Comparison

Nom Plant vs Hit Shadow !

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

Head to head
About

Nom Plant

Control a growing plant, collect coins and candies, and avoid obstacles. Expand your collection of plants and pots as you achieve new lengths. Can you collect them all?

Highlights
  • One touch controls
  • Smooth gameplay
  • Beautiful HD graphics
  • Haptic feedback
  • Plant and pot collection
  • Coin and candy collection
Features
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Grow long and eat candies and coins in Nom Plant! Avoid obstacles while growing your plant in any direction to get coins and increase your ever growing collection of plants and pots ! How long can you get? Can you collect them all? Features: * One touch controls * Smooth gameplay * Beautiful HD graphics * Feel your plant grow with haptics on iPhone7+ devices --- SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS VIP Subscription offers a weekly subscription, you will have a 3-days FREE trial period, after this period you will be charged $3.99. After buying this subscription, you will unlock following features: Double Coin Rewards, No forced in-game advertisements, and all available King Plant characters for the duration of the subscription. This is an Auto-renewable subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple App Store Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription is renewed unless you turn it off 24 hours before the period ends. Your account will be charged for renewal as well. End of trial and subscription renewal: • This price is for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. • Payment will also be charged to iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Canceling trial or subscription: You can turn off the auto-renew for the subscription whenever you want to through iTunes account. Check https://support.apple.com/HT202039. When your current trial/subscription period expires, you will be unsubscribed. The current active subscription period cannot be canceled. After your subscription expires, you will no longer be able to use elements offered in your chosen Subscription Option. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us at support@lucky-kat.com Privacy Policy: https://www.lucky-kat.com/games-privacy-notice/ Terms of use: https://www.lucky-kat.com/terms-of-use/

About

Hit Shadow !

Create fun shadow puppets with your hands to mimic animals and objects. Explore numerous hand shapes and combinations to bring your shadow creations to life and earn rewards.

Highlights
  • Create shadow animals and objects
  • Dozens of hand shapes
  • Discover combinations
  • Perfect finger positioning
  • Earn animated rewards
Features
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Discover many animals and objects in this new-style "Chinese shadow" game, and watch them come alive! - Use dozen of different hand shapes. - Discover a lot of combinations to give life to shadows of exotic animals! - Try to perfect match your fingers position - Earn more points and get an animated reward!

Screenshots

Nom Plant4 screens
Hit Shadow !4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Hit Shadow ! at free with in-app purchases against Nom Plant's subscription. Hit Shadow ! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Nom Plant's advantage is review sentiment (47% vs 21%) and ratings volume (36K vs 3.6K). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Nom Plant sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Hit Shadow ! 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

Nom Plant holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nom Plant has 36K ratings behind it against 3.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Nom Plant's written reviews are positive against 21% of Hit Shadow !'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nom Plant ships an update every 6 weeks, Hit Shadow ! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Nom Plant versus Hit Shadow !: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNom PlantHit Shadow !
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (36K ratings) — better4.4 (3.6K ratings)
Positive reviews47.4% of reviews — better20.7% of reviews
Number of ratings36K — better3.6K
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB354 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLucky Kat StudiosKetchapp

Customer experience

Nom Plant

All ratings36,254 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews340 reviews
Positive47.4%
Neutral18.5%
Negative34.1%

Hit Shadow !

All ratings3,593 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive20.7%
Neutral24.3%
Negative55.0%

User reviews

Nom Plant

From 36K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🥳 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🎨 Cute and creative graphics
  • 🕹️ Simple but engaging mechanics

Room to improve

  • 🤬 Too many ads
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🤯 Levels get repetitive

Hit Shadow !

From 3.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Fun and relaxing game
  • 👍 Interesting hand shadow concept
  • 🎨 Variety of hand shapes and gloves

Room to improve

  • 🤬 Excessive ads after every level
  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs (level 97 issues)
  • 🤯 Repetitive and limited hand shapes

Bugs and requests

Nom Plant

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes when collecting rewards
  • Crashes on higher levels
  • Inability to progress past certain levels

Requested features

3 requests
  • Reduce ad frequency
  • Add more level variety and challenges
  • Implement cloud save feature

Hit Shadow !

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Level 97 not functioning properly
  • App crashes or freezes on some devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More challenging levels
  • Ability to create custom hand shapes
  • Reduce frequency of ads

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Nom Plant

Subscriptions1
  • King Plants Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
One-time5
  • No Forced Ads$2.99
  • 500 Coins$2.99
  • 1100 Coins$4.99
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  • 2500 Coins$9.99
  • 7000 Coins$19.99
1 purchases

Hit Shadow !

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Nom Plant free?
Nom Plant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hit Shadow ! free?
Hit Shadow ! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nom Plant or Hit Shadow !?
Nom Plant is rated higher. Nom Plant averages 4.6 out of 5 from 36K ratings, while Hit Shadow ! averages 4.4 from 3.6K ratings.
Do Nom Plant or Hit Shadow ! have ads?
Nom Plant shows ads; Hit Shadow ! does not.
Which is updated more often, Nom Plant or Hit Shadow !?
Nom Plant ships an update every 6 weeks, and Hit Shadow ! every 3 weeks. Most recently, Nom Plant was updated on October 19, 2026 and Hit Shadow ! on October 17, 2026.

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