Comparison

Stack Draft vs Starlight

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

Head to head
About

Stack Draft

Features
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One row. A chain of color. Stack Draft brings classic falling blocks, color chains, and roguelike skills to one board. Your placements shape the puzzle. Your rewards shape the run. MAKE SPACE OR BUILD A CHAIN A full row clears connected blocks of the same color. Gaps open. Blocks fall into place. New rows can spark new chains. Plan your stack and turn a single drop into a cascade of points. BUILD YOUR COMBINATION 80 skills, three options per reward. Strengthen color chains, boost your score, or accept the cost of a powerful skill. Each choice changes your build. Each run brings a new combination to explore. CHASE YOUR HIGH SCORE Claim 16 rewards to complete the stage. Take your board and skills into endless play and test the limits of your build. One-hand controls. Offline solo play. No ads. FREE PLAY Free download. No ads or subscriptions. The first 6 rewards per run are free. FULL GAME — ONE PURCHASE Access to all 16 rewards and one revive per run. Privacy: https://flowthemoment.com/en/apps/stack-draft/privacy/ Terms: https://flowthemoment.com/en/apps/stack-draft/terms/

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Starlight

Features
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Nearly 70,000 tower combinations. Still no easy victory. Take on a brutal tower-defense challenge. Clear Normal to unlock Hard, then Nightmare and Hell. Hell spans 300 stages with enemy HP at 7 times Normal. Find your breakthrough through tower placement, merge timing, relics and talents. Discover 68,772 tower combinations and 5,000 hidden recipes. Combine 10 elements and 20 classes, merge three matching towers and climb to Genesis. Turn a vast collection of possibilities into a strategy that survives. • 68,772 units born from 10 elements Ɨ 20 classes, with 5,000 secret hidden recipes and hidden units that rise all the way to Genesis • Nine tiers from Common to Transcendent, Immortal and Genesis — the higher the tier, the flashier the pixel effects • Normal 40 Ā· Hard 100 Ā· Nightmare 200 Ā· Hell 300 stages; clear one to open the next • 5 maps, quests, 6 bounty tiers, four upgrade tracks and summon upgrades • Traits, relics and unlocks that grow with stardust and crystals • A guided first battle, playable in 15 languages • One-handed play in portrait The 68,772 catalog entries include element, class, tier and hidden rank-up variants. The game contains rewarded and interstitial ads and in-app purchases (crystals, Starter Pack, Remove Ads, Starlight Pass). The Starlight Pass is a 1-month auto-renewing subscription; it renews unless cancelled in your store subscription settings at least 24 hours before the period ends. Drop rates for relic summons and unseals are shown in the game. Progress is saved on your device and included in your phone's backups; use the transfer code in Settings to move it to another device. Terms: https://starlight-defense-support.alyduho.chatgpt.site/terms.html Privacy: https://starlight-defense-support.alyduho.chatgpt.site/privacy.html

Screenshots

Stack Draft4 screens
Starlight3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stack Draft at none against Starlight's shown. Starlight'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 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. Stack Draft sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Starlight sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Stack Draft versus Starlight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStack DraftStarlight
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB87 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developerēš“äøœ 马won choi

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stack Draft

One-time2
  • 1-day TrialFree
  • Full Game — One Purchase$4.99
8 purchases

Starlight

Subscriptions1
  • 별빛 패스$2.991 Month
One-time7
  • ź²°ģ • 60$0.49
  • ģŠ¤ķƒ€ķ„° 팩$1.99
  • ź²°ģ • 330$3.99
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  • ź“‘ź³  제거$3.99
  • ź²°ģ • 700$6.99
  • ź²°ģ • 1,500$14.99
  • ź²°ģ • 3,800$39.99

Questions

Is Stack Draft free?
Stack Draft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Starlight free?
Starlight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stack Draft or Starlight have ads?
Starlight shows ads; Stack Draft does not.

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