Shaft Run vs Forest Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Forest Planner
A charming puzzle game where players design a forest ecosystem. Balance housing, income, and pollution to satisfy the eccentric Mayor Bob.
- Forest ecosystem planning
- Resource balancing (housing, income, pollution)
- Appease Mayor Bob
- Cute puzzle gameplay
- Zone management
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Plan a forest in this cute puzzle game. Set zones to balance housing, income, and pollution and appease the crazy Mayor Bob!
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Verdict
Shaft Run and Forest Planner both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Forest Planner's written reviews are positive against 0% of Shaft Run's. Forest Planner also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating and ratings volume 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. Forest Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Shaft Run against 5.0 for Forest Planner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Shaft Run's written reviews are positive against 100% of Forest Planner's.
| Parameter | Shaft Run | Forest Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 11.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dominik Ringler | Jonathan Sharkey |
Customer experience
Shaft Run
Forest Planner
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
Forest Planner
No in-app purchases







