Circle Shield vs Shaft Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circle Shield
A minimalist and addictive game where players tap and hold to slow down a shield, protecting a central point. Aim to achieve high scores and challenge friends.
- Tap and hold to slow shield
- Protect the center point
- Achieve high scores
- Challenge friends
- Minimalist design
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Circle Shield is a free minimalist and addictive game. How to play: - Tap and hold to slow down the shield to protect the center point. - Reach hight score and challenge your friends. - Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/khanglbtk - Visit my website: http://khangle.me
Shaft Run
Navigate procedurally generated levels by jumping and dodging obstacles. Utilize unique power-ups and unlock different suits with special abilities to overcome challenges in this engaging platformer.
- Procedurally generated levels
- Obstacle dodging
- Unique power-ups
- Unlockable suits with abilities
- Over 80 levels
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Can you take on the shaft? Jump your way through randomly generated levels while dodging obstacles and using unique power-ups to your advantage. Shaft Run features: • More than 80 procedurally generated levels • Multiple suits with different abilities • 3 unique power-ups
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shaft Run at 5.0 against Circle Shield's 3.0. Shaft Run also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). Circle Shield's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Shaft Run sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Circle Shield asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shaft Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Circle Shield ships an update every 5 months, Shaft Run every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circle Shield | Shaft Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Khang Le | Dominik Ringler |
Customer experience
Circle Shield
Shaft Run
In-app purchases
Circle Shield
No in-app purchases
Shaft Run
- Diamonds +2$0.39
- Diamonds +10$0.69
- Remove Ads$0.99
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- Diamonds +1000$0.99
- Diamonds +20$1.49
- Diamonds +30$1.99
- Diamonds +50$2.99
- Diamonds +100$3.99
- Diamonds +500$4.99
- Diamonds +1000$5.99
