hangstone

Hangstone One move. A whole chain.

Hangstone is a chain puzzle for iPhone and iPad. Pin tiles anywhere; when four of a color touch, they pop and everything above falls.

Coming soon to the App Store.

Try one move here

Free, with ads and optional in-app purchases.

  • No timer
  • You always see what comes next
  • Plays offline
Real gameplay from the 22-second App Store preview.

How to play

A falling-blocks puzzle where nothing falls until something pops. Each rule plays out on a board that follows the game’s real rules.

  1. A red and yellow piece and a green pair hang in mid-air above the stones, exactly where they were pinned.

    Pin it anywhere

    Drag a piece from your tray to any free spot. It hangs right there, even in mid-air. Nothing falls yet.

  2. A green tile is pinned next to three green tiles. Four of a color touch, so they pop.

    Four of a color pop

    When four or more tiles of one color touch, they pop. Bigger groups are worth far more: four tiles score 40 points, eight score 240.

  3. A purple and yellow piece hangs high above a green group that is about to pop. Once it pops, the piece drops and splits.

    Then everything falls

    After a pop, every tile and stone above drops straight down in its column. Pieces split apart as they fall.

  4. Stacked rows of green, red and yellow tiles. One green tile pops the green row; the red pair falls onto red and pops, then the yellow pair falls onto yellow and pops: a chain of three.

    Falls set off chains

    A falling tile that lands on its color can pop again, and again. Every chain step multiplies the points: ×2, ×3, ×5, ×8.

Try one move

Pin the tile on any dot. Somewhere on each board, one move sets off a chain.

In the game: everything has fallen and popped again, Chain 6, times 13, plus 520 points.

Stones and the rising floor

Two more rules turn single moves into a long run: stones crack open into new tiles, and the floor keeps coming up.

  1. Blue tiles pop next to the stones. The stones beside them crack open into tiles, four red stones together as a vein, and the new red tiles pop again.

    Pops crack the stones

    A stone next to a pop cracks open into the color you see inside. Touching stones of that color crack with it as a vein and feed the next chain.

  2. The board with a full row of stones at the bottom and a red tile pinned in mid-air. The next row of stones waits below the board.

    The floor rises

    Every few moves a new row of stones pushes up from below. You see it coming: the glass tubes beside the board fill with each move, and the number counts the moves left. Every extra chain step holds it back. The run ends when the floor rises while a tile sits in the top row.

Inside the game

Real screens from Hangstone. The board is 8 tiles wide and 10 rows tall, and every number on it means something.

Fair play, no hidden difficulty

The game never reads your score, your best, ads or purchases when it deals a piece, and power-ups and continues never change what comes next. Every run has a seed: the same seed deals the same pieces and stone rows for everyone.

Made by one person: Malte Simo, an independent designer in Germany.

The next piece
always shown
The next row of stones
always shown
A clock
none
Speed
by depth only
Pieces tied to score, ads or purchases
never
Ranked score bought with a purchase
never
A dead hand
never
Warning before the rising floor ends a run
red ghost
Progress
saved every move

When you lose, you can see the move that did it.

Leaderboards and 12 achievements

Game Center keeps three leaderboards: best score, best score this week and greatest depth. Only your score before your first continue, chisel or Sky Charge is ranked, so nothing you watch or buy lifts your rank.

Ads and purchases

Every rule, every theme you earn by playing, every leaderboard: free. Ads pay for that, and one purchase turns them off. Packs are optional and never buy a rank.

Free, with ads

  • The whole gamefreePaper and Ink, plus Cork, Blueprint, Graphite and Terrazzo, earned by playing.
  • A small bannerat the bottomA narrow strip at the bottom of the game screen, with a gap to your pieces so you don’t tap it by accident. Not in your first run.
  • A short ad between runsnow and thenNever the first time you play, and never right after a new personal best.
  • Continue after a game overoptional videoThe first continue of a run. A Sky Charge can skip the video. Your ranked score stays what it was.
  • Free chisels3, then up to 2 a dayThree chisels and a Sky Charge in your second run, then up to two chisels a day for an optional video on the results card, while you have fewer than three.
  • The knockearned by chainsEvery extra chain step adds a spark. With eight, the knock button drops everything that hangs. Part of the rules for everyone, never for sale.

Remove Ads

  • One-time purchase€5.99In Germany; the App Store shows your local price. You pay once, with no subscription.
  • No banner, no ads between runsincludedThey stay off for good, and you can restore the purchase any time in Settings.
  • Instant first continueincludedThe first continue of each run, without the video. It stays unranked; continues 2 and 3 still cost a Sky Charge.
  • Five premium themesincludedBrass, Neon, Porcelain, Watercolour and Onyx.
  • Up to 2 chisels a dayincludedOn the results card, without the video, while you have fewer than three.
  • Family SharingincludedOne purchase covers your family group.

Optional packs

  • Chisels5 or 20A chisel strikes one tile out of the board. At most 3 per run.
  • Sky Charges1 or 3One clears the top three rows any time in a run, or pays for a continue: instead of the video, or a 2nd or 3rd one. At most 3 per run.
  • Starter Pack15 + 315 chisels and 3 Sky Charges.
  • Workshop Chest60 + 1060 chisels and 10 Sky Charges.

From €0.99 to €9.99 in Germany; the App Store shows your local price before you buy. Fixed contents: no coins, nothing random, nothing expires.

What counts for your rank

Your ranked score, the one Game Center sees, stops at your first game over, or as soon as you use a chisel or a Sky Charge. Anything you add after that, with continues, chisels or Sky Charges, counts only toward your personal Open best.

Ads and purchases never change which pieces or stones come next.

Six themes free, five with Remove Ads

Paper and Ink from the start; Cork, Blueprint, Graphite and Terrazzo you earn by playing. Brass, Neon, Porcelain, Watercolour and Onyx come with Remove Ads.

  • A Hangstone board in the Paper theme: white pegboard, satin tiles, grey stones.Paper free
  • The same board in the Brass theme: a dark brushed-brass panel with warm tiles.Brass Remove Ads
  • The same board in the Neon theme: glowing tiles on a black grid.Neon Remove Ads
  • The same board in the Porcelain theme: a white tile grid, flat glazed colors and round stones.Porcelain Remove Ads
  • The same board in the Watercolour theme: painted tiles with a paper texture.Watercolour Remove Ads
  • The same board in the Onyx theme: black, white and grey stone tiles with symbols.Onyx Remove Ads

Coming soon to the App Store.

Plays offline, in 34 languages

No connection needed. This puzzle game plays offline, even in airplane mode, and your run is saved after every move. Game Center and purchases need the internet.

No account. There are no servers for the app and no tracking of its own. Ads come through Google AdMob; the privacy policy has the details.

Questions about Hangstone

Is Hangstone free?

Yes. You can download and play the whole game for free. Everyone gets chisels as a gift and for videos, and you earn knocks with chains. It shows ads and offers optional in-app purchases: Remove Ads (€5.99 in Germany) and packs of chisels and Sky Charges from €0.99. Only what you reach without help is ranked. Ads and purchases lists exactly what you get.

Where do ads appear?

A small banner sits at the bottom of the game screen while you play, from your second run on. Now and then a short ad plays between two runs, never the first time you play and never right after a new personal best. Videos are always your choice: one to continue after a game over (once per run), or one for a free chisel on the results card (up to two a day). Your ranked score stays what it was.

What does Remove Ads do?

It’s a one-time purchase, not a subscription (€5.99 in Germany; the App Store shows your local price). It removes the banner and the ads between runs, makes the first continue instant, adds five premium themes (Brass, Neon, Porcelain, Watercolour and Onyx) and gives you up to two chisels a day without a video. It works with Family Sharing and never changes your ranked score or your pieces.

Can you buy a better rank?

No. Your ranked score stops at your first game over, or as soon as you use a chisel or a Sky Charge, and only that score goes to Game Center. What follows counts only toward your personal Open best. Pieces never depend on purchases, and every run has a seed.

Is there a timer?

No. Hangstone is a puzzle game with no timer. The pressure comes from the floor, which rises by a row of stones every few moves, and every extra chain step pushes it back.

How do chains and points work?

Four touching tiles of one color pop for 40 points, and bigger groups are worth far more: eight tiles score 240. Every cracked stone adds 20. Each chain step multiplies the pop: ×2, ×3, ×5, ×8 and on up to ×34.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Hangstone plays without a connection, and your run is saved after every move. Game Center and purchases need the internet.

Which devices and languages?

iPhone and iPad with iOS or iPadOS 18 or later. Hangstone is available in 34 languages, including English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese and Arabic.

What is the seed on the result card?

Every run starts from a seed. It sits in the small capsule with the run number at the top of the result card; tap it to copy. The same seed always deals the same pieces and the same rows of stones, whatever you do, so nothing is adjusted behind your back.

What happens to my data?

You don’t need an account. There are no servers for the app and no tracking of its own. Ads come through Google AdMob, which can also serve ads from AppLovin (and possibly Unity Ads in the future), and these providers process data about your device. In the EU, the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, personalized ads only run with your consent. You can change it any time in Settings > Privacy options. The details are in the privacy policy.

Who made Hangstone, and how do I reach you?

I’m Malte Simo, an independent designer in Germany. Send questions, bugs or ideas to hangstonegame@gmail.com, or use Settings > Contact support in the app. Help with purchases is on the support page.

Pin. Pop. Let it fall.

For anyone who likes a puzzle that leaves time to think. Made by Malte Simo, an independent designer in Germany. More work at maltesimo.design.

Free, with ads and optional in-app purchases. For iPhone and iPad.

Coming soon to the App Store.

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