ZenShell vs Spore Cubes FREE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZenShell
Test your reflexes and hand-eye coordination with this classic "ball and cups" style game. Catch hermit crabs as they move rapidly under shells. See if your eyes are fast enough to keep up!
- Hand-eye coordination test
- Classic "ball and cups" gameplay
- Fast-paced shell following
- Hermit crab catching
- Reaction time challenge
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How fast are your eyes? Are they fast enough to catch hermit crabs and still follow the rapidly moving shells? Test your hand-eye coordination in the form of the classic "ball and cups" game!
Spore Cubes FREE
Match and destroy groups of colored cubes to clear the playfield. This classic addictive puzzle game offers 10 skill levels to challenge your brain and save your best scores.
- Match and destroy colored cubes
- Clear the entire playfield
- 10 skill levels
- Save best scores per level
- Classic addictive gameplay
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Spore Cubes (TM) is the classic web game that captivated millions of players with its addictive and deceptively simple gameplay in the early days of the web. You'll be instantly hooked! ** Inducted into the Puzzles.com Hall of Fame and featured in the book "Flash 5 Cartoons and Games" ** Click colored cubes to match and destroy groups of the same color until the ENTIRE PLAYFIELD has been cleared! It's easy to play but difficult to master and will keep you coming back to the same game for "just one more try!" This free version now has 10 skill levels to keep your brain trained and challenged and your best score is saved for each level. Can YOU clear ALL cubes off each playfield? * * * Please help us improve the game by giving it 5 stars rating and give us suggestions in your review.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ZenShell at none against Spore Cubes FREE's shown. ZenShell also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ZenShell against 4.7 for Spore Cubes FREE. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of ZenShell's written reviews are positive against 89% of Spore Cubes FREE's.
ZenShell ships an update every 2 months, Spore Cubes FREE every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZenShell | Spore Cubes FREE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.7 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Z Sculpt | SPORE Productions |
Customer experience
ZenShell
Spore Cubes FREE
In-app purchases
ZenShell
No in-app purchases
Spore Cubes FREE
No in-app purchases
