Comparison

Roll in Hole vs Shape Box!

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

Head to head
About

Roll in Hole

Guide a ball through a 3D environment by swiping your finger. The objective is to ensure the 'king ball' is the last to fall into the hole to avoid more common balls appearing.

Highlights
  • Swipe to roll the ball
  • 3D world navigation
  • Strategic ball dropping
  • Avoid premature king ball drops
  • Increasing difficulty with common balls
Features
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Roll the ball through a 3D world but king ball should drop at last into the hole! Swipe your finger and roll the ball. Be careful not to dropping king ball first into the hole! More common balls will comes if the king ball falls first!

About

Shape Box!

Features
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This is Shape Box! A game that combines both logic and skill, where your mission is to unscrew shapes from the cube’s surfaces, clean them up, and put the pieces in place. Sounds easy? Think again! Rotate the cube, tap on the screws, and watch the shapes fall. Your goal is to remove all the shapes from each surface, clearing the cube. But that's not all! Once it’s cleared, you must fit new shapes into the empty spaces to complete the cube! Challenging levels in different themes: Every new level introduces new shapes and challenges. As you advance through the levels, face increasingly complex puzzles that will test your skills.

Screenshots

Roll in Hole4 screens
Shape Box!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Roll in Hole at none against Shape Box!'s shown. Shape Box!'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Roll in Hole ships an update every 2 weeks, Shape Box! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Roll in Hole versus Shape Box!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoll in HoleShape Box!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPayal LakhaniIconic Games

In-app purchases

None

Roll in Hole

No in-app purchases

None

Shape Box!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roll in Hole free?
Roll in Hole is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shape Box! free?
Shape Box! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Roll in Hole or Shape Box! have ads?
Shape Box! shows ads; Roll in Hole does not.
Which is updated more often, Roll in Hole or Shape Box!?
Roll in Hole ships an update every 2 weeks, and Shape Box! every 2 days. Most recently, Roll in Hole was updated on September 24, 2026 and Shape Box! on October 1, 2026.

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