Shift vs Leadlight
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.
Leadlight
A serene logic puzzle game where players connect numbered dots to complete intricate patterns. With 100 unique challenges and no time limits, it offers a relaxing yet engaging experience. Enjoy evolving visual themes and satisfying gameplay.
- 100 uniquely solvable puzzles
- Progressive difficulty
- Four evolving visual themes
- Tap or drag controls
- Undo and hint options
- Haptics and sound effects
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Leadlight is a calm, luminous logic game about joining islands with bridges. Every island shows a number: exactly how many bridges it needs. Draw them one at a time, never let two bridges cross, and the board settles into a single connected pattern, like light coming through leaded glass. Every level is verified to have exactly one solution, so there is always a way through by reasoning alone. Nothing is random, and nothing is guesswork. - Luminous themes to unlock, including Prism Garden, Tidal Archive, Ember Causeway, Moonlit Relay and Solar Foundry - Hints for when a board stops making sense - Plays entirely offline
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Leadlight at 100% against Shift's 50%. Leadlight also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Shift's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price 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. Shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Leadlight asks for nothing beyond the download.
Leadlight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shift has 11 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Leadlight's.
Shift ships an update every 27 months, Leadlight every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift | Leadlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jackson Perkins | Strongware LLC |
Customer experience
Shift
Leadlight
In-app purchases
Shift
- Ad Free$0.99
Leadlight
No in-app purchases
