Smashy City vs Quantum Shift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smashy City
Unleash giant monsters to demolish cities, smashing buildings and battling military forces. Unlock a variety of creatures with unique abilities and compete for high scores on global leaderboards.
- Unlockable legendary monsters
- Destroy buildings and skyscrapers
- Battle police, SWAT, and army
- Randomly generated endless city
- Rampage mode for invincibility
- Ultraman Kaiju battle mode
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SMASHY CITY Smash the City to pieces with a line up of legendary monsters! Punch down buildings, smack down skyscrapers, bash houses to bits! The police, SWAT, and the army will try to stop you causing maximum destruction! Battle APCs, tanks, helicopters and more! How much City can you SMASH?! Take control of a giant Ape, Lizard, Wolf, Spider...even a Penguin and a Giant Bunny! Unlock every character for free! Take your highest scores to the leaderboards and beat your friends! FEATURES - Lots of monsters to unlock and wreck havoc with! - Monsters have different strength and skills, find your favourite! - Take each monster into RAMPAGE mode, become indestructible, SMASH EVERYTHING in your path! - A huge randomly generated endless city for you to Rampage through and destroy! - Fight against Kaiju as Ultraman in a new game mode. While Smashy City is entirely free to play the monsters can be purchased for real money. If you do not wish to use this feature please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings.
Quantum Shift
Pilot a starship through challenging space environments, battling alien forces with advanced weaponry. Unlock new ships, upgrades, and special abilities to defend the galaxy and achieve top pilot status.
- Navigate asteroid fields and forcefields
- Battle alien ships with deadly weapons
- Unlock new ships and specials
- Customize onboard weapons
- Achieve new pilot achievements
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Take control of Commander Colson and navigate through asteroid fields, forcefields and much more. Battle alien ships armed with an array of deadly weapons. Unlock new and exciting ships, specials and much more to improve your chances of succeeding in defending the galaxy! Become the greatest pilot in the universe by hitting new achievements and ensuring you're #1 of all time. * Stunning space environments! * Unlock new ships, weapons and much more! * Race between battles and join in with your onboard customisable weapons! * Fight against alien ships and take control of the galaxy! What are you waiting for?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smashy City at 85% against Quantum Shift's 35%. Smashy City also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (15K vs 586). Quantum Shift's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). 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. Smashy City sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Quantum Shift sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Smashy City holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smashy City has 15K ratings behind it against 586, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Smashy City's written reviews are positive against 35% of Quantum Shift's.
Smashy City ships an update every 2 months, Quantum Shift every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Smashy City | Quantum Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15K ratings) — better | 4.3 (586 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.3% of reviews — better | 35.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 586 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — 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 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 185 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | AceViral.com | PARADYME LIMITED |
Customer experience
Smashy City
Quantum Shift
User reviews
Smashy City
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun to play
- 👍 Unique monsters
- 🎨 Good graphics
- 🕹️ Enjoyable gameplay
- 💰 Decent rewards
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🕰️ Repetitive gameplay
- 💰 Difficult to earn currency
- 🤖 Overpowered military
- 🔁 Duplicate monsters
Quantum Shift
From 586 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Enjoyable casual gameplay experience
- 📱 Fun to play in short sessions
- 🎮 No intrusive ads (optional reward ads only)
- ⭐ Engaging for some players
Room to improve
- 🎨 Poor graphics quality
- 🕹️ Trash controls and mechanics
- ❌ Limited gameplay variety and options
- 🚫 Cannot customize character selection
- 💰 Premium ships non-functional
Bugs and requests
Smashy City
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes during play
- Inconsistent monster performance
- Inability to control monster attacks
Requested features
5 requests- Add more monster variety
- Improve monster abilities and attacks
- Expand map and environments
- Introduce boss battles
- Implement a multiplayer mode
Quantum Shift
Reported bugs
7 issues- Premium ships don't work properly
- Screen freezes for extended periods
- Inability to change directions when avoiding obstacles
- Inconsistent meteor collision detection
- Weapon acquisition system unclear or broken
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- Dark matter collection causing unexpected damage
- Game doesn't fit screen with no resolution options
Requested features
7 requests- Battle royale game mode with progression system
- Cooperative multiplayer with allies defending alongside player
- Planet destruction mechanics
- Free aircraft/ship option
- Character customization and selection
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- Expanded gameplay modes beyond dodging
- Game settings menu for screen adjustment
In-app purchases
Smashy City
- Terry the Tarantula$2.99
- Black Knight$2.99
- Bling Kong$4.99
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- UFO$4.99
- Veronica the Alien$6.99
- King Dough$6.99
- Sgt. Miller the Drillboy$6.99
- Rhymes the Robot$9.99
- Raptar$9.99
- Demon$9.99
Quantum Shift
- 1000 Dark Matter$0.99
- Chimera$0.99
- Javeling$0.99
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- 2500 Dark Matter$1.99
- 5000 Dark Matter$2.99
- 10000 Dark Matter$3.99
Questions
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