Shift vs Cube
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shift
A unique puzzle game that challenges your logic and spatial skills. Swipe to move pieces and match them within squares, but be careful not to let them fall off the board. Progress through 48 levels of increasing difficulty.
- Swipe-to-move gameplay
- Unique puzzle mechanics
- 48 challenging levels
- Tests logic and spatial ability
- Easy to learn, difficult to master
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Easy to learn, difficult to master; Shift is a puzzle game like no other. Swipe to move the pieces into the same square, but don't let them fall off the board! Test your logic skills, spatial ability, and creativity as you shift your way through all 48 unique levels.
Cube
This game challenges your spatial reasoning by having you visualize 3D geometric shapes from their 2D projections. Test your imagination by predicting the final form based on front, side, and top views.
- Visualize 3D shapes from 2D views
- Front, side, and top view observation
- Spatial imagination training
- Geometric puzzle gameplay
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Cube is a perspective puzzle game. You need to observe the projection of three-dimensional geometric figures, including front view, side view and top view.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shift at 100% against Cube's 54%. Shift also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and ads (none vs shown). Cube's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 77 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shift holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Shift's written reviews are positive against 54% of Cube's.
Shift ships an update every 77 months, Cube every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift | Cube |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (29 ratings) — better | 4.4 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 54.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 77 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Villegas | Shenzhen Gude Aipu Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Shift
Cube
In-app purchases
Shift
No in-app purchases
Cube
No in-app purchases
