Comparison

Cube Stack vs Stacky Rider

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

Head to head
About

Cube Stack

Catch falling cubes and stack matching colors to increase your score in this fast-paced arcade puzzle game. Avoid black cubes, collect coins, and utilize your drone companion to master the challenge. It's easy to learn but difficult to master.

Highlights
  • Stack matching colors
  • Avoid penalty cubes
  • Reject unwanted cubes
  • Collect coins
  • Multiple game modes
  • Beat high scores
  • Refreshed visual experience
Features
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It’s raining colorful cubes! Help your little robot stay in control as blue, green and orange cubes fall from above. Catch them and stack matching colors to push your score higher. But be careful: not every cube is your friend. Avoid black cubes, reject unwanted ones, collect coins and rely on your drone companion to keep the action under control before time runs out. SqUARe-X is a fast and addictive puzzle arcade game that blends skill, timing and strategy in a colorful robot-powered challenge. Features: • Stack matching colors to increase your score • Avoid black penalty cubes • Reject cubes you don’t need • Collect coins • Challenge yourself in different game modes • Beat your best score • Enjoy a refreshed visual experience with redesigned cubes, robot characters and backgrounds Easy to play. Hard to master. Try SqUARe-X and see how long you can keep control.

About

Stacky Rider

Stack cubes to build a tower and surf your way to the finish line in this 3D arcade game. Collect more cubes to make your tower higher and overcome obstacles. It's harder than it looks!

Highlights
  • Stack cubes to build a tower
  • Surf on the road
  • Collect human cubes
  • Cross wall obstacles
  • 3D arcade gameplay
  • Free to play
Features
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Try to pass over the blocks! Get ready for this fun 3D arcade game where player needs to stack cubes to make a tower run and surf on the road to reach the finish line. You must cross the wall, Your mission is to make the human tower higher and raise above the cube wall. How to play: Just swipe left or right hit the cube, and your cube will be higher and higher .. and you must cross the wall, make your human tower higher the your wall that is your mission. Collect as many human as you can all along and make aim to create higher human towers. More cubes, more fun. Harder than it looks! Be the highest cube surfer for free. Surf over the cube blocks by stacking human to make a tower and surf on the road. Move your Cube Surfer left and right to collect human and cross the Blocks. Download now and have fun surfing.

Screenshots

Cube Stack4 screens
Stacky Rider4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cube Stack at 50% against Stacky Rider's 0%. Cube Stack also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Stacky Rider's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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. Cube Stack sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Stacky Rider asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cube Stack holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Cube Stack's written reviews are positive against 0% of Stacky Rider's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cube Stack ships an update every 2 weeks, Stacky Rider every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Cube Stack versus Stacky Rider: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCube StackStacky Rider
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB177 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarim AngamaEssendon Studios

Customer experience

Cube Stack

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Stacky Rider

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Cube Stack

One-time4
  • Small pack coins$0.99
  • Remove ads$0.99
  • Medium pack coins$1.99
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  • Big pack coins$2.99
None

Stacky Rider

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cube Stack free?
Cube Stack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stacky Rider free?
Stacky Rider is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cube Stack or Stacky Rider?
Cube Stack is rated higher. Cube Stack averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Stacky Rider averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Cube Stack or Stacky Rider have ads?
Cube Stack shows ads; Stacky Rider does not.
Which is updated more often, Cube Stack or Stacky Rider?
Cube Stack ships an update every 2 weeks, and Stacky Rider every 3 months. Most recently, Cube Stack was updated on August 22, 2026 and Stacky Rider on June 4, 2026.

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