Shift Shaft vs Kaamos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shift Shaft
This puzzle game challenges players to match three or more rocks by rotating the entire game board. Upgrade your character's stats and unlock items as you explore an underground world and battle unique enemies. Enjoy an uninterrupted gaming experience with no ads or in-app purchases.
- Rotate the game board
- Match 3 or more rocks
- Upgrade player stats
- Unlock over 30 items
- Battle 5 unique enemies
- Explore underground world
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“What really blew my mind with Shift Shaft and the main thing that makes it feel unlike any other game out there is your ability to rotate the entire board at will. It sounds simple but this changes everything… This is truly a thinking person’s matching game.” - Jared Nelson, TouchArcade.com A match & rotate puzzle Manipulate your player and the board by rotating it and clearing groups of 3 or more rocks. Build up your player Collect and spend gems to upgrade your stats and unlock over 30 different items during each run. Explore the underground world Go up against 5 unique enemies and the gem-eating spider to uncover the world beneath the mines. No ads & no in-app purchases Play for as long you'd like with no ads or pay walls.
Kaamos
Engage in turn-based tactical combat by matching tiles on a grid. Explore a dark medieval world, collect equipment, and build your character and deck to overcome foes in this unique roguelike experience.
- Turn-based tile matching combat
- Character and deck building
- Looting equipment from foes
- Dark medieval world exploration
- Roguelike progression
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Kaamos is a bite-sized turn-based puzzle roguelike where battles are fought by matching tiles on a grid with looping rows and columns. Build your character and deck of tiles by looting equipment from your foes. Traverse a dark medieval world where the Sun went down and never rose again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shift Shaft at 4.9 against Kaamos's 4.1. Shift Shaft also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and ratings volume (143 vs 15). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Shift Shaft costs $2.99 and Kaamos $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shift Shaft holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shift Shaft has 143 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Shift Shaft's written reviews are positive against 71% of Kaamos's.
Shift Shaft ships an update fortnightly, Kaamos weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift Shaft | Kaamos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (143 ratings) — better | 4.1 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 143 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #199 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | William Katz | Freedom Games, LLC |
Customer experience
Shift Shaft
Kaamos
Bugs and requests
Shift Shaft
Requested features
2 requests- Non-pixelated graphics
- Mid-run save option
Kaamos
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shift Shaft
No in-app purchases
Kaamos
No in-app purchases
