Comparison

Where's the Needle? vs Needle in a Haystack!

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

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About

Where's the Needle?

Features
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You wake up locked in a warehouse with an open roof. In front of you stands a mountain of hay: millions of strands, and somewhere inside, six buried needles. All you have are your hands. So you start. ONE STRAND AT A TIME Pick hay strand by strand and toss it into the HAY IN intake at the SELL HAY stand. Every strand earns you cents. Cents become dollars, and dollars unlock tool licenses and machine plans in Yard Research. Then buy your gear at Supply Co. BUILD YOUR OWN HAY FACTORY Place every machine wherever you like: conveyor belts, a Dump Hatch, a Steam Rake that needs no power, robot arms in three sizes, Hay Generators wired up with power poles, a Hay Compressor that presses bales, and a Splitter that divides a belt in two. Each extra copy of a machine costs more, so plan your layout. LET THE SCANNER HUNT Mount a scanner arch over a belt. It holds the passing hay, checks it, and sounds a siren when it spots a needle. Careful: sell a needle with the hay or burn it in a generator, and it slips back into the pile. SIX NEEDLES A sewing needle, a desk pin, a safety pin, a bent pin, a hat pin and a darning needle. Each is buried at a different depth, and the deepest hide in the heart of the pile. Every needle you recover goes into your wooden Needle Cabinet until all six slots are full. FEATURES • A first-person 3D haystack you can dig into • Three pile sizes: Small (4.8 million strands), Standard (13.8 million) and Big (34 million), with a peak above the warehouse walls • Yard Research: 8 branches and 48 unlocks and upgrades, from tools, belts and power to your own stamina • Supply Co.: toy shovel, spade, pitchfork, Yard Vac, a metal detector that beeps near a needle, bucket and wheelbarrow • 13 machines and structures to place and connect • Uncover a needle by hand and it glints • A 15-step task card to get you started (you can switch it off) • Game Center leaderboards for the fastest finish on each pile size • Three save slots with autosave • Quality settings from "Potato" for older iPhones up to "High", plus adjustable interface size • Plays fully offline • No ads, no in-app purchases • Landscape only Languages: English and Arabic (Kuwaiti dialect). The game follows your iPhone's language, and you can switch it any time in Settings. Made by a solo indie developer in Kuwait.

About

Needle in a Haystack!

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A simple but fun puzzle game where you must find - you guessed it - a needle in a hay stack! - over 999 levels! - see no ads! - unlock new boosters! Super simple. Super fun! Privacy Policy: https://www.fumbgames.com/privacy-policy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Where's the Needle?4 screens
Needle in a Haystack!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Where's the Needle? at none against Needle in a Haystack!'s shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 4 level
Where's the Needle? versus Needle in a Haystack!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhere's the Needle?Needle in a Haystack!
PriceFreeFree
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFaisal AljuwaisriFumb Games Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Where's the Needle?

No in-app purchases

None

Needle in a Haystack!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Where's the Needle? free?
Where's the Needle? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Needle in a Haystack! free?
Needle in a Haystack! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Where's the Needle? or Needle in a Haystack! have ads?
Needle in a Haystack! shows ads; Where's the Needle? does not.

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