Shapes vs State Mapper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shapes
This game offers a unique experience to enhance cognitive skills and focus. It features two modes: a competitive classic mode and a relaxing zen mode, suitable for all ages looking to improve mental agility.
- Cognitive skill improvement
- Classic competitive mode
- Zen relaxation mode
- Suitable for all ages
- Enhances focus and preparation
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Shapes is an immersive, one of a kind experience that helps you improve your self. A simple enough game, Shapes is an easy to learn game, that progresses into a challenging, engaging experience. CLASSIC MODE - Designed for competition - Engaging, competitive, lots of fun! ZEN MODE - Designed for relaxation - Relaxing, great to play without trying to get a high score I created this game to help me before taking my SAT and other school tests. I've found that personally, I feel more prepared and work better after playing this game. Even if its not a math class, Shapes helps. This also helps with older people, who need to keep their brain active. The game shows that anyone can improve their performance through practice and focus. Can apply to any area in life. Contact me @ ronakshah.net/shapes
State Mapper
Test your knowledge of U.S. geography with this interactive game. Guess states based on directional clues and aim for the fewest attempts to identify the randomly selected state.
- U.S. geography testing
- Random state selection
- Directional guessing clues
- Minimize guess count
- Interactive gameplay
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State Mapper is an app that allows you to test your knowledge of United States geography. Each game a state is randomly selected. As you type in a State name, you're shown the direction from your guessed state to the randomly selected state. The goal is to use the arrows provided after each guess to figure out the randomly selected state in as few guesses as possible. Good Luck!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: State Mapper at none against Shapes's shown. State Mapper also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 36 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Shapes's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Shapes against 5.0 for State Mapper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shapes has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shapes ships an update every 36 months, State Mapper daily. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shapes | State Mapper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ronak Shah | Jonathan Hesler |
Customer experience
Shapes
State Mapper
In-app purchases
Shapes
No in-app purchases
State Mapper
No in-app purchases
