-time10
  • 1000 Coins$1.99
  • Fail Offer$4.99
  • 5000 Coins$7.99
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  • No Ads$7.99
  • Small Bundle$9.99
  • No Ads Bundle$12.99
  • 10000 Coins$14.99
  • Medium Bundle$19.99
  • Large Bundle$29.99
  • Mega Bundle$49.99

Questions

Is Pocket Pet Hotel free?
Pocket Pet Hotel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screw Machine free?
Screw Machine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pocket Pet Hotel or Screw Machine have ads?
Both Pocket Pet Hotel and Screw Machine show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Pet Hotel or Screw Machine?
Pocket Pet Hotel ships an update weekly, and Screw Machine every 4 days. Most recently, Pocket Pet Hotel was updated on October 13, 2026 and Screw Machine on October 20, 2026.

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