Comparison

Who's The Shadow for Doraemon vs Gridlock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Who's The Shadow for Doraemon

A quiz game where players guess shadows of Doraemon characters and items. It includes various game modes, escape room puzzles, and mini-games for learning numbers and calculations. Designed to enhance thinking and problem-solving skills for fans.

Highlights
  • Shadow guessing quiz
  • Multiple game modes
  • Escape room puzzles
  • Number and calculation mini-games
  • Time attack modes
  • Problem-solving challenges
Features
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Who's the Shadow? for Doraemon is a quiz game to guess who or what the shadow is among the people and items about Doraemon. There are eight modes, normal mode, upside down mode,spinning mode and two high speed spinning modes, and three giant modes. There is also Escape Games for Doraemon. You can escape the room solving Doraemon and other puzzles. It creates thinking ability and abilities to solve problems for Doraemon fans. There are also mini games, Learn numbers and calculation quiz. Calculations quiz are addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. There is time attack mode for multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. You can make your calculation speed higher enjoying the game. Practice mode contains, Which is more ? How many ? Learn the numbers Find the rules addition subtraction multiplication division.

About

Gridlock

A simple puzzle game designed to enhance your mathematical abilities. Solve equations to eliminate numbers and crack the code. Regular play can significantly boost your math skills.

Highlights
  • Math skill improvement
  • Equation-based puzzles
  • Code cracking mechanics
  • Daily challenges
  • Number elimination
Features
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Gridlock: Crack The Code is a simplistic puzzle game that can help in improving your math skills. You're given a set of equations which can help you to eliminate impossible numbers and eventually crack the code. By doing this daily, your math skills will improve!

Screenshots

Who's The Shadow for Doraemon4 screens
Gridlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gridlock at none against Who's The Shadow for Doraemon's 2. Gridlock also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Who's The Shadow for Doraemon's advantage is iOS requirement (7.1 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Who's The Shadow for Doraemon sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Gridlock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Who's The Shadow for Doraemon against 5.0 for Gridlock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Who's The Shadow for Doraemon ships an update every 3 months, Gridlock fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Who's The Shadow for Doraemon versus Gridlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWho's The Shadow for DoraemonGridlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKozo TeraiBart Kneepkens

Customer experience

Who's The Shadow for Doraemon

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Gridlock

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Who's The Shadow for Doraemon

One-time2
  • No Ads for Doraemon$0.99
  • 1000 Escape Points for Doraemon$0.99
None

Gridlock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Who's The Shadow for Doraemon free?
Who's The Shadow for Doraemon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gridlock free?
Gridlock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Who's The Shadow for Doraemon or Gridlock?
Who's The Shadow for Doraemon and Gridlock are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Who's The Shadow for Doraemon or Gridlock have ads?
Neither Who's The Shadow for Doraemon nor Gridlock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Who's The Shadow for Doraemon or Gridlock?
Who's The Shadow for Doraemon ships an update every 3 months, and Gridlock fortnightly. Most recently, Who's The Shadow for Doraemon was updated on September 21, 2026 and Gridlock on September 18, 2026.

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