Brickies vs Vault!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brickies
Experience a vibrant and addictive twist on the classic brick-breaking genre. Launch balls, unleash power-ups, and blast through over 100 levels filled with action, puzzles, and challenging bosses. Compete with friends and unlock new abilities for endless fun.
- Colourful and addictive breakout gameplay
- Fast-paced action
- Over 100 levels
- Power-up combinations
- Creative and challenging levels
- Endless mode
- Achievements
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Fast, colourful, simple, and addictive, break the brickies and bounce your way to victory. Brickies is a fresh take on the classic breakout game, with fast paced levels that will leave you thirsty for more action. Use the paddles to launch the ball and unleash a variety of power ups upon the brickies, but don’t worry if you miss the ball! In Brickies missing a shot doesn’t mean the game is over, it deactivates the ball until you bounce it again and then you’re back in action! Explode, shoot and cut your way through over one hundred levels featuring, action, puzzles and tricky bosses. Unlock new exciting powers as you progress through the levels, beat the timer and collect three stars. Earn achievements and compete for the highest score with your friends! • Colourful and addictive breakout game • Fast paced fun gameplay • Over 100 levels to complete • Combine power-ups for epic destruction • Creative and challenging levels • Endless mode for endless action • Achievements • Colourful and modern graphics ‘A twist that least had us saying, "Huh, that's neat." ...Which doesn't happen often in the world of brick breakers’ - Touch Arcade
Vault!
Experience thrilling pole vaulting with intuitive tap-and-hold controls. Navigate challenging environments, collect coins to unlock characters, and compete for the highest score. Enjoy endless arcade fun with physics-based challenges.
- Intuitive single-touch pole vaulting
- Physics-based arcade action
- Unlockable unique characters
- Game Center support for competition
- Coin collection for upgrades
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Pole vaulting has never been so fun! Cascading cliffs, huge bouncy springs and those infuriating red balls! How far can you go? How long will you last? Can you get the highest score? Classic intuitive physics arcade action with easy to use, hard to master tap and hold controls, mean that things aren't as simple as they seem. Features: - Intuitive single touch pole vaulting gameplay. - Simple concept that anyone can grasp! - Collect coins to unlock unique characters - Full game centre support to compete with friends and foes Important information This game contains third party advertising which can be removed via a one time IAP. This game contains coins which can be collected within the game for free, bought with real money or via earned via promotions. This game contains cross promotion for other Nitrome games and this is not removed with the IAP for removal of ads.
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Verdict
Brickies and Vault! both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Vault!'s written reviews are positive against 34% of Brickies's. Vault! also leads on ratings volume (77 vs 19). Brickies's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Brickies sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Vault! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Brickies against 4.5 for Vault!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 77 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 34% of Brickies's written reviews are positive against 71% of Vault!'s.
Brickies ships an update every 2 weeks, Vault! every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brickies | Vault! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (19 ratings) — better | 4.5 (77 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.6% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 77 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| 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 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Noodlecake | Nitrome |
Customer experience
Brickies
Vault!
User reviews
Brickies
From 19 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
- 🎨 Cute and simple graphics
- 👍 Addictive and challenging
- 💡 Unique take on classic brick breaker
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- ⏱️ Overly strict time limits
- 🎟️ Intrusive ads
- 🔋 Performance issues on older devices
Vault!
From 77 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Retro graphics and animations
- 💡 Innovative pole vaulting mechanic
- 🎉 Great time-waster game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
- 💰 Intrusive ads and in-app purchases
- 🔁 Lack of content variety after unlocking all characters
Bugs and requests
Brickies
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels not loading properly
- Power-ups not functioning as expected
- Ball physics acting erratically
Requested features
4 requests- Option to remove ads
- Adjustable time limits
- More power-ups and level variety
- Ability to save progress across devices
Vault!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Pole glitching out after continuing from an ad
- Respawning in unwinnable positions after continuing
- Invisible walls causing unexpected deaths
Requested features
4 requests- More playable characters with unique abilities
- Different game modes (e.g., time trial, challenges)
- Varied environments and level designs
- Customization options for the vaulting pole
In-app purchases
Brickies
- Remove Ads$1.99
Vault!
- Buy Coins 1$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Buy Coins 2$2.99
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- Buy Coins 3$3.99
