HOW TO PLAY

The drop

1. Tap DROP on the home screen. The button shows the level you are on.
2. Drag left or right while the pickle falls. You do not tap to jump. You only steer.
3. Dodge saws, spikes, and nails. Later levels put more of them in the path, and the worlds change as you go.
4. Land upright in the jar to clear the level. The goal on screen is often Clear the jar.
5. Miss the mouth, hit the side, or catch a hazard, and the drop fails. You spend a life and try again. No video plays on that screen.

There are 500 levels. Early drops are a straight fall with one or two hazards. Later drops ask you to thread a narrower gap. Combos build when you stick clean landings in a row, and those combos pay extra coins.

Lives

The home screen shows five lives. A failed drop spends one. When the row is empty, a timer counts down until a life comes back. You can wait it out. If you would rather not wait, a rewarded video can refill a life. The timer still works if you never watch the video, so a life is never something you have to buy or advertise your way into.

Coins, the wheel, and the streak

Coins are the only currency. You earn them from levels, combos, the pickle stand, daily streaks, and the bonus coin wheel. A wheel spin pays 400–1,200 coins. Daily rewards hand out streak prizes, including wheel spins, just for opening the game. An extra wheel spin is one of the optional rewarded videos.

Spend coins in the shop on pickles, eyes, mouths, and hats. Nothing in the shop costs money. Version 1.3 removed in-app purchases.

Other modes

Endless drops the level goal. You fall until a nail or another hazard ends the run, and the score is distance. The game-over screen is another try, not an ad.

The pickle stand is the break between drops. Customers line up, you keep the jars stocked, and the stand pays coins. A rewarded video can double stand coins for a stretch. The stand still earns coins without it.

Achievements mark long streaks, deep levels, and shop milestones. They can unlock looks the same way levels and daily streaks do.

Offline, and when you need a connection

Levels, coins, lives, streaks, and unlocked pickles stay on your iPhone. You can play a drop on a plane. The connection matters when you choose a rewarded video, because the video has to load and the reward has to be confirmed before the coins, spin, life, or stand boost is applied.

Ads, so there is no surprise

Pickle Drop does not run ads during a drop, and it does not run an ad when a level ends. The only format is an optional rewarded video from Google AdMob. The button is marked, you tap it on purpose, and you can ignore it forever. What those videos may collect is in the privacy policy.

Play on iPhone