Comparison

Shift vs knocky

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

Head to head
About

Shift

A relaxing block puzzle game where you group blocks by color and adapt to shifting mechanics. Plan your moves to clear groups and earn points, with increasing speed and arrow effects adding challenge. Enjoy casual play or aim for high scores in multiple game modes.

Highlights
  • Block grouping by color
  • Shifting block mechanics
  • Increasing game speed
  • Arrow effect challenges
  • Original soundtrack
  • Unlockable achievements
Features
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Drop blocks. Shift colors. Speed up. This new block-based puzzle game challenges you to group blocks together, while planning ahead to shift and adapt your stack to upcoming blocks and arrows. Create a group of five or more blocks and the group will clear and you'll earn points. Arrows attached to blocks will cause nearby blocks to change. Adapt your strategy to the constantly changing arrow effects, and the increasing speed of the game. Enjoy casually playing Shift while zoning out and enjoying its original sounds and soundtrack, or try to get a new high score in regular play or time trial modes. With beautiful animations and a relaxing pace, this is the perfect game for a long plane ride or an afternoon on the couch. It's free to play, and has plenty of unlockable achievements. Check back for more updates in the future!

About

knocky

Features
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knocky is a fast single-player destruction game built around simple controls and satisfying tower collapses. Drag to aim, drop the ball, and tear through moving towers before you run out of lives. Each run pushes you to line up better hits, clear tougher layouts, and squeeze more score out of every bounce. Features: - One-touch tower destruction gameplay - Multiple ball types with different weight and bounce - Score-chasing runs with escalating difficulty - Clean visuals and punchy physics feedback - Quick sessions that still reward precision and planning knocky is easy to pick up, but the best runs come from timing, placement, and clean reads on every tower.

Screenshots

Shift3 screens
knocky3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: knocky at none against Shift's 1. knocky also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. Shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. knocky asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shift ships an update every 3 weeks, knocky every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Shift versus knocky: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShiftknocky
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB83 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTravis BogosianAdem Guclu

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Shift

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

knocky

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shift free?
Shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is knocky free?
knocky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shift or knocky have ads?
Shift shows ads; knocky does not.
Which is updated more often, Shift or knocky?
Shift ships an update every 3 weeks, and knocky every 3 days. Most recently, Shift was updated on November 3, 2026 and knocky on October 31, 2026.

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