Shift Light Puzzle vs Pipe Pathway
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).
Pipe Pathway
Connect rotating pipe pieces to form a complete path. This brain-training puzzle game offers daily challenges and a hint system to guide you through its 400 levels. Enjoy smooth performance and a small file size.
- Daily unique puzzles
- 400 puzzles included
- Step-by-step hint guide
- Automatic connection recommendations
- Optimized performance
- Small file size
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Pipe Pathway is the pipe connection puzzle game for brain training The puzzle are any part of pipe. There had set to be not a mess on the board. We have a target to make all pipe to be connected for the complete path. *** How To Play *** We tap on the pipe. That pipe will rotate clockwise for 90 degrees. Rotate the other pipe to be connected for the correct path and colour. *** Features *** * Daily Puzzles - unique from other packs and updated every day. * 400 puzzles. * Hint guide - Step by Step and Play/Pause. * Automatic recommend system - highlight cells for the pipe connect not complete. * Best performance. * Small file size - good for download, update version and save space. Enjoy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pipe Pathway at every 2 weeks against Shift Light Puzzle's every 6 months. Pipe Pathway also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). Shift Light Puzzle's advantage is ratings volume (793 vs 65). On price, ads, 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 Pipe Pathway sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pipe Pathway holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shift Light Puzzle has 793 ratings behind it against 65, 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 Pipe Pathway's.
Shift Light Puzzle ships an update every 6 months, Pipe Pathway every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift Light Puzzle | Pipe Pathway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (793 ratings) | 4.9 (65 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 793 — better | 65 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Solebon LLC | Jirapong |
Customer experience
Shift Light Puzzle
Pipe Pathway
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
Pipe Pathway
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shift Light Puzzle
- PREMIUM UPGRADE$4.99
Pipe Pathway
- Remove Ads$0.99
- 10 Hints$0.99
- 30 Hints$1.99
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- 60 Hints$2.99
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