Shadow Cube vs Balance The Wheel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadow Cube
Navigate a flying cube through a dark, obstacle-filled environment. Test your reflexes and see how long you can survive the challenging gameplay. It's a simple yet addictive test of endurance.
- Tap-to-fly gameplay
- Obstacle avoidance
- Endless survival mode
- Simple controls
- Challenging difficulty
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Tap to keep the cube flying. Avoid the dark obstacles at all cost. How long can you last in "Shadow Cube"?
Balance The Wheel
A simple and addictive unicycle game that challenges players to balance and travel as far as possible. Tap and hold the screen to control acceleration and maintain stability.
- Tap and hold to accelerate
- Balance the unicycle
- Travel as far as possible
- Simple and fun gameplay
- Highly addictive
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Balance the wheel is a simple and fun unicycle game where you need to balance. Aim to move as far as you can by tapping and holding on left and right Gameplay: Tap and hold left/right to accelerate How far can you balance?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Shadow Cube at none against Balance The Wheel's shown. Shadow Cube also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Balance The Wheel's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (23 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Balance The Wheel holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Balance The Wheel has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Shadow Cube | Balance The Wheel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 4.4 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 73 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jerry Cole | Essendon Studios |
Customer experience
Shadow Cube
Balance The Wheel
In-app purchases
Shadow Cube
No in-app purchases
Balance The Wheel
No in-app purchases
