Comparison

Crossword Puzzle Redstone vs Pancake Stack Scramble

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

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About

Crossword Puzzle Redstone

Solve thousands of free crossword puzzles with various difficulty levels and themes. Enjoy a polished interface, smart hints, and offline play. Improve your vocabulary and challenge yourself daily with puzzles from top constructors.

Highlights
  • Thousands of free crossword puzzles
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Themed and themeless puzzles
  • Smart Look Up and hints
  • Offline mode
  • Dark Mode
  • Show and clear errors
Features
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Solve 30,000+ human-made crossword puzzles from indie and industry-leading crossword creators for free — no subscriptions! Crossword Puzzle Free by Redstone, also known as "The crossword lover's dream app," delivers a polished crossword solving experience with fresh content and a clean, well-designed word game interface. You can solve crosswords offline, with new packs of mini, midi and regular word puzzles released regularly. Enjoy themed crossword puzzles, build your vocabulary, learn new words, and challenge yourself every day with puzzles from easy to master. ---- Wide range of English crossword puzzles (American-style / NYT): - Four difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard and Very Hard (Master). - Sizes: Minis, Midis and Regular 15x15 puzzles. - Themes: Both themed and themeless crossword puzzles. Crossword game features: Smart Look Up, Dark Mode, Multi-word Entry Hints, Smart Step, Lock Completed Words, Incorrect Puzzle Assistance, Reveal Help, Show Errors, Clear Errors, Offline Mode, User Interface Themes. --- We provide free crossword puzzles from 80+ crossword and word game creators, including independent and industry-leading puzzle authors with work published in The New York Times (NY Times), The Washington Post, USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and more. Featured crossword creators and cruciverbalists include Brendan Emmett Quigley, Sid Sivakumar, Will Nediger, Fred Piscop, Mark McClain, Andrew Ries, Brad Wilber, Bonnie L. Gentry, Paolo Pasco, Ross Trudeau, Matthew Stock, David Alfred Bywaters, Mangesh Ghogre, Myles Mellor, Martina Waluk, Norah Sharpe, Ada Nicolle, Greg Johnson, Bart Gold, Stella Zawistowski, Hannah Binney & Madison Shultz, Steve Mossberg, Trent H. Evans, Dylan Thomas, Rock and Roll Crosswords, and Barbara Olson.

About

Pancake Stack Scramble

A physics-based stacking game where players slide a plate to catch falling pancakes. Build a tall tower while managing wobbly physics and special power-ups. Progress through diverse locations and unlock new flavors and plates.

Highlights
  • Physics-based pancake stacking
  • Catch falling pancakes with a plate
  • Power-ups like syrup and chomp
  • Progress through 24 unique locations
  • Unlock 45+ pancake flavors and plates
  • Earn coins for upgrades and perks
Features
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Stack the wobbliest breakfast in the world. Pancake Scramble is a physics stacking game where every pancake is a real, soft, floppy 3D flapjack. Slide the plate to catch them as they fall, build your tower as tall as you dare, and try not to let the whole delicious mess topple over. It sounds simple. It is not. Each pancake bends, leans, and wobbles like the real thing — one sloppy landing and your tower starts to lean. Keep your cool, line up the next one, and chase that perfect-stack combo. WHAT YOU'LL DO • Drag the plate to catch falling pancakes and keep your tower balanced • Nail perfect center-landings to build huge combo multipliers • Pour warm syrup to freeze your stack solid for a few crucial seconds • CHOMP a wobbling stack to save it from disaster (use it wisely!) • Dodge the burnt and rotten ones — catching those costs you • Survive as the plate shrinks and the pancakes fall faster every level A JOURNEY WITH 24 STOPS Cook your way from your own kitchen to a diner, a county fair, a cruise ship, a ski lodge, Vegas, a jungle expedition, a moon base and beyond. Every stop has its own goal, its own sky and its own trouble — including boss rushes when the breakfast rush turns nasty. Clear one and it's yours to replay any time you want a better score. BUILD YOUR KIT Earn Coins as you play and spend them in the shop. Eight powerups — syrup, chomp, caffeinate, laser, flambé, wide platter, midas touch, bumper rails — each with three levels that genuinely change what they do. Level three syrup doesn't drizzle; one tap freezes the entire tower solid. Stock up on charges, buy always-on perks like a spare heart or a roomier plate, and upgrade with Sprinkles, earned only by getting further than you have before. 161 ACHIEVEMENTS From your first 25 pancakes to a 250,000-pancake career, laid out in fifteen groups so you can always see what you're close to. Every one pays out. 45+ REAL PANCAKE FLAVORS Chocolate chip, blueberry, red velvet, s'mores, matcha, tiramisu, birthday cake, churro, key lime and dozens more — every one a detailed 3D model, not a flat sprite. Plus plates to stack on: a UFO, a vinyl record, a manhole cover, a hubcap, a lily pad and more. MADE TO FEEL GOOD • Chunky, satisfying physics you can feel in every landing • A different soundtrack for every level, from a diner groove to the edge of the galaxy • Separate music and sound sliders — set it exactly how you like it • No ads. No pop-ups. No nonsense. Ever. A ONE-TIME PURCHASE Pancake Scramble is a premium game. Pay once, play forever — no ads, no in-app purchases, no energy timers, no "buy more coins." Just you, a plate, and an ever-taller tower of pancakes. Think you can keep them stacked? Grab your plate and start flipping.

Screenshots

Crossword Puzzle Redstone4 screens
Pancake Stack Scramble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Crossword Puzzle Redstone at Free against Pancake Stack Scramble's $1.99. Crossword Puzzle Redstone also leads on ratings volume (115K vs 3) and chart position (#163 vs unranked). Pancake Stack Scramble's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 58%) and in-app purchases (none vs 16). On 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

Crossword Puzzle Redstone is free to download; Pancake Stack Scramble costs $1.99 up front. Crossword Puzzle Redstone sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Pancake Stack Scramble asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pancake Stack Scramble holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crossword Puzzle Redstone has 115K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Crossword Puzzle Redstone's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pancake Stack Scramble's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crossword Puzzle Redstone ships an update every 2 months, Pancake Stack Scramble fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Crossword Puzzle Redstone versus Pancake Stack Scramble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrossword Puzzle RedstonePancake Stack Scramble
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (115K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings115K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#163 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB159 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperREDSTONE GAMES LTDAPixel Bear

Customer experience

Crossword Puzzle Redstone

All ratings115,068 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews517 reviews
Positive58.2%
Neutral13.2%
Negative28.6%

Pancake Stack Scramble

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Crossword Puzzle Redstone

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Incorrect answers
  • Crashes on opening app
  • Keyboard issues
  • Losing progress when closing app

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to sort/save puzzles by author
  • Landscape mode support
  • Option to use device keyboard
  • More international/less US-centric content
  • Statistics on average solve times
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  • Error reporting system
  • More frequent puzzle updates

Pancake Stack Scramble

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Crossword Puzzle Redstone

One-time13
  • Diamond Crossword Puzzles from M. Mellor, Vol. 7$0.99
  • Diamond Crossword Puzzles from M. Mellor, Vol. 10$0.99
  • Crosswords: M. Mellor, Vol. 30$0.99
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  • Crossword Puzzles from C. Media, Vol. 3$1.99
  • Crossword Puzzles from M. Mellor, Vol. 5$1.99
  • Crossword Puzzles from C. Media, Vol. 4$2.99
  • Crosswords: Larry H., Vol. 19$3.99
  • Crosswords: D. Diebold, Vol. 7$3.99
  • Crossword Puzzles from M. Mellor, Vol. 9$3.99
  • Crossword Puzzles from P. Wells, Vol. 4$3.99
  • Crossword Puzzles from Larry Harrington, Vol. 3$3.99
  • Crosswords: M.Fleming, Vol. 13$3.99
  • Remove Ads$34.99
None

Pancake Stack Scramble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crossword Puzzle Redstone free?
Crossword Puzzle Redstone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pancake Stack Scramble free?
Pancake Stack Scramble costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Crossword Puzzle Redstone or Pancake Stack Scramble?
Pancake Stack Scramble is rated higher. Crossword Puzzle Redstone averages 4.8 out of 5 from 115K ratings, while Pancake Stack Scramble averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Crossword Puzzle Redstone or Pancake Stack Scramble have ads?
Crossword Puzzle Redstone shows ads; Pancake Stack Scramble does not.
Which is updated more often, Crossword Puzzle Redstone or Pancake Stack Scramble?
Crossword Puzzle Redstone ships an update every 2 months, and Pancake Stack Scramble fortnightly. Most recently, Crossword Puzzle Redstone was updated on October 18, 2026 and Pancake Stack Scramble on October 3, 2026.

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