About PixelRankings

PixelRankings is an independent ranking and review site dedicated to one of the most underserved corners of mobile gaming: the puzzle and casual category. We believe these games deserve the same critical attention given to console blockbusters — they are, after all, the games most people actually play.

Who runs this site

PixelRankings is operated by a small editorial team of long-time mobile gaming enthusiasts. Between us we have spent more hours than we care to admit on match-three boards, sliding-block puzzles, idle-merge games, daily sudoku grids, and every flavour of solitaire ever shipped on iOS. We started the site because the existing review landscape for casual mobile games was either dominated by SEO farms or buried under affiliate links to whichever publisher paid the most that quarter.

What makes us different

We do not accept payment for placement, period. Every score on the site is the product of human play sessions and objective signals from the App Store. Our editors play each game for at least one substantive session before scoring it, and we revisit games as they update. When a developer ships a major change — better difficulty curve, fairer monetisation, new content — we re-rank it. When a once-great game introduces a paywall that ruins the loop, we re-rank that too.

How we are funded

The site runs on display advertising. You will see clearly labelled ad slots throughout — they keep the lights on. We do not have affiliate links into the App Store or Google Play, and we do not take sponsored placements. If we ever do, we will mark it explicitly and prominently. Our ranking algorithm has no awareness of who advertises on the site.

How to get in touch

Developers can reach us via the contact page. We are always happy to hear about new releases or major updates to existing titles. We cannot promise coverage, but we read everything that lands in the inbox.

Editorial independence

The editorial team has full discretion over what gets covered, how it is scored, and where it sits on the ranking. No advertiser, partner, or developer has any input into the score a game receives. If you believe a score is wrong — too high, too low, or based on outdated information — please tell us. We update scores when we are convinced, not when we are pressured.