Comparison

Gadget Creative Challenge vs Cannon Shot!

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

Head to head
About

Gadget Creative Challenge

Design and build intricate marble machine contraptions using a variety of interactive parts. Watch your creations come to life with adjustable physics and camera views. Share your unique designs with friends across multiple platforms.

Highlights
  • Create custom marble machines
  • Dozens of pipe and animated pieces
  • Adjustable physics and release intervals
  • Runtime adjustable controls
  • Save, load, and share creations
  • Multi-platform sharing
  • Multiple camera views
Features
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Create your own marble machine gadgets. Choose parts from a work bench that contains dozens of pipe sections and animated pieces. Pieces can be easily moved and rotated and snapped to connect with nearby pieces. You can combine up to 100 pieces into a single creation. You can easily adjust the time interval between marbles being released. You can also adjust how powerful the spring is and how much the anti-gravity accelerators boost the marbles uphill. Some pieces have sliding controls so they can be adjusted at run-time. You can design a closed system, that returns the marbles back up to the box where they started, so it could theoretically run indefinitely. Hit Play to watch your creation run. Choose from 4 different preset camera positions, or use the controls to create your own custom view. An additional Marble View will show you what it’s like to travel inside your device. Easily save or load previous creations or optionally Share your creations with friends via email or text messages. Games you share are multi-platform, allowing them to play on another copy of Gadget Creative Challenge running on most popular smartphones, tablets, and computers. Universal App - supports iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, including standard, Retina, and iPhone X displays. Even runs on Apple Mac or MacBooks equipped with Apple’s new M1 Silicon chip with easy to use mouse and on screen controls.

About

Cannon Shot!

Aim and shoot balls to fill buckets and complete challenging levels. Manipulate objects with your finger to alter ball trajectories and unlock new cannons as you progress. Discover rare cannons hidden within the game.

Highlights
  • Fill buckets with balls
  • Manipulate objects to change trajectory
  • Unlock new cannons
  • Discover rare cannons
  • Physics-based gameplay
Features
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Fill all the buckets with balls to complete a level. Use your finger to move various objects to change the direction of the balls you shoot. Aim smart! Complete levels to unlocks new cannons. Can you find the rare one? Privacy Policy: https://say.games/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://say.games/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Gadget Creative Challenge4 screens
Cannon Shot!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cannon Shot! at Free against Gadget Creative Challenge's $2.99. Cannon Shot! also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 26 months). Gadget Creative Challenge's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Cannon Shot! is free to download; Gadget Creative Challenge costs $2.99 up front. Cannon Shot! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Gadget Creative Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cannon Shot! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cannon Shot! has 79K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Gadget Creative Challenge's written reviews are positive against 36% of Cannon Shot!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gadget Creative Challenge ships an update every 26 months, Cannon Shot! every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Gadget Creative Challenge versus Cannon Shot!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGadget Creative ChallengeCannon Shot!
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)4.6 (79K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews35.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings579K — better
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB380 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMagnin & AssociatesSayGames LTD

Customer experience

Gadget Creative Challenge

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Cannon Shot!

All ratings79,403 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews487 reviews
Positive35.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative49.1%

Bugs and requests

Gadget Creative Challenge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Cannon Shot!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game crashes on certain levels
  • Ads fail to load or get stuck loading

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add a level select option
  • Implement a way to reuse previously unlocked cannons
  • Increase difficulty and challenge as the game progresses

In-app purchases

None

Gadget Creative Challenge

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Cannon Shot!

One-time2
  • No Ads Discount$0.99
  • No Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Gadget Creative Challenge free?
Gadget Creative Challenge costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cannon Shot! free?
Cannon Shot! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gadget Creative Challenge or Cannon Shot!?
Cannon Shot! is rated higher. Gadget Creative Challenge averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Cannon Shot! averages 4.6 from 79K ratings.
Do Gadget Creative Challenge or Cannon Shot! have ads?
Cannon Shot! shows ads; Gadget Creative Challenge does not.
Which is updated more often, Gadget Creative Challenge or Cannon Shot!?
Gadget Creative Challenge ships an update every 26 months, and Cannon Shot! every 2 months. Most recently, Gadget Creative Challenge was updated on October 27, 2026 and Cannon Shot! on October 30, 2026.

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