Spanky Balls vs Material Shifter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spanky Balls
Experience a physics-based arcade game inspired by a classic toy. Collect over 30 unique balls and enjoy vibrant visuals and sounds as you aim to beat your friends' high scores.
- Physics-based gameplay
- 30+ collectible balls
- Juicy colorful visuals
- Score beating mechanics
- Inspired by classic toy
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Spanky Balls is a remake of an old classic toy called paddle ball. Physics based flappy style game with collectibles. Just throw your balls to the wall. Features: - 30+ Collectable spanky balls - Juicy colorful visuals and sounds - Beat your friends score The game prototype was originally made at Ludum Dare 36 Game Jam.
Material Shifter
Transform between balloon and metal forms to navigate challenging levels. Master physics-based gameplay to reach the end of each stage. Enjoy a unique puzzle-platformer experience.
- Switch between balloon and metal forms
- Physics-based gameplay
- Level completion challenges
- Form-shifting mechanics
- Puzzle-platformer genre
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Switch between your balloon form to fly and your metal form to fall and complete all the levels!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spanky Balls at 100% against Material Shifter's 50%. Spanky Balls also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Material Shifter's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (29 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Material Shifter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spanky Balls asks for nothing beyond the download.
Material Shifter holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Material Shifter has 29 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Spanky Balls's written reviews are positive against 50% of Material Shifter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Spanky Balls ships an update every 5 weeks, Material Shifter every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Spanky Balls | Material Shifter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tuotantoyhtio Tuokio Inc | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
Spanky Balls
Material Shifter
In-app purchases
Spanky Balls
No in-app purchases
Material Shifter
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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