Comparison

Mangavania Action Platformer vs Grid Shift

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

Head to head
About

Mangavania Action Platformer

Embark on an underworld adventure as a young ninja seeking a cure for your brother. Explore dungeons, battle monsters, and discover new abilities in this retro-style action platformer. Enjoy a nostalgic experience with pixel art and 8-bit music.

Highlights
  • Metroidvania level design
  • Unlockable abilities (sword, bow, double jump)
  • Boss battles
  • Retro pixel art and 8-bit music
  • Time challenges with speedrun ranks
  • Offline play
  • Gamepad and keyboard support
Features
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Mangavania is an action platformer game with pixel art graphics. Join the adventure as Yuhiko, a young ninja who has gone to the underworld to find a cure for his brother. Fight monsters and meet new friends in one of the best platformer games. - Explore dungeons! - Every level is a metroidvania - Find and use new abilities like sword, bow, double jump, wall climbing, dashing, ledge hanging etc. - Slash many dangerous monsters! - Defeat the bosses! - Free the lost souls! - Find Spirits in secret areas. They will tell you a story or give you an advice. Features: - Retro pixel art and 8-bit music - Responsive and adjustable controls - Time challenges with rank system for speedruns - Updates with new levels, mechanics, enemies and bosses - Gamepad and keyboard support - It is offline game and you can play it wherever you want. "The main appeal of the game, obviously, is the aesthetics. It has this overall nostalgic vibe to it, with funky 8-bit music that’s reminiscent of old-school games like the original versions of Metroid and Castlevania." - PocketGamer.

About

Grid Shift

Features
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Grid Shift - The twisted offspring of Word Search and a Rubik's Cube -------------------------------------------------------------------- What do I mean when I say 'The twisted offspring of a Word Search and a Rubik's cube'? Well let me explain … * Word Search - We all know this. A grid of seemingly random letters in which words are hidden that you need to find. * Rubik’s Cube - That annoying cube that you need to move the rows and columns around to match the colours on each side. Grid Shift takes the elements of both of these puzzle types and splices them together. A level starts with a grid of seemingly random letters (sound familiar?). Underneath the grid is the list of words that you need to find, again much like a Word Search. The twist is that the letters are not in the correct places to form the words! What you need to do is move the rows and columns around to make the words. And like the famed cube of misery, you will almost certainly have to temporarily break some words while making others. Game Play ----------- You are presented with a grid of letters. The earlier levels are a 4x4 grid, as you progress through the levels the size of the grid increases until you get to the 10x10 levels. Levels 1 through to 6 are designed to teach you the game. Beneath the grid are the words you need to find. Words can be found across the grid (left -> right), and down the grid. The words have to be found in the direction indicated. Finding a word in the wrong direction doesn’t count. If you look at the screenshots Duck has to been found DOWN while dog has to be found ACROSS. You use the buttons around the grid to Shift the rows and column in order to move the letters around the grid. When you find a word, the background of the tile will change colour. To complete the level you have to have all the words highlighted at the same time. This will also unlock the next level. In a lot of cases there is no fixed location the words have to be found in. If you take level 1, it is possible to find the word dog in 8 different locations to complete the level. As the complexity of the grids increases sometimes a word has to be in a specific place to be able to find all the other words. There are almost 200 level of annoying, frustrating, and yet somehow satisfying levels to complete. Join the Facebook group to get hints and tips. https://www.facebook.com/groups/gridshift

Screenshots

Mangavania Action Platformer4 screens
Grid Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grid Shift at none against Mangavania Action Platformer's 3. Grid Shift also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 26 months). Mangavania Action Platformer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mangavania Action Platformer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Grid Shift asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mangavania Action Platformer ships an update every 26 months, Grid Shift every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mangavania Action Platformer versus Grid Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMangavania Action PlatformerGrid Shift
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAPPWILL COMPANY LTDHaskins.io ltd

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mangavania Action Platformer

One-time3
  • 250 Gems$0.99
  • 1000 Gems$0.99
  • 500 Gems$1.99
None

Grid Shift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mangavania Action Platformer free?
Mangavania Action Platformer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grid Shift free?
Grid Shift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mangavania Action Platformer or Grid Shift have ads?
Grid Shift shows ads; Mangavania Action Platformer does not.
Which is updated more often, Mangavania Action Platformer or Grid Shift?
Mangavania Action Platformer ships an update every 26 months, and Grid Shift every 5 days. Most recently, Mangavania Action Platformer was updated on October 20, 2026 and Grid Shift on October 30, 2026.

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