ao vs Pineapple Pen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ao
Engage in a puzzle game with expanding and contracting circles. Solve over 200 levels with unique challenges and surprises. Compete for medals and leaderboards, or skip tricky levels.
- Expanding and contracting circles
- 200 levels with unique challenges
- Leaderboard and medals
- Level skipping and unlocking
- Replay passed levels
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ao - 6th in "focus" (aa, uu, ff, au, rr, ao, rl, sp, th, ki, ci, sn, lo, ba, ov, sh, fi, do, ru & ti) Expanding and contracting circle. Different radiuses. Just like other apps in our series, the more you get into each level, the more it changes. There are theoretically infinite ways you can complete each, it makes for great fun. You can also top the leaderboard and earn medals! (bronze, silver and gold). There's 200 levels to solve right now, intertwined with all sorts of tweaks and surprises. You can also go back and replay any level you've already passed, at any time (Choose Level). If you're stuck on a really tricky level, skip it! (Tap Skip on the Fail Screen) If you can't wait, unlock all 200 levels and replay at your own pace! (Choose Level > Unlock All Levels) Thanks for all your support, I hope you're enjoying the "focus" series thus far. Handmade in Australia, General Adaptive
Pineapple Pen
A simple arcade game where players tap to launch pens at fruits. Aim for the perfect center hit twice in a row for bonus points and challenge friends to see who is the pen master.
- Tap to throw pens
- Hit pineapples and apples
- Perfect center hit bonus
- Challenge friends
- Simple arcade gameplay
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Sometimes all you need is to stick a pen into a fruit. Tap to throw the pen and try to hit an pineapple or an apple. Hit the perfect center for two times in a row, and experience joy! Challenge your friends to find out which one of you is the true master of the pen!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pineapple Pen at 4.3 against ao's 3.3. Pineapple Pen also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 47%) and ratings volume (6K vs 153). ao's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.4). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. ao sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Pineapple Pen sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pineapple Pen holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pineapple Pen has 6K ratings behind it against 153, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of ao's written reviews are positive against 71% of Pineapple Pen's.
ao ships an update every 2 months, Pineapple Pen fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ao | Pineapple Pen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (153 ratings) | 4.3 (6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.3% of reviews | 71.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 153 | 6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | General Adaptive Apps Pty Ltd | Ketchapp |
Customer experience
ao
Pineapple Pen
User reviews
ao
From 153 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Simple yet challenging
- 🎶 Good background music
- ✨ Minimalist design
- 💯 Highly recommended
Room to improve
- ❓ Confusing gameplay
- 😩 Frustrating difficulty
- 👎 Repetitive gameplay
- 💸 Unfair monetization
- 😵 Overwhelming ads
Pineapple Pen
From 6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun game
- 🍍🖊 Pineapple pen and apple pen references
- ✨ Satisfying gameplay
- 🕹️ Addictive and entertaining
- 🎨 Customizable pens and themes
Room to improve
- 💸 In-app purchases to remove ads
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 📢 Annoying voice/sound effects
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
- 🔋 Game performance issues (e.g. lags, overheating)
Bugs and requests
ao
Reported bugs
7 issues- Game doesn't work
- App freezes
- Level 1 fails
- Dots don't rotate
- Automatic fail
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- Glitching
- Coding error
Requested features
5 requests- Clearer instructions on how to play
- Make levels less impossible
- Fix the huge dot problem
- Add numbers on the balls
- More original game concepts
Pineapple Pen
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to restore in-app purchases
- Crashes when trying to collect big pineapple
- Inconsistent pen firing speed
- Glitches causing app to close unexpectedly
Requested features
5 requests- More pens and themes to unlock
- Difficulty settings or levels
- Ability to customize the character/voice
- Checkpoints or progress saving
- Leaderboards or multiplayer mode
In-app purchases
ao
- Skip Level$0.99
- Remove All Ads$1.99
- Unlock All Levels$3.99
Pineapple Pen
- Special Offer$0.99
- Pack of 2000 coins$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
