Shift vs Node Jam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shift
A straightforward puzzle game where players move colored dots onto their matching spots on the board. Navigate through increasingly complex levels with multiple colors and challenging line-based movement mechanics. It's easy to learn but difficult to master.
- Move colored dots to matching spots
- Dots move along connecting lines
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Increasingly complex color puzzles
- Easy to learn, hard to master
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Relax with shift, an easy to play puzzle game. Make your way through the beginner, normal, clever, smart, and genius level brackets! Easy to learn but hard to beat, it's a straightforward puzzle game that can become deceptively tricky as the game goes on. HOW TO PLAY The goal of the game is to move the dots around the board to get them onto their own color. But there's a catch... the dots can only move along the connecting lines on the board. Early levels only have two colors, but later levels have 5 different colors! See if you can make it through all the genius levels.
Node Jam
A puzzle game where players sort and connect colored nodes. It offers a simple yet engaging challenge for players looking for a quick brain teaser.
- Node sorting
- Color connection
- Puzzle gameplay
- Simple mechanics
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Sort and connect colored nodes in this puzzle game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shift at 50% against Node Jam's 0%. Shift also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Node Jam's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Node Jam asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shift holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shift has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Shift's written reviews are positive against 0% of Node Jam's.
| Parameter | Shift | Node Jam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (11 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jackson Perkins | Indigo Bunting |
Customer experience
Shift
Node Jam
In-app purchases
Shift
- Ad Free$0.99
Node Jam
No in-app purchases
