STACK IT vs Paint A Maze!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
STACK IT
A highly addictive game where players stack ice cubes as high as possible within a time limit. Compete against global scores and challenge friends using Game Center.
- Stack ice cubes to reach new levels
- Balance blocks to prevent falling
- 60-second time limit per level
- Game Center integration
- Global score comparison
- Challenge friends and family
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Stack the Ice as high as you can. Challenge yourself and friends with this highly addictive game using game center to compare yourself against global scores. Instructions Stack 15 Ice Cubes to reach the next level Keep your blocks well balanced to avoid them falling You have 60 seconds to complete each level Use Game Center to challenge your friends and family
Paint A Maze!
Engage your mind with a unique shape-filling puzzle game. Strategically roll colored balls to fill mazes within a time limit, unlocking new challenges. Enjoy a smooth, one-finger control experience designed to relieve stress and entertain.
- Mind puzzle shape filling
- Strategic maze coloring
- Smooth ball rolling
- Unlock new puzzle boxes
- One-finger control
- Stress relief and entertainment
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Enjoy first time Mind puzzle shape filling game,follow the correct direction to color it. Smooth ball rolling to color the maze in specific time and unlock the new puzzle box. Painting the maze puzzles, but you have to be super strategic to color and fill every square within short time. Specific of this Paint in Maze you can play with one finger smoothly & easily. New exciting Puzzle game with number of color balls that can addict you and release your depression in free mode play. Paint A Maze Features: Smooth Rolling Ball with number of Colors Release stress and entertain with paint Number of maze ready to color & pain it Play this 2D Maze free game & forget about complicated 3D mazes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: STACK IT at 5.0 against Paint A Maze!'s 4.0. STACK IT also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (80% vs 53%). Paint A Maze!'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 78 months) and ratings volume (300 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
STACK IT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paint A Maze! has 300 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of STACK IT's written reviews are positive against 53% of Paint A Maze!'s.
STACK IT ships an update every 78 months, Paint A Maze! every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | STACK IT | Paint A Maze! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.0 (300 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 53.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 300 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 78 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dave Ellis | MASH Entertainment |
Customer experience
STACK IT
Paint A Maze!
Bugs and requests
STACK IT
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Paint A Maze!
Reported bugs
5 issues- Excessive ad frequency after every level
- Game performance issues on iPhone 13 mini
- Repeated levels appearing consecutively
- Ad duration longer than actual gameplay
- Game freezing and lagging during play
Requested features
7 requests- Add more unique and diverse levels
- Implement difficulty scaling that increases with progression
- Reduce or eliminate ads from gameplay
- Create custom level editor for user-generated content
- Add customizable ball and maze designs
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- Implement level difficulty matching to level numbers
- Add sequel with new gameplay mechanics
In-app purchases
STACK IT
No in-app purchases
Paint A Maze!
No in-app purchases
