Force Escape vs Shapez
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Force Escape
Utilize unique force powers to clear a path for your shuttle and escape a dying planet. Navigate through 50 challenging levels with physics-based gameplay and a minimalist design. Compete with friends for high scores or aim to conquer all levels.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Minimalist design
- 50 challenging levels
- High score competition
- Force power mechanics
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In Force Escape, you must escape the planet and survive the obstacles placed in your path. Use your force powers to clear the way for your fleeing shuttle! Includes: ◉ A beautiful minimalist design and physics based game-play. ◉ 55 challenging and unique levels to beat. ◉ Competitive game-play: Try to beat your friend's top score with Game Center, or be the first to beat all 55 levels and prove you're the master! ◉ Mesmerizing music keeps you focused ◉ Free download (with in app purchase for removing ads). Easy to learn and difficult master. Download Force Escape today and begin one of the most challenging and addicting games of 2017! How to play: Playing Force Escape is simple. Touch anywhere on the screen and drag to move your force power ring. Knock obstacles out of the way of your shuttle to avoid being destroyed as you escape the planet!
Shapez
Build automated factories to produce increasingly complex geometric shapes. Experiment with tools to design your factory, extract and mix colors, and scale production on an infinite map. Enjoy a relaxed, minimalist experience with a soothing soundtrack.
- Automated shape production
- Complex shape creation
- Color extraction and mixing
- Infinite map exploration
- Factory optimization
- Minimalist art style
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*Try Shapez up to level 7 for free or unlock the full game for more tools, more shapes and more challenges!* Do you like automation games? Then you are in the right place! shapez is a relaxed game in which you have to build factories for the automated production of geometric shapes. As the level increases, the shapes become more and more complex, and you have to spread out on the infinite map. And as if that wasn't enough, you also have to produce exponentially more to satisfy the demands - the only thing that helps is scaling! While you only have to process shapes at the beginning, you will later have to color them - by extracting and mixing colors! FEATURES - Create a unique and complex abstract shapes factory in a satisfying way. - Unlock new devices, upgrade them, and optimize your factory by experimenting with diverse tools. - Develop your system the way you want: each problem can have many solutions. - Enjoy an elegant, minimalist and readable art direction. - Go at your own pace with an approachable gameplay and a soothing soundtrack. CAREFULLY REDESIGNED FOR MOBILE - Revamped interface - Game Center achievements - iCloud - Share your progress between iOS devices If you run into a problem, please contact us at https://playdigious.helpshift.com/hc/en/12-playdigious/ with as much information as possible on the issue.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Shapez at none against Force Escape's shown. Shapez also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 98). Force Escape's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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. Force Escape sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Shapez sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shapez holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shapez has 1.5K ratings behind it against 98, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Force Escape's written reviews are positive against 54% of Shapez's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Force Escape ships an update fortnightly, Shapez every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Force Escape | Shapez |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (98 ratings) | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 53.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 98 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 240 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Rouleau Inc | Playdigious |
Customer experience
Force Escape
Shapez
User reviews
Force Escape
From 98 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- ✨ Unique and original concept
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and design
- 🎵 Great atmosphere and music
- 💪 Challenging and rewarding
Room to improve
- 😫 Extremely difficult/impossible levels
- 広告 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🐌 Laggy and delayed controls
- 🐛 Game freezes/crashes after losing
- 😩 Frustrating difficulty spikes
Shapez
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Great mobile adaptation
- 💡 Relaxing factory building
- 🚀 Satisfying automation
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
- 🔒 Requires internet connection to play
- 🔒 Can't use existing PC purchases
- 👎 Clunky controls and UI
Bugs and requests
Force Escape
Reported bugs
14 issues- Game freezes after losing and requires app restart
- App force closes when viewing ads
- App force closes at unrelated times
- Screen goes black at unrelated times
- Purchased ad removal not working on other devices
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- In-app purchases made by mistake
- Some obstacles from previous challenges appear in new ones
- Game becomes super laggy after latest update
- Tutorial appears every time the app is opened
- Tried purchasing icon pack but it didn't work
- Delayed movement/lagging controls
- Orb doesn't follow finger fast enough
- In-game levels interfere with those above
- Force fields not as expected (user wants refund)
Requested features
11 requests- Add a level system
- Include in-game currency for customization
- Allow customization of ring and ship
- Add checkpoints
- Implement a difficulty setting (easy, medium, hard)
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- Add new shapes/shields unlockable with points
- Make sensitivity adjustable
- Update for iPhone X display
- Add more options
- Allow carrying on after ship is hit (more lives)
- Add 'powers' to help with levels
Shapez
Reported bugs
4 issues- Save data corruption and loss of progress
- Conveyor belt orientation issues
- Inconsistent performance and frame rate drops
- Placement and selection bugs
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to sync progress across devices
- More game modes and customization options
- Improved blueprint management
- Faster time acceleration
In-app purchases
Force Escape
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Force Icon Pack$2.99
Shapez
- Unlock Full Game$6.99
