Comparison

Cage It! Puzzle vs Shift

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

Head to head
About

Cage It! Puzzle

A relaxing puzzle game where you tap to turn objects and eliminate all loose ends. With 200 levels, it offers a challenge for everyone, from easy to very hard. Hints are available for purchase to help with difficult stages.

Highlights
  • Tap to turn objects
  • Eliminate all loose ends
  • 200 levels
  • Adjustable difficulty
  • Mark objects
  • Track solved levels
Features
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Tap to turn and forget everything else. Cage It! is a puzzle game with a simple concept: Tap and turn and get rid of all loose ends. Does it have ads? No! How to play Cage It! ? Just tap on the red-brown objects to make them turn. Turn till you have removed all loose ends. If you want to mark an object, tap a little longer. The object becomes black. Is it difficult? Cage it! starts with quite easy levels. Very relaxing, it makes you forget everything. But the games become more difficult furher on. Which means, there is a level for everyone. In fact Cage It! contains very hard levels and in order to help you, you can mark the red-brown objects by touching them a little longer than the usual tap. The red-brown object now turns black. It’s an easy way to mark that this object is definitely in the right position. How many levels are there? We made 200 levels and you are free to scroll through every one of them. So if one is too easy or too difficult for you, you simply skip it and go to the next one. What does it cost? Cage It! is for free. If you think a level is too difficult, you can buy hints. In that way you make a small donation for the developer. Thanks! Can I see which level I passed? Yes you can. All the levels have a game number, which you find in a button at the top of the screen. The button turns green the moment you solved that level. You can also use this button if you want restart that level. Have fun!

About

Shift

A straightforward puzzle game where players move colored dots onto their matching spots on the board. Navigate through increasingly complex levels with multiple colors and challenging line-based movement mechanics. It's easy to learn but difficult to master.

Highlights
  • Move colored dots to matching spots
  • Dots move along connecting lines
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Increasingly complex color puzzles
  • Easy to learn, hard to master
Features
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Relax with shift, an easy to play puzzle game. Make your way through the beginner, normal, clever, smart, and genius level brackets! Easy to learn but hard to beat, it's a straightforward puzzle game that can become deceptively tricky as the game goes on. HOW TO PLAY The goal of the game is to move the dots around the board to get them onto their own color. But there's a catch... the dots can only move along the connecting lines on the board. Early levels only have two colors, but later levels have 5 different colors! See if you can make it through all the genius levels.

Screenshots

Cage It! Puzzle4 screens
Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cage It! Puzzle at 5.0 against Shift's 4.0. Cage It! Puzzle also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 27 months). Shift's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Cage It! Puzzle sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cage It! Puzzle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cage It! Puzzle ships an update every 5 weeks, Shift every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cage It! Puzzle versus Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCage It! PuzzleShift
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings511 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 27 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcelo ParsJackson Perkins

Customer experience

Cage It! Puzzle

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shift

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Cage It! Puzzle

One-time6
  • 10 HINTS$0.99
  • Donate a coffee$1.99
  • 40 HINTS$1.99
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  • 100 HINTS$2.99
  • Donate an icecream$3.99
  • Donate a muffin$7.99
1 purchases

Shift

One-time1
  • Ad Free$0.99

Questions

Is Cage It! Puzzle free?
Cage It! Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shift free?
Shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cage It! Puzzle or Shift?
Cage It! Puzzle is rated higher. Cage It! Puzzle averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Shift averages 4.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Cage It! Puzzle or Shift have ads?
Neither Cage It! Puzzle nor Shift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cage It! Puzzle or Shift?
Cage It! Puzzle ships an update every 5 weeks, and Shift every 27 months. Most recently, Cage It! Puzzle was updated on November 2, 2026 and Shift on November 3, 2026.

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