Comparison

Pop Shapes vs Simple Shape Game

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Interactive shape popping
  • Rewarding animations and sounds
  • No game over or losing
  • Ad-free experience
  • Simple, intuitive gameplay
  • Unlock special events through sequences
Features
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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!

About

Simple Shape Game

Features
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Simple Shape Game is a fun, colorful learning game designed for toddlers, preschoolers, and individuals with special needs! Children learn to recognize shapes and colors by tapping the correct shape when asked. EIGHT WAYS TO PLAY • Find the Shape — a friendly voice asks "Touch the Red Circle!" and your child taps the right one. No reading required. • Meet the Shapes — tap any shape to hear its name, count its sides out loud, and learn a fun fact ("A stop sign is an octagon!"). • Shadow Match — drag each shape onto its matching shadow. • Build a Picture — put shapes together to make a house, rocket, tree, car and fish. • Trace — follow the dots around a shape with a finger. • Bubble Pop — pop all the stars (or hearts, or circles…) floating by. • Match Pairs — flip cards to find matching shapes; the voice names each one. • Sticker Book — every 5 stars earns a new sticker to collect. 19 SHAPES AND 7 COLORS Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle, Oval, Diamond, Star, Heart, Pentagon, Hexagon, and Octagon in red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple and pink, with clear black outlines and friendly faces that blink and smile. Expert level adds Cross, Crescent, Arrow, Pie, Trapezoid, Parallelogram, Semicircle and Decagon for kids ready for more. LEARNS FROM MISTAKES — GENTLY Tap the wrong shape and the right one wiggles and glows while the voice says "This is the Red Circle! Can you touch it?" Your child always ends on a success. Stars are never taken away — no timers, no losing, no stress. HELPFUL HINTS If your child gets stuck, the voice repeats the question and the answer gives a little wiggle. A big speaker button replays the question anytime. JOYFUL FEEDBACK Confetti, happy chimes, gentle haptics and 20 different praise phrases. ENGLISH & SPANISH Play in English or Spanish (Español), with correct Spanish grammar. FOR GROWN-UPS A parent area (protected by a simple math question) lets you pick the language, choose a level (Little 2–3, Big Kid 3–4, Expert 5+), choose which shapes to practice, and turn sound effects or vibration on and off. DESIGNED FOR SMALL HANDS Large, colorful shapes are easy to tap. Optimized for iPad, and also works great on iPhone. SAFE FOR KIDS • No ads • No in-app purchases • No internet required • No data collection • No external links

Screenshots

Pop Shapes4 screens
Simple Shape Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pop Shapes at 12.0 against Simple Shape Game's 16.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pop Shapes ships an update every 4 months, Simple Shape Game every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Pop Shapes versus Simple Shape Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPop ShapesSimple Shape Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert TempchinZasder LLC

In-app purchases

None

Pop Shapes

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Shape Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pop Shapes free?
Pop Shapes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Shape Game free?
Simple Shape Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pop Shapes or Simple Shape Game have ads?
Neither Pop Shapes nor Simple Shape Game shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pop Shapes or Simple Shape Game?
Pop Shapes ships an update every 4 months, and Simple Shape Game every 6 months. Most recently, Pop Shapes was updated on October 23, 2026 and Simple Shape Game on October 25, 2026.

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