Comparison

Pick‑a‑Stick vs LoopLoose

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

Head to head
About

Pick‑a‑Stick

Features
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Pick a Stick turns the classic pick-up-sticks challenge into a calm 3D puzzle game. Study the pile from above or rotate to a free view. Follow the overlaps, work out which stick can move safely, and clear the pile one careful choice at a time. A wrong move costs a heart, while an optional hint can reveal a safe choice when you need a nudge. Features: • 40 handcrafted levels with steadily increasing challenge • Top and free-view cameras for inspecting every angle • Simple touch controls designed for short, focused sessions • Hints, medals, and locally saved progress • Core puzzle gameplay available offline • English and Simplified Chinese No account or sign-in is required. Game progress stays on your device. Pick a Stick contains third-party advertising.

About

LoopLoose

Features
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Coloured rubber bands are stretched round pegs, all tangled up. Tap one peg, tap another, and they swap places. Keep swapping until no two bands cross and every loop springs free. LoopLoose is a calm, juicy untangle puzzle. Every stage is built backwards from a solved board, so it always has a solution, and a solver works out par: the fewest swaps it can find. Match par for three stars, or beat it on the biggest boards if you can. HOW TO PLAY • Tap a peg, then another, to swap them • Sparks show where bands cross. Clear every spark • Fewer swaps earn more stars • Stuck? Reshuffle deals the stage again with a fresh look WHAT'S INSIDE • 250 stages across 8 worlds, from a sunny breeze to a midnight sky • Boards that grow from two little loops to 36 pegs • 24 themes to unlock with stars: gumdrops and licorice, mushrooms and roots, neon switches, crackling power lines, planets in orbit, crown jewels and more • Holiday themes for everyone: lanterns for Lunar New Year, hearts on Valentine's Day, skulls and bones at Halloween, pies at Thanksgiving, candy canes at Christmas, mirror balls on New Year's Eve and more • 35 badges to earn, from Hat Trick to Perfect Ten. Share or save any badge you've earned • Soothing music that changes with each world, with rubber-band twangs tuned to it PLAY YOUR WAY • No timers and no lives. Take as long as you like • Works offline • No account and no ads • Turn haptics, sound effects and music on or off TRY IT FREE The first 10 stages are free. One purchase unlocks all 250 stages, yours to keep.

Screenshots

Pick‑a‑Stick4 screens
LoopLoose4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pick‑a‑Stick at none against LoopLoose's 1. Pick‑a‑Stick also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). LoopLoose's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. LoopLoose sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pick‑a‑Stick asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Pick‑a‑Stick versus LoopLoose: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPick‑a‑StickLoopLoose
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer栋 赵Ashier de Leon

In-app purchases

None

Pick‑a‑Stick

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

LoopLoose

One-time1
  • Full Game: All 250 Stages$4.99

Questions

Is Pick‑a‑Stick free?
Pick‑a‑Stick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LoopLoose free?
LoopLoose is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pick‑a‑Stick or LoopLoose have ads?
Pick‑a‑Stick shows ads; LoopLoose does not.

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