Drop Thorns vs Material Shifter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drop Thorns
A simple game where players must pop all the balloons to advance through levels. Test your skills to see if you can reach level 19.
- Pop balloons
- Clear levels
- Progress through stages
- Challenging gameplay
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Drop thorns, pop balloons Pop all of them to pass the level Can you make it to level 19?
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 review sentiment: Drop Thorns at 100% against Material Shifter's 50%. Drop Thorns also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Material Shifter's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (27 vs 1). 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. Drop Thorns asks for nothing beyond the download.
Material Shifter holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Material Shifter has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Drop Thorns'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.
| Parameter | Drop Thorns | Material Shifter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.9 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 months |
| 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 | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Engin Bora Calikusu | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
Drop Thorns
Material Shifter
In-app purchases
Drop Thorns
No in-app purchases
Material Shifter
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Drop Thorns free?
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Which has better reviews, Drop Thorns or Material Shifter?
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