Comparison

Screw Machine vs Grab the Cheese

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

Head to head
About

Screw Machine

This game challenges you to sort colored screws onto a spinning machine. Tap panels to release screws onto a rail, where they thread into matching plates. Fill all plates to win, but avoid jamming the machine by overloading the rail.

Highlights
  • Color-sorting screw puzzle
  • Spinning machine mechanic
  • Tap-to-release screws
  • Level-based progression
  • Offline play
  • Mystery plates, gates, tunnels, arrows
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.

About

Grab the Cheese

Draw a path to guide a mouse past sleeping and patrolling cats to reach the cheese. Utilize the environment and clever tactics to outsmart your feline pursuers across hundreds of handcrafted levels.

Highlights
  • Draw paths with finger
  • Avoid cats with different behaviors
  • Use environmental elements
  • Hundreds of handcrafted levels
  • Offline play
  • No timers or paywalls
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Every cat in the house is between you and the cheese. Draw your way past them. You are the quietest mouse in the business. Trace a path with your finger and he follows it exactly — around the sleeping tabby's ears, behind the patrolling ginger's back, over the rug that swallows your footsteps. One clean line, one perfect heist. DRAW THE PERFECT LINE Tap and drag. That's the whole control scheme. The hard part is deciding where the line goes. READ EVERY THREAT BEFORE YOU MOVE • Sleeping cats hear footsteps inside their ring — go wide, or cross a rug to muffle your steps • Patrol cats sweep a vision cone — learn the rhythm and slip in behind • Ghost cats drift straight through walls, always toward you — a mouse hole sends them home • Mousetraps do not forgive. Watch every step USE THE HOUSE AGAINST THEM Duck into a mouse hole to vanish mid-chase and watch the cats give up. Dive into a secret tunnel and pop out across the room. Wind up a clockwork decoy mouse and let it clatter off while you walk the other way. HUNDREDS of HANDCRAFTED LEVELS Thirteen acts, each one teaching a new trick before it tests you on it. Field Training to The Grand Vault. Every level is built by hand, timed for three stars, and beatable without spending a thing. BUILT TO BE FAIR • Plays fully offline — no wifi, no account, no login • Every level is solvable on your first try if you read the room • No timers on your progress, no paywall between you and hundreds of levels Cute cartoon art, tiny satisfying sound, and one very determined mouse. Draw the line. Get the cheese.

Screenshots

Screw Machine4 screens
Grab the Cheese4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Grab the Cheese at 100% against Screw Machine's 57%. Screw Machine's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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 and Grab the Cheese sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Screw Machine holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 736 and 376 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Screw Machine's written reviews are positive against 100% of Grab the Cheese's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screw Machine ships an update every 4 days, Grab the Cheese every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Screw Machine versus Grab the Cheese: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrew MachineGrab the Cheese
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (736 ratings) — better4.7 (376 ratings)
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings736 — better376
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size428 MB235 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwist GamesWhalo Games LTD

Customer experience

Screw Machine

All ratings736 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.4%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

Grab the Cheese

All ratings369 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Screw Machine

One-time10
  • 1000 Coins$1.99
  • Fail Offer$4.99
  • 5000 Coins$7.99
Show 7 more
  • 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
10 purchases

Grab the Cheese

One-time10
  • XS Coins Package$0.99
  • S Coins Package$1.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
Show 7 more
  • Remove Ads$6.99
  • Remove Ads$10.99
  • Remove Ads$11.99
  • Remove Ads$13.99
  • Remove Ads$14.99
  • Mega Coins Package$19.99
  • Ultimate Coins Package$49.99

Questions

Is Screw Machine free?
Screw Machine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grab the Cheese free?
Grab the Cheese is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Screw Machine or Grab the Cheese?
Screw Machine is rated higher. Screw Machine averages 4.9 out of 5 from 736 ratings, while Grab the Cheese averages 4.7 from 376 ratings.
Do Screw Machine or Grab the Cheese have ads?
Both Screw Machine and Grab the Cheese show ads.
Which is updated more often, Screw Machine or Grab the Cheese?
Screw Machine ships an update every 4 days, and Grab the Cheese every 6 days. Most recently, Screw Machine was updated on November 1, 2026 and Grab the Cheese on October 31, 2026.

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