Comparison

Jewels Star Match vs Shiftmate

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

Head to head
About

Jewels Star Match

Match three or more identical jewels to clear the board and achieve objectives. Unlock special jewels and power-ups to overcome challenges and progress through hundreds of levels. Enjoy a visually appealing puzzle experience across various scenic backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Match 3 or more identical jewels
  • Clear board transparency to reveal star jewel
  • Special jewels like bombs and color-changing
  • Over 280 levels
  • 8 different scenic backgrounds
  • Power-ups for extra scores and effects
Features
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Your mission is to win Jewels Star Match. pass the levels and try to get all stars in each level. How to play: 1: Match 3 or more identical jewels. 2: Match the jewels until the board transparency,the Jewels star will appear. 3: Make the jewels star down to last line to pass the level. Tips: Eliminate the jewels quickly can get extra scores. Features: - More than 280 levels and 8 pretty scenes in the game, including starry sky,mountains,snow world and so on. - Match 4 jewels can win the jewel's bomb and 1 lighting. - Match 5 jewels can win color-changing jewels and 2 lightings. - Eliminate 20 jewels continuous can win 1 lighting. - The jeweled bomb can eliminate the jewels around. - The Color-changing jewel can eliminate to any other colored jewel. - The Timing Jewel can extend the playing time. - The lightning Jewel can eliminate jewels in one row. - For the chained jewel,you can eliminate the jewels around to unlock it. - For the frozen jewel,you can eliminate the jewels around to release it.

About

Shiftmate

Features
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Match-3, rethought for people who like to plan. In Shiftmate there are no swaps. The board has one gap, and every swipe slides a whole row or column into it. Two, three, even six gems move at once, the gap travels on, and chains fall into place. Read the board, plan the route of the gap and set up the cascade. WHY PLAYERS LOVE IT • One gap, endless plans: every move changes where your next move can be. • See what drops next: the top row shows the next gem in every column. No blind luck. • 250 levels across 26 worlds, each tuned with hundreds of test games. • Frost, crates, double crates, blanks, chains and gold bars keep every world fresh. • Line clears and color blasts: match four or five to build specials. • Daily puzzle: the same board for everyone. Beat par, keep your streak, share your result. • Daily rewards: come back each day, day 7 is the big one. • Undo a move when a plan goes wrong. • Fair by design: no lives, no waiting, no energy timers. • Plays offline. No ads, no tracking, no account. • Distinct gem shapes, easy to tell apart with color blindness. • In English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi and Vietnamese. Shiftmate is free. Have fun planning the gap.

Screenshots

Jewels Star Match3 screens
Shiftmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Jewels Star Match at 3 against Shiftmate's 1. Jewels Star Match also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Jewels Star Match versus Shiftmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJewels Star MatchShiftmate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhan CuongAndreas Rutsch

In-app purchases

None

Jewels Star Match

No in-app purchases

None

Shiftmate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jewels Star Match free?
Jewels Star Match is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shiftmate free?
Shiftmate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jewels Star Match or Shiftmate have ads?
Neither Jewels Star Match nor Shiftmate shows ads.

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