Upblock vs Shackling Shapes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Upblock
Tap to stack blocks and build a neon tower. Perfect your timing to align sliding blocks, or lose overhangs. Earn gems to unlock boosters and stylish skins, and compete on leaderboards.
- Tap to stack blocks
- Perfect timing for alignment
- Unlock boosters (undo, stacker, slow-mo)
- Customize tower with skins
- Weekly and all-time leaderboards
- Earn gems for in-game items
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Tap to stack blocks and build a neon tower. In Upblock, every drop tests your timing: line up the sliding block to keep it whole, or lose the overhang as it is sliced away. Each smaller landing makes the next tap count even more. ONE TAP, ANOTHER FLOOR Drop each moving block onto the one below. Aim for a clean alignment, keep your tower wide and see how high you can climb. Short rounds make it easy to try again and chase your own high score. THREE BOOSTERS FOR THE NEXT DROP Undo takes back your last block, even after a miss. Stacker places perfect floors for you. Slow-mo slows the moving block to help you line it up. Each booster can be used once per game. 14 WAYS TO STYLE YOUR TOWER Choose from 8 classic skins and 6 animated neon skins: Neon, Electric, Hologram, Synthwave, Circuit and Plasma. Earn gems as you stack and spend them on boosters and skins. A FRESH WEEKLY CHALLENGE Compare scores on weekly and all-time leaderboards. Start another run, improve your timing and work towards a higher score. One tap. One more floor. Stack to the neon sky. Contains ads and optional in-app purchases.
Shackling Shapes
An action-arcade game set in a volcano world. Players must move to avoid enemies, find a key, and escape chaotic rooms while being chased. It tests dodging and strategic abilities in a fast-paced environment.
- Volcano-themed world
- Fast-paced arcade gameplay
- Finger-based player movement
- Enemy avoidance challenges
- Key finding and room escape objectives
- Strategic dodging
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Take on the challenge of Shackling Shapes, an astonishing action-arcade game set in a volcano-themed world. This fast-paced arcade game will test your dodging and strategic abilities! - Use your finger to move the player - Avoid all enemies at all costs - Find the key and escape the room - Be careful of the enemies constantly chasing Check out Shackling Shapes and escape the chaotic rooms!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shackling Shapes at none against Upblock's 1. Shackling Shapes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Upblock's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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. Upblock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shackling Shapes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shackling Shapes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Upblock has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Upblock ships an update every 2 months, Shackling Shapes every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Upblock | Shackling Shapes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maka Mobile | Adknown |
Customer experience
Upblock
Shackling Shapes
In-app purchases
Upblock
- Remove Ads$4.99
Shackling Shapes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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