Rocket Hands vs Material Shifter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rocket Hands
Control a player with handheld rocket boosters to navigate through challenging obstacle courses. Counter magnetic forces and test your flight skills in this engaging game.
- Slide finger to propel player
- Counter magnetic forces
- Dodge obstacles
- Collect badges
- Customize helmet
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Play Rocket Hands and see if you can avoid obstacles while countering magnetic forces with your handheld rocket boosters! This game is great for players who want to test their flight skills! - Slide your finger to propel your player in that direction - Counter the magnetic forces with your rocket boosters - Dodge the various obstacles - Collect badges to customize your helmet Get Rocket Hands for free and see how high you can fly!
Material Shifter
Transform between balloon and metal forms to navigate challenging levels. Master physics-based gameplay to reach the end of each stage. Enjoy a unique puzzle-platformer experience.
- Switch between balloon and metal forms
- Physics-based gameplay
- Level completion challenges
- Form-shifting mechanics
- Puzzle-platformer genre
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Switch between your balloon form to fly and your metal form to fall and complete all the levels!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rocket Hands at none against Material Shifter's 1. Rocket Hands also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (80% vs 50%). Material Shifter's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, ads 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. Material Shifter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rocket Hands asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rocket Hands holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 90 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Rocket Hands's written reviews are positive against 50% of Material Shifter's.
Rocket Hands ships an update every 6 months, Material Shifter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rocket Hands | Material Shifter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (90 ratings) — better | 3.9 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 90 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adknown | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
Rocket Hands
Material Shifter
In-app purchases
Rocket Hands
No in-app purchases
Material Shifter
- Remove Ads$2.99
