Haystack Needle Quest vs Haystack Factory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Haystack Needle Quest
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A precision challenge where you must find a single needle buried deep inside a massive haystack. With 10 levels of difficulty and time tracking, your focus, reaction speed, and finger accuracy will be pushed to the limit. In the training level, the needle flashes red, making it easy to learn the basics. Once you get used to the controls, increase the difficulty and dive into the dense maze of hay. As the level rises, the hay becomes finer, thicker, and the needle becomes nearly impossible to spot. It's the true experience of "finding a needle in a haystack." Can you find it? A perfect game for stress relief and concentration training. Slide the needle upward with delicate, precise movements—and claim your victory.
Haystack Factory
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Grandma's barn holds one enormous pile of hay: 1,500,000 strands, and every single one is counted. Somewhere inside, she hid her needles. So roll up your sleeves, walk in and start pulling it apart. No ads. No pressure. Just cozy hay hunting with Grandma. PLUCK EVERY STRAND • Play in first person, in landscape: left thumb to walk, right thumb to look around. • Pluck hay by hand until your apron is full. Every strand you move leaves the pile, and the counter keeps ticking down. • Weigh your hay at the Hay Scale for coins. Keep the deliveries coming and the combo climbs. BIGGER TOOLS, BIGGER HAULS • Toy Trowel, Garden Spade, Hay Fork, Feed Bucket, Wheelbarrow, Garden Wagon, Push Broom, Leaf Blower and the gloriously loud Hay Vacuum (mind the overheating). • The Pin Finder pings and buzzes in your hands as you get close to metal. • Three upgrade tracks per tool, with the numbers right there: 1 strand per grab becomes 2, then 3… BUILD YOUR OWN HAY LINE • Place every machine by hand, right in the barn: Conveyors, Rake Pistons, Pitch Arms, Hay Hoppers, Fork Junctions, Decks, Stairs and a Barn Lift. • Put a Magnet Gate on a belt and it stops anything metal in its drawer. Walk over, open the drawer and see what you caught. • Power it all with Hay Stoves, Power Poles and Batteries. • Press hay into bales, wrap them, mill pellets and roll paper. Lob clumps across the barn with the Hay Cannon, or send a Crop Copter to tidy the floor. GRANDMA'S SEWING CABINET • 28 needles to collect, from the everyday Darning Needle to the legendary Golden Needle. Each one comes with Grandma's story and a perk. • The paperclip will fool you at least once. Junk goes in the Junk Drawer: 18 oddities to dig up. • Lucky strands go in Grandma's Lucky Jar. The odds are fixed and shown in the game. A WHOLE FARM'S WORTH OF HAY • Orders from the neighbors: Old Man Hawkins, the bakery, the stables, the zoo and more. • The Farmer's Almanac: more than 200 pages of upgrades across 8 branches. • Clear Grandma's Barn, then take on bigger stacks: the Back Field, the Old Silo, the Harvest Fair Heap and, one day, Mount Haymore. • The Daily Haystack: one small stack with one needle, the same for everyone today. FAIR, ALWAYS • Needles are never for sale. You find every one yourself. • No loot boxes. • Nothing you can buy helps in the Daily Haystack. • No ads. • Plays offline. No account needed. Best with two thumbs and haptics on. Haystack Factory is free to play, with optional in-app purchases that never include needles. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Haystack VIP subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://clausewl.github.io/haystack-factory/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://clausewl.github.io/haystack-factory/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Haystack Factory at none against Haystack Needle Quest's shown. Haystack Needle Quest's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Haystack Needle Quest sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Haystack Factory sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Haystack Needle Quest | Haystack Factory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | akira ohmachi | Clau SEWL |
In-app purchases
Haystack Needle Quest
- Remove Ads$1.99
Haystack Factory
- Haystack VIP (Monthly)$7.991 Month
- Haystack VIP (Yearly)3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Starter Farm Pack$1.99
- Golden Detector$6.99
- Double Coins$7.99
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