KLAC vs Shorthanded Gregg
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KLAC
A challenging spatial-word puzzle game where you snap, split, and stick letter blocks. It offers a minimal yet engaging experience designed to be difficult and wonderful. Your progress syncs across devices thanks to iCloud.
- Snap, split, and stick letter blocks
- Spatial-word puzzle gameplay
- Minimalist design
- Challenging difficulty
- iCloud progress sync
- Available on macOS
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It's minimal. It's hard. It's wonderful. Lots of things, we can say... But, you'll trust us? When you KLAC, you - for sure - will. KLAC - Snap, Split and Stick. A spatial-word puzzle game --------- Thanks to iCloud your progress are kept in sync on all your devices. KLAC is available on MacOS too.
Shorthanded Gregg
Learn the Gregg shorthand system with interactive lessons and practice modes. Engage in story-driven challenges, matching exercises, and word construction to build your skills.
- Interactive lessons
- Story-driven challenges
- Matching exercises
- Word construction
- Word destruction
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Shorthanded teaches you the basics of the Gregg shorthand system through interactive lessons and engaging practice modes. Build your skills with story‑driven challenges, matching exercises, word construction, and even word destruction.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shorthanded Gregg at none against KLAC's 4. Shorthanded Gregg also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (86% vs 75%). KLAC's advantage is ratings volume (141 vs 10) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads, chart position 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
KLAC costs $1.99 and Shorthanded Gregg $2.99 up front. KLAC sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Shorthanded Gregg asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shorthanded Gregg holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KLAC has 141 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of KLAC's written reviews are positive against 86% of Shorthanded Gregg's.
KLAC ships an update every 10 days, Shorthanded Gregg every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | KLAC | Shorthanded Gregg |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (141 ratings) | 4.7 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.4% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 141 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #108 | #58 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Giuseppe La Torre | David Clark |
Customer experience
KLAC
Shorthanded Gregg
Bugs and requests
KLAC
Reported bugs
4 issues- Last level has some bugs
- Game won't load level 1
- No sound or music on iPhone X
- Game doesn't start/stops at initial screen
Requested features
4 requests- More levels
- Hint system
- Trial game before purchase
- More help/explanation for mechanics
Shorthanded Gregg
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
KLAC
- Extra Support$0.99
- Small Donation$0.99
- Medium Donation$1.99
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- Big Donation$3.99
Shorthanded Gregg
No in-app purchases
