Comparison

Gold Combo Match vs Shiftmate

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

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About

Gold Combo Match

Embark on a dazzling jewel-matching adventure! Swap and match three or more identical gems to clear the board, earn gold, and achieve three stars on each level. Unleash powerful combos and special gems to overcome challenging puzzles.

Highlights
  • Match 3 or more identical jewels
  • Create power-ups like bombs and lightings
  • Earn gold and achieve 3 stars per level
  • Solve tons of unique puzzles
  • Easy slide-to-swap controls
  • Cool graphics and smooth animations
Features
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Gold Combo Match is a fun and addictive match 3 puzzle game! Use your skills and imagination to clear the board and advance in your adventure. This classic and brain teasing game will give you an enjoyable gaming experience. Your goal is to get the gold bars and you can try to get 3 stars on each level. Switch and match three identical jewels in a row to blast them. Match 4 jewels for cool effects and power-ups like bombs, lightings, additional time. Swap and match 5 jewels in a line or in an L or T form to create special colorful bomb that can burst all jewels with the same color. Smash all the gems and win some gold before you run out of time! This game is designed for people of all ages, and it features: - Nice music and sound FX - Cool graphics and smooth animations - Power gems - Tons of unique puzzles to solve in different difficulty levels - Easy gameplay with simple slide to swap controls Eliminate the jewels quickly and you will get more combos and extra scores. The more diamonds and gems you manage to crush at the same time, the better rewards you will collect. Improve your swiping and matching skills and have fun playing Gold Combo Match!

About

Shiftmate

Features
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Match-3, rethought for people who like to plan. In Shiftmate there are no swaps. The board has one gap, and every swipe slides a whole row or column into it. Two, three, even six gems move at once, the gap travels on, and chains fall into place. Read the board, plan the route of the gap and set up the cascade. WHY PLAYERS LOVE IT • One gap, endless plans: every move changes where your next move can be. • See what drops next: the top row shows the next gem in every column. No blind luck. • 250 levels across 26 worlds, each tuned with hundreds of test games. • Frost, crates, double crates, blanks, chains and gold bars keep every world fresh. • Line clears and color blasts: match four or five to build specials. • Daily puzzle: the same board for everyone. Beat par, keep your streak, share your result. • Daily rewards: come back each day, day 7 is the big one. • Undo a move when a plan goes wrong. • Fair by design: no lives, no waiting, no energy timers. • Plays offline. No ads, no tracking, no account. • Distinct gem shapes, easy to tell apart with color blindness. • In English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi and Vietnamese. Shiftmate is free. Have fun planning the gap.

Screenshots

Gold Combo Match4 screens
Shiftmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Shiftmate at none against Gold Combo Match's shown. Gold Combo Match's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price 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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Gold Combo Match versus Shiftmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGold Combo MatchShiftmate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (38 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings38 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMilen KirkovAndreas Rutsch

In-app purchases

None

Gold Combo Match

No in-app purchases

None

Shiftmate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gold Combo Match free?
Gold Combo Match is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shiftmate free?
Shiftmate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gold Combo Match or Shiftmate have ads?
Gold Combo Match shows ads; Shiftmate does not.

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