Draw the Rope vs Material Shifter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Draw the Rope
This game challenges you to draw ropes and connect them to objects. Utilize gravity to merge jellies and solve physics-based puzzles. Become a rigger and test your ingenuity.
- Draw ropes to connect objects
- Utilize gravity for gameplay
- Merge jellies
- Physics-based puzzles
- Become a rigger
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Draw ropes, connect them to the objects and use gravity force to merge jellies
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 update cadence: Draw the Rope at every 9 days against Material Shifter's every 3 months. Draw the Rope also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Material Shifter's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.7). On price, review sentiment, 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. Draw the Rope sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Material Shifter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Material Shifter holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 29 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Draw the Rope's written reviews are positive against 50% of Material Shifter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Draw the Rope ships an update every 9 days, Material Shifter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Draw the Rope | Material Shifter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (17 ratings) | 4.0 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MADFATCAT | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
Draw the Rope
Material Shifter
In-app purchases
Draw the Rope
- 1 Gem$0.99
- 4 Gems$2.99
- No Ads$4.99
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- 10 Gems$5.99
- 30 Gems$12.99
Material Shifter
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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