Comparison

RotaStone vs Shiftmate

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

RotaStone

Features
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RotaStone is a fun and addictive, very difficulut puzzle game! Use rotation switches to place stones into colored hexes as same as stone's color. The difficulty level increases progressively as the level goes up. Can you clear all the levels? ā—‡ How to play: - Tap the rotation switch to rotate the stones around the stone. - When you tap the rotation switch, the stones placed around it will rotate around the rotation switch. - When all colored hexes have stones of the same color, the level is cleared. ā—‡ Features: - One-finger controls - Various unique stages - No penalties! No time limit! You can enjoy it at your own pace.

About

Shiftmate

Features
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Match-3, rethought for people who like to plan. In Shiftmate there are no swaps. The board has one gap, and every swipe slides a whole row or column into it. Two, three, even six gems move at once, the gap travels on, and chains fall into place. Read the board, plan the route of the gap and set up the cascade. WHY PLAYERS LOVE IT • One gap, endless plans: every move changes where your next move can be. • See what drops next: the top row shows the next gem in every column. No blind luck. • 250 levels across 26 worlds, each tuned with hundreds of test games. • Frost, crates, double crates, blanks, chains and gold bars keep every world fresh. • Line clears and color blasts: match four or five to build specials. • Daily puzzle: the same board for everyone. Beat par, keep your streak, share your result. • Daily rewards: come back each day, day 7 is the big one. • Undo a move when a plan goes wrong. • Fair by design: no lives, no waiting, no energy timers. • Plays offline. No ads, no tracking, no account. • Distinct gem shapes, easy to tell apart with color blindness. • In English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi and Vietnamese. Shiftmate is free. Have fun planning the gap.

Screenshots

RotaStone4 screens
Shiftmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Shiftmate at none against RotaStone's shown. RotaStone's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
RotaStone versus Shiftmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRotaStoneShiftmate
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerradiuthree Co., LtdAndreas Rutsch

In-app purchases

None

RotaStone

No in-app purchases

None

Shiftmate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RotaStone free?
RotaStone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shiftmate free?
Shiftmate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RotaStone or Shiftmate have ads?
RotaStone shows ads; Shiftmate does not.

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