Pop Shapes vs ShapeShift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pop Shapes
This app provides a simple, engaging experience for young children to interact with colorful shapes that pop and make sounds. It's designed to be frustration-free, with no game over screens or disruptive ads, allowing for continuous play and exploration of fun visual and auditory rewards.
- Interactive shape popping
- Rewarding animations and sounds
- No game over or losing
- Ad-free experience
- Simple, intuitive gameplay
- Unlock special events through sequences
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I made this app so my six month old baby daughter could slap the screen with her tiny hands and make colorful bubbles jingle and pop. She loved it, and it turned out to be a lot of fun for kids and grown ups too! Other baby games I looked at all had the same flaw: One wrong touch and the fun stops! Game over, settings screen, or a banner ad banishes you to some webpage until Dad grabs the phone and fixes it. In NovaTime, the fun doesn't stop: • Every touch is rewarded with animation and sound. • You can't lose - no "Game Over", ever. • No settings - open the app and it plays. • No ads - no banners, no popups. You don't have to understand anything to play. Just start popping shapes! One at a time, or drag your fingers all over to pop everything at once. Popping shapes in sequence can make all kinds of fun and special things happen. For example, pop three in a row of the same color to change the whole screen! Experiment with different sequences to unlock all kinds of events. Supervised play only. This app is not a babysitter, and it's never safe to leave your baby alone with your phone. Have fun!
ShapeShift
This game challenges players to transform into various polygons to solve puzzles and defeat enemies. It's a fun way to learn about shapes, with customizable characters and a progressively challenging pace for all ages.
- Polygon morphing mechanic
- Shape-based puzzles
- Enemy combat challenges
- Character customization
- Progressive difficulty
- Educational content
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ShapeShift is a captivating and engaging free-to-play educational sidescrolling platformer. The game's core mechanic revolves around the player's ability to morph into various polygons, ranging from triangles to octagons. As you progress throughout the game, you will encounter two types of challenges: shift boxes and enemies. Shift boxes present intriguing puzzles, requiring you to transform into specific shapes based on criteria such as physical shape, name, and number of sides. Successfully clearing shift boxes rewards you with tokens that can be spent in the in-game shop to customize your character with a variety of vibrant colors. You will also encounter enemies with distinct shapes. To overcome them and earn score-boosting bonuses, you must morph into the corresponding shape that matches the enemy's shape as well as the number of sides shown on its face. While ShapeShift is designed to educate and entertain younger audiences by teaching them about shapes, it offers a progressively faster pace as you play, ensuring an enjoyable challenge for players of all ages. ShapeShift is more than just a game; it's an exciting and educational adventure that integrates exhilarating gameplay with the introduction of basic shapes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pop Shapes at every 4 months against ShapeShift's every 28 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Pop Shapes against 5.0 for ShapeShift. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively.
Pop Shapes ships an update every 4 months, ShapeShift every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pop Shapes | ShapeShift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 28 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 202 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Tempchin | Saper Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
Pop Shapes
ShapeShift
In-app purchases
Pop Shapes
No in-app purchases
ShapeShift
No in-app purchases
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