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Watch the states actually come to life in this colorful and dynamic game! \n\nAs you learn state capitals, shapes, geographic locations, flags and more, you can actually touch, move and drop the animated states anywhere on the screen. Carefully build a stack of states that reaches the checkered line to win each level.\n\nYou earn a random state for every successfully completed level.  All of your states appear on your own personalized map of the United States.  Try to collect all 50!  As you earn more states, you begin to unlock the four free bonus games: Map It, Pile Up, Puzzler and Capital Drop.  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Tap them quickly to get rid of them before they pile too high.\n\nPUZZLER: Sit back and relax as you slide the states around and put them together like a jigsaw puzzle.\n\nCAPITAL DROP: Match states with their capitals in this fast-paced bonus game.  Don't let a state fall!\n\n\nStack the States® is an educational app for all ages that's actually FUN to play.  Try it now and enjoy five games for the price of one!\n\nPRIVACY DISCLOSURE\nStack the States®:\n- Does not contain 3rd party ads.\n- Does not contain in-app purchases.\n- Does not contain integration with social networks.\n- Does not use 3rd party analytics / data collection tools.\n- Does include links to apps by Dan Russell-Pinson in the iTunes App Store (via LinkShare).\n\nFor more information on our privacy policy please visit:\nhttp://dan-russell-pinson.com/privacy/","facts":{"developer_id":324355664,"developer_url":"http://dan-russell-pinson.com/my-games","first_released":"2010-09-13T23:40:10Z","support_url":null,"privacy_url":null,"website_url":null,"app_version":"3.1","release_notes":"* Updated Minnesota flag","rating_current_version":4.44201,"rating_count_current_version":2190,"star_counts":null,"genres":["Education","Games","Family"],"languages":["EN"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":null,"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-21T01:48:13.783Z","catalog_read_at":null,"reviews_checked_at":null,"summary_written_at":"2026-10-20T01:55:11.548Z","placed_at":"2026-10-20T01:15:11.617Z","scored_at":"2026-10-21T06:51:14.431Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"A paid educational game where players stack animated US states and learn capitals, shapes, flags and more.","what_is":"Stack the States is an education app about the 50 US states. 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