Comparison

メダルパッチン vs PanelShiritori

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

Head to head
About

メダルパッチン

Features
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A medal patch game appears! Play the medals and avoid the obstacles and aim for the goal. ● How to play The rules are very simple. Touch the arrow on the bar and play the medal by operating so as to play the bow with slide adjustment. Disqualification when touching skull mark. Up to Level 5, you can challenge up to 4 times by touching the "R" mark. You can check the world ranking by GameCenter function as to how fast you made a goal! Music: Satan's spirit Effect sound: Effect sound laboratory

About

PanelShiritori

This puzzle game challenges players to identify various readings for the same image, expanding a dictionary of Japanese words. Players then use collected readings in a timed challenge to select associated images.

Highlights
  • Picture Shiritori puzzle gameplay
  • Discover multiple readings for images
  • Build a yomikata dictionary
  • Quick-push panel time attack
  • Collect and use word readings
Features
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A puzzle game and a quick-push game of “Picture Shiritori”! The game contains a large number of ways to read the same picture! For example, the panel of “moon” is “mangetsu”, “tsuki”, “night”, ‘otsukimi’, “jugoya”, and so on! For example, the same picture can be read in various ways! Let's find the rare readings and complete the yomikata dictionary! Then, play a quick-push panel game with the readings you've collected! Select the panel you associate with the reading and compete in a time attack! Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Screenshots

メダルパッチン4 screens
PanelShiritori3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PanelShiritori at every 6 days against メダルパッチン's every 2 months. メダルパッチン's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

メダルパッチン ships an update every 2 months, PanelShiritori every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
メダルパッチン versus PanelShiritori: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterメダルパッチンPanelShiritori
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—70.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB15 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFianess Corporationdaisuke uehara

In-app purchases

None

メダルパッチン

No in-app purchases

None

PanelShiritori

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is メダルパッチン free?
メダルパッチン is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PanelShiritori free?
PanelShiritori is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do メダルパッチン or PanelShiritori have ads?
Both メダルパッチン and PanelShiritori show ads.
Which is updated more often, メダルパッチン or PanelShiritori?
メダルパッチン ships an update every 2 months, and PanelShiritori every 6 days. Most recently, メダルパッチン was updated on October 26, 2026 and PanelShiritori on October 13, 2026.

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