The Lost Shield vs Grapple Gum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Lost Shield
Embark on an epic brick-breaking adventure as a hero tasked with returning a magical shield. Explore diverse areas, battle numerous enemies and bosses, and rescue allies with unique skills to aid your quest. Upgrade your hero and unlock new modes to save the world.
- Brick break gameplay with magic balls
- Explore 6 areas with 54 stages
- Battle 20+ enemies and 6 bosses
- Rescue and upgrade followers
- Unlock Arcade Mode for high scores
- Collect achievements and treasure
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The Lost Shield is a brick break/adventure game. You play as a hero who must return a powerful but dangerous magic shield to the place it belongs. Features - Fun gameplay where you destroy enemies with powerful magic balls - 6 areas with 54 stages to explore, each with different enemies, traps and secrets. - 20+ enemies and 6 bosses want to stop your journey. - 20 achievements to master - Find bonus stages and loot treasure in every stage. - Rescue followers with unique abilities and add them to your party. - Upgrade your hero to save the world. - Unlock Arcade Mode and challenge the high score of other players around the world. ----------------------------------------------------------- Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TowerofFortune Game Trailer https://youtu.be/KeAyy5PVMuk
Grapple Gum
Engage in fast-paced, action-packed platforming as a piece of gum. Grapple across moving objects, float, and slingshot your way through levels, shooting enemies and bosses. Features intuitive touch controls and online leaderboards.
- Slingshot and grapple mechanics
- Float and hitch rides on platforms
- Shoot targets and bosses
- 10 levels with 10 bosses
- 6 unique weapons with upgrades
- Online leaderboard
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« Grapple Gum will be a must buy when it finally launches » —— TouchArcade.com « Grapple Gum is an intense and action-packed arcade action platformer shooter that you're bound to get stuck to because it's so good. » AppAdvice.com « Grapple Gum is super fun and charming. » —— (Mike Gordon, Iron Horse Games, LLC) « Grapple Gum's visuals and music are both lovely and really make the game stand out among the competition. » —— TouchArcade.com Grapple Gum is an award winning SlingShot-Action-Platformer in which you play as a little pink piece of gum and grapple across moving objects. It's a neat mix of mechanics as you can float through the space, hitch a ride by hooking on the various platforms, and slingshot your way from one piece to another while also shooting at all kinds of targets, including big bosses and the little various sooty critters nibbling at your toes. Grapple Gum was awarded "Best Mobile Game" and "Game Of the Year" by the Tunisian Game Awards 2017 with a jury composed by Susan Gold (founder of the Global Game Jam), Leevi Rasila (GDWC Event Producer) and Moacyr Alves Junior (ESL Brasil Partnerships Director). DENSE CONTENT - Play 10 levels filled with 10 Gigantic bosses and hordes of hand painted, kid friendly, critters. - Discover 6 Awesome and Unique Weapons, with 3 levels of upgrade for each. - Unlock 42 Bonus, which offer exceptional replayability. - Enjoy Fast paced, touchy and crazy satisfying action. BEAUTIFUL GRAPHICS The doodle artwork is brought to life with fluid animation and popping visual effects. Every component has been recreated in meticulous details! INTUITIVE TOUCH CONTROLS Grapple Gum features a One touch control. Tap, hold or swipe and hitch a ride with your grapple or shoot at everything and leave a mess of bursted monsters! Intuitive controls deliver a gaming experience both fun and challenging. ONLINE LEADERBOARD Compete with players all around the world and see who is the very best FUN FOR EVERYONE Grapple Gum is easy enough for anyone to pick up... but it requires tenacity and quick reflex to master.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Grapple Gum at 100% against The Lost Shield's 65%. Grapple Gum also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). The Lost Shield's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (29 vs 9). On price 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
The Lost Shield costs $0.99 and Grapple Gum $0.99 up front. The Lost Shield sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Grapple Gum asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Lost Shield holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of The Lost Shield's written reviews are positive against 100% of Grapple Gum's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
The Lost Shield ships an update every 7 months, Grapple Gum every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Lost Shield | Grapple Gum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (29 ratings) — better | 4.1 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Game Stew | Ali Mehrez |
Customer experience
The Lost Shield
Grapple Gum
In-app purchases
The Lost Shield
- 1000G$0.99
- 3000G$1.99
- 10000G$4.99
Grapple Gum
No in-app purchases
Questions
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