Shift Light Puzzle vs Spooky Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shift Light Puzzle
Rotate tiles to connect power, connectors, and bulbs and make them glow. This puzzle game offers thousands of levels with increasing complexity, including color mixing and wrapping mechanics. Enjoy a relaxing yet challenging experience with a visually appealing interface and sound effects.
- Rotate tiles to connect circuits
- Light up all bulbs to win
- 3,500+ challenging levels
- Color mixing and wrapping modes
- Multiple board sizes
- Detailed stats tracking
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The objective of Shift is to light the bulbs by shifting tiles on the game board. Simply tap the power, connector and bulb tiles to complete a link. The level is won when all bulbs are glowing! Blending colors, larger boards and mix & wrap play guarantee exciting and challenging game play. Game Content - 3,500 levels (more on the way) - 10 board sizes ranging from 5x5 to 14x14 - Detailed stats tracking Challenge Modes - Regular: play single colors - Mix: mix colors to form new ones - Wrap: play colors from one side of the board to the opposite side Design - Vibrant yet intuitive colors - Simple and visual appealing user interface - Fun bubbly sound effects - Play at your own pace This sponsored app is available free on the App Store. For support and answers to frequently asked questions, head over to http://www.shiftlightpuzzle.com/support.html. Shift Light Puzzle is built in the USA by the team at Solebon LLC (http://www.solebon.com).
Spooky Connect
Connect matching cartoon monsters with lines to cover the entire board without crossing. Offers hundreds of puzzles with varying difficulty, multiple board sizes, and a Time Trial mode. Hints are available to help solve challenging levels.
- Hundreds of puzzles
- Multiple board sizes
- Hints available
- Various difficulty levels
- Time Trial mode
- Additional level packs
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Spooky Connect is an addictive "link the dots" or "connect pipes" puzzle game perfect for horror movies funs but not only. All you need to do is pair and drag to connect matching monsters with a line creating a flow. Cover entire board with lines to solve each puzzle and watch out - lines break if they cross or overlap! If you ever stuck you can use hints. Too easy? Try selecting a larger board or different level pack – gameplay ranges from very simple to extremely hard. Also see how fast you can solve the puzzle in Time Trial mode. Features: - hundreds of puzzles to solve - 10 boards sizes - hints available - many difficulty levels - additional level packs available to purchase - cartoon monsters, zombies and other creepy creatures :) - nice music and sounds
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Spooky Connect at none against Shift Light Puzzle's shown. Spooky Connect also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Shift Light Puzzle's advantage is ratings volume (794 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Shift Light Puzzle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Spooky Connect sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spooky Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shift Light Puzzle has 794 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Shift Light Puzzle's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spooky Connect's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift Light Puzzle | Spooky Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (794 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 794 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Solebon LLC | Internet Designs |
Customer experience
Shift Light Puzzle
Spooky Connect
Bugs and requests
Shift Light Puzzle
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashing on certain devices
- Inability to save progress
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to specify difficulty level
- Sync progress across devices
- Hints or solutions for advanced levels
- Customizable background music/sounds
Spooky Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shift Light Puzzle
- PREMIUM UPGRADE$4.99
Spooky Connect
- set of 10 hints$0.99
- remove all ads$0.99
- unlock 8x8 and more grids$0.99
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- unlock 9x9 grids and more$0.99
- set of 30 hints$1.99
- set of 50 hints$2.99
- unlock all and remove ads$2.99
Questions
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