Comparison

Stage Dive Legends vs PAKO 3

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

Head to head
About

Stage Dive Legends

Experience the thrill of a rock star's world tour, performing epic stage dives and collecting power-ups. Smash guitars, avoid obstacles, and customize your character to become a legend. Play through challenging missions with a hard-rocking soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Global tour across cities
  • Perform stage dives
  • Collect power-ups
  • Customize rock star
  • Master challenging missions
  • Hard-rocking soundtrack
Features
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Whether it’s New York, London, Berlin or Paris – your tour will take you to cities all over the globe! Join the endless fun in this epic rock star saga and experience the most legendary moment at every rock show: the stage dive! Smash your guitar, speed up and jump into the cheering crowd! Rush through the concert hall and get carried away by your freaked-out fans. Perform crazy stunts, collect golden coins and use amazing power-ups to entertain the party crowd! Avoid flying obstacles like bombs, bananas and the occasional burger. ‘Stage Dive Legends’ is a super-fast runner game with lots of excitement and fun. Play to hard-rocking songs, run backstage, customize your favorite rock star and find the best way to top the records! Explore a vast amount of missions in a race through cities all over the globe. Prove your skills and become a true stage dive legend! Let's rock! Features: - FREE TO PLAY - Awesome tour around the world - Master challenging missions - Collect crazy power-ups - Customize your own rock star - Beat the high score - Hard-rocking soundtrack - MFi game controller support - Game Center support You can play ‘Stage Dive Legends’ entirely for FREE, though various items are available via in-app purchase. If you don’t want to use in-app purchases, please deactivate them in your device settings. Thank you for playing ‘Stage Dive Legends’! Get in touch with HandyGamesTM: http://www.handy-games.com Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/handygames Stay tuned on Google+: http://goo.gl/qkjngm Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://goo.gl/2Kq6yY Check news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/handy_games Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/handygames © www.handy-games.com GmbH

About

PAKO 3

Experience thrilling car chases with simple, addictive gameplay. Unlock numerous levels and vehicles across four distinct game modes, including getaway driving, racing, survival, and area capture. Compete on leaderboards and customize your cars.

Highlights
  • 4 game modes: Getaway Driver, Racing, Survival, Capture area
  • 30+ levels and cars to unlock
  • Unlock and paint cars
  • Leaderboard competition
  • Achievements
  • iCloud saving
Features
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Original car chase game is back! Pako 3 brings insane amount of levels and cars to unlock, while keeping the simple gameplay. Transport your crew as a getaway driver, escape cops in survival levels and drive fast laps on racing levels! FEATURES: + 4 game modes: Getaway Driver, Racing, Survival, Capture area + Easy and addictive gameplay + 30+ levels and cars to unlock + Pick up bonus items to help your journey! + Unlock and paint cars + Leaderboard competition + Achievements + iCloud saving MANUAL: Press and hold touch screen LEFT or RIGHT sides to steer the car. Hold BOTH buttons for extra slide / handbrake. Game modes: GETAWAY DRIVER: Find your crew and transport them to the goal point RACING: Finish the race as quickly as possible SURVIVAL: Escape as long as possible ZONES: Capture area

Screenshots

Stage Dive Legends4 screens
PAKO 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Stage Dive Legends at 4.5 against PAKO 3's 4.0. Stage Dive Legends also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (54% vs 43%). PAKO 3's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 29 months) and ratings volume (920 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Stage Dive Legends sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and PAKO 3 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stage Dive Legends holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PAKO 3 has 920 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Stage Dive Legends's written reviews are positive against 43% of PAKO 3's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stage Dive Legends ships an update every 29 months, PAKO 3 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Stage Dive Legends versus PAKO 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStage Dive LegendsPAKO 3
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better4.0 (920 ratings)
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews — better43.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2920 — better
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size367 MB660 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTHQ Nordic Mobile GmbHTree Men Games

Customer experience

Stage Dive Legends

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral8.5%
Negative37.3%

PAKO 3

All ratings911 ratings
Positive73.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews319 reviews
Positive43.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative44.2%

Bugs and requests

Stage Dive Legends

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Fonts are broken (squares instead of letters)
  • Game does not load
  • Game crashes
  • Game freezes
  • Guitar game does not work
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  • Extremely unforgiving regarding death
  • Lag in the game
  • Ads cover half the screen
  • Black screen on launch
  • Game freezes at loading screen

Requested features

5 requests
  • Fix guitar game bug
  • Improve controls
  • Reduce ads
  • Allow background changes
  • Increase clothing options

PAKO 3

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Stage Dive Legends

One-time7
  • 25 Hearts$1.99
  • Remove ads$2.99
  • 10,000 Coins$3.99
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  • 100 Hearts$9.99
  • 200 Hearts$17.99
  • 50,000 Coins$19.99
  • 100,000 Coins$36.99
2 purchases

PAKO 3

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Unlock Everything$3.99

Questions

Is Stage Dive Legends free?
Stage Dive Legends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PAKO 3 free?
PAKO 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stage Dive Legends or PAKO 3?
Stage Dive Legends is rated higher. Stage Dive Legends averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while PAKO 3 averages 4.0 from 920 ratings.
Do Stage Dive Legends or PAKO 3 have ads?
PAKO 3 shows ads; Stage Dive Legends does not.
Which is updated more often, Stage Dive Legends or PAKO 3?
Stage Dive Legends ships an update every 29 months, and PAKO 3 fortnightly. Most recently, Stage Dive Legends was updated on October 24, 2026 and PAKO 3 on October 30, 2026.

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