Comparison

Pixel Hive vs Crop Drop!

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Hive

Engage in a relaxing 3D puzzle game where you direct swarms of colored bees to deconstruct pixel sculptures. Plan your hive releases strategically to manage limited slots and clear each level.

Highlights
  • Harvest matching pixel blocks with colored bee swarms
  • Deconstruct 3D pixel sculptures piece by piece
  • Manage limited hive waiting slots
  • Rotate sculptures to find colors
  • Plan with upcoming hive queue
  • Utilize power-ups like magnet and freeze
Features
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Welcome to Pixel Hive, a puzzle game where swarms of busy bees take apart colorful 3D pixel sculptures, one block at a time. Every level starts with a finished sculpture floating above your hives: a juicy watermelon, a desert pyramid, and many more. Your job is to pick the right hive and release its bees. Each hive holds a swarm of one color, and its bees fly out to harvest only the blocks that match. As the blocks disappear, the sculpture melts away until nothing is left. But there's a catch. A hive whose bees still have blocks to collect flies back and parks in a waiting slot. Slots are limited. Fill them all and the level is over. Success means reading the sculpture, choosing hives in the right order, and keeping the swarm moving without clogging the hive. Rotate the sculpture to spot hidden colors, plan ahead with the hives coming up in your queue, and use power-ups like the magnet, the fan, and the freeze ray when the pressure builds. As you progress, sculptures grow bigger, colors multiply, and every choice matters more. Features - Send colored bee swarms to harvest matching pixel blocks - Take apart beautiful 3D pixel sculptures piece by piece - Manage limited waiting slots before the hive fills up - Rotate sculptures to find the colors you need - Plan around a queue of upcoming hives - Powerful boosters: magnet, fan, extra slot, and freeze - Simple one-tap controls with real puzzle depth - Hundreds of levels with growing size and color variety - Relaxing visuals and satisfying block-by-block clearing Pick your hives, manage the swarm, and clear every pixel in Pixel Hive.

About

Crop Drop!

Features
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Welcome to Crop Drop, where the puzzles are always ripe for the picking! Dive into a totally satisfying farming brain-teaser where clearing jams meets sorting colorful veggies. THE GREAT CROP SPILL Watch as massive boxes deliver fresh produce, dumping them onto the field in a mesmerizing, ASMR-style spill. It’s a seriously satisfying scatter of colorful crops that pile up perfectly, waiting for your energetic farmers to sort them out. BUST THE TRAFFIC JAM Your mini farmhands are ready to work, but their buses are stuck in a parking gridlock. Tap the buses to send them out—but remember, they can only drive straight in the direction of their arrows. Plan your moves carefully to untangle the jam and get the traffic flowing. HOP, SORT & SHIP Once a bus hits the dispatch station, your mini farmers hop out and bounce into action. They'll automatically track down the crops that match their bus color, carry them on their heads, and load up the waiting target boxes. Fill a box completely and it ships out, making room for the next big crop drop. AVOID THE DEADLOCK Strategy is key. If you send out buses but there aren't any matching crops or active boxes waiting, your farmers will just sit in the buses, taking up space at the parking lot. If all the parking lots fill up with idle buses, the whole farm grinds to a halt! Keep a close eye on the field and sequence your buses right to keep the supply chain moving smoothly. UNLOCK NEW MYSTERIES Think you’ve mastered the harvest? As your farm grows, you’ll unlock mysterious new obstacles and grid mechanics that will really test your logic. What’s hiding under the giant question marks? How do you clear the multi-layered parking platforms? What's the deal with the self-driving buses and those giant countdown gift boxes? You'll have to keep playing to uncover these tricky new puzzles. With farmers, stress-relieving ASMR sorting, an expanding color palette, and levels that keep you guessing, Crop Drop is the perfect way to unwind and test your brain. Download now and get sorting!

Screenshots

Pixel Hive4 screens
Crop Drop!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Crop Drop! at none against Pixel Hive's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Hive ships an update every 3 days, Crop Drop! every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Pixel Hive versus Crop Drop!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel HiveCrop Drop!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB217 MB
Age rating+412+
DeveloperPlayoneer LTDMintpop Oyun Anonim Sirketi

In-app purchases

None

Pixel Hive

No in-app purchases

None

Crop Drop!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixel Hive free?
Pixel Hive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crop Drop! free?
Crop Drop! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixel Hive or Crop Drop! have ads?
Pixel Hive shows ads; Crop Drop! does not.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Hive or Crop Drop!?
Pixel Hive ships an update every 3 days, and Crop Drop! every 6 days. Most recently, Pixel Hive was updated on October 16, 2026 and Crop Drop! on October 10, 2026.

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