Columns vs SharkRooms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Columns
A remake of the classic "Columns" game where you align falling jewels of the same color to form lines of three or more. Clear as many jewels as possible across various play modes. Features GameCenter integration and innovative controls.
- Match falling jewels
- Form lines of 3+ same-colored jewels
- Vertical, horizontal, and diagonal matching
- Four play modes
- GameCenter integration
- Easy controls
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Remake of classic "Columns" game. Manipulate falling columns to form vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines of 3 or more of diamonds of the same color. Try to clear as many diamonds as possible. * FEATURES: - Four different play modes. - GameCenter integration. - Easy and innovative controls. Privacy policy: https://akatek.biz/apps/columns/privacy_policy Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
SharkRooms
Build and manage hotels in this simulation game. Explore various money-making strategies with different room payout speeds and rewards. Compete with friends to earn money faster.
- Hotel building simulation
- Money-making strategies
- Fast payout rooms
- Competitive gameplay
- Explore different room types
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SharkRooms is a hotel building game that allows you to explore many different types of money making strategies. You can make money around your schedule, some rooms have fast payouts, while others have larger piles of cash. Download today and find the best way to make more money faster than you friends!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Columns at none against SharkRooms's 10. Columns also leads on ratings volume (833 vs 14). SharkRooms's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. SharkRooms sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Columns asks for nothing beyond the download.
SharkRooms holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Columns has 833 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Columns's written reviews are positive against 100% of SharkRooms's.
Columns ships an update every 6 days, SharkRooms every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Columns | SharkRooms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (833 ratings) | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 833 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AkaTek LLC | John Johnson |
Customer experience
Columns
SharkRooms
Bugs and requests
Columns
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on certain devices
- Freezing and performance issues
- Unresponsive controls
Requested features
4 requests- Difficulty settings
- More gem variations
- Blitz/countdown game modes
- Full-screen mode
SharkRooms
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Columns
No in-app purchases
SharkRooms
- 3M$0.99
- 10$1.99
- 32$4.99
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- 37M$9.99
- 79$9.99
- 180$19.99
- 195M$49.99
- 495$49.99
- 408M$99.99
- 1125$99.99
Questions
Is Columns free?
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