Crowd Runners vs Shape Changer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crowd Runners
Guide your growing crowd through challenging obstacle courses. Swipe to collect more people and expand your group while skillfully avoiding collisions with walls and other individuals. The goal is to amass the largest crowd possible.
- Collect people to grow crowd
- Swipe left and right to control
- Avoid colliding with others
- Avoid colliding with walls
- Grow your crowd size
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Collect as many of your people as you can while avoiding obstacles. How to play: - Swipe left and right to control horizontal slide on the platform. - Collect your people to grow crowd. - Avoid colliding with other people & walls.
Shape Changer
Tap the screen to remove cubes and form shapes that match upcoming walls. Navigate through various holes by quickly changing your form to progress. It's a fast-paced puzzle game testing your reaction time.
- Shape matching gameplay
- Tap-to-remove mechanic
- Progress through holes
- Fast-paced challenges
- Cube removal puzzles
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Change shapes as you go through different types of holes! Similar to a "hole in the wall" strategy; tap the screen to remove the cubes to form a shape to match the wall ahead!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shape Changer at 75% against Crowd Runners's 25%. Shape Changer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Crowd Runners's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 2). On price, update cadence 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. Crowd Runners sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shape Changer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shape Changer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crowd Runners has 1.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Crowd Runners's written reviews are positive against 75% of Shape Changer's.
Crowd Runners ships an update monthly, Shape Changer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crowd Runners | Shape Changer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rocketship Studios LLP | Shailay Investment Group Inc. |
Customer experience
Crowd Runners
Shape Changer
Bugs and requests
Crowd Runners
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes on privacy policy screen
- Paid version still shows ads
- Purchases not restoring properly
Requested features
3 requests- Add sound option
- Fix diagonal gameplay issue
- Improve ad experience
Shape Changer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crowd Runners
- No Ads$2.99
Shape Changer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Crowd Runners free?
Is Shape Changer free?
Which has better reviews, Crowd Runners or Shape Changer?
Do Crowd Runners or Shape Changer have ads?
Which is updated more often, Crowd Runners or Shape Changer?
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