Shapecraft vs PALINGENESIS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shapecraft
A relaxing puzzle game where you connect pieces to reveal new shapes. Light up all the dots by placing blocks in the correct positions. Enjoy a calm experience with atmospheric music and beautiful visuals.
- Connect puzzle pieces
- Craft new shapes
- Light up all dots
- Calm and peaceful gameplay
- Atmospheric music
- Colorful backgrounds
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Shapecraft is a game about finding the final form. Join the pieces together and craft new shapes in this calm and beautiful puzzler. Your goal is simple - put the blocks into the right places. Join the slices to reveal a new shape, but remember to light up all the little dots! Putting pieces together is one thing, but finding the right combination is a challenge. This calm and peaceful puzzle game will help you relax and focus. The atmospheric music and colorful backgrounds will let you clear your head. You need your mind in shape to find the solution. No need to hurry - you have all the time in the world. Enjoy! --- Thank you so much for playing and supporting our games! Want to share feedback, suggest a new feature or found a bug? Send an email at contact@gamezaur.com --- Like us on Facebook to receive news about new games and updates! https://www.facebook.com/gamezaur/ --- www.gamezaur.com
PALINGENESIS
Experience an album as an interactive music video game. Explore animated worlds, each tied to a song, and uncover a developing narrative through your journey. This unique application blends hand-crafted animation with interactive gameplay.
- Interactive animated worlds
- Music-driven environments
- Unfolding narrative
- Hand-crafted animation
- Visual sequences
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PALINGENESIS is a music video game. The album by GRIGS unfolds as a series of interactive animated worlds, with each environment built around a different song. Created entirely by animator and musician John Paul Grigsby, PALINGENESIS brings together hand-crafted animation, interactive environments, and visual sequences that appear as you move through each world. As you progress through the album, a larger story begins to take shape through the environments and the moments you come across along the way. Listen to PALINGENESIS by GRIGS wherever you stream music. www.johngrigsby.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PALINGENESIS at every 9 days against Shapecraft's every 20 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Shapecraft against 4.9 for PALINGENESIS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 11 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Shapecraft ships an update every 20 months, PALINGENESIS every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shapecraft | PALINGENESIS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better | 4.9 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 247 MB | 741 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kamil Kucma | John Paul Grigsby |
Customer experience
Shapecraft
PALINGENESIS
In-app purchases
Shapecraft
No in-app purchases
PALINGENESIS
No in-app purchases
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