X vs Shaky Ground
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
X
Experience a classic block-dropping puzzle game with expanded shapes and challenges. Compete globally on leaderboards and enjoy multiple game modes with an ever-increasing number of pieces.
- Classic Tetrominos mode
- Pentominos mode with 18 shapes
- Hexominos mode with 60 shapes
- X-minos combined mode with 85 polyminos
- Worldwide leaderboards for score competition
- Multiple challenging game modes
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GAME INTRO ---------------- Bring back tetrominos classic game that you played in your childhood but even more fun and challenge with pentominoes, hexominos. The game has 4 different modes: + TETROMINOS: total 7 classic tetrominos. + PENTOMINOS: total 18 pentominos. + HEXOMINOS: total 60 hexominos + X-MINOS: all-minos combined with total 85 polyminos. You can compete your score with other playes via leaderboard worldwide. Now go for it and have fun! CREDIT ------------------ + Sounds generated from Bfxr. FAN PAGE ------------------ + Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qastudiosapps
Shaky Ground
Navigate challenging levels by collecting all life force. Once collected, ascend to the next stage. Be mindful, as the ground disappears once all force is gathered, leaving no platform behind.
- Collect life force
- Ascend to new levels
- Infinite level progression
- Challenging gameplay
- Space-aged theme
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Slip this mortal coil and climb to the heavens by collecting all of the life force. Be careful because once all the force are gone the very ground beneath you will fall away into the ether leaving you with no ground to stand on. Once all dots are removed, rocket to the next level and begin again. Climb your way through infinite levels to reach the summit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Shaky Ground at every 3 days against X's every 4 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 X against 5.0 for Shaky Ground. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
X ships an update every 4 months, Shaky Ground every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | X | Shaky Ground |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quang Duc Vu | Antithesis Design, LLC |
In-app purchases
X
No in-app purchases
Shaky Ground
No in-app purchases
