Snake vs Astro Shift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snake
A classic arcade game where players control a growing snake. The objective is to eat food blocks while avoiding collisions with walls and the snake's own body. Multiple game sizes and speeds are available for varied challenges.
- Eat food blocks
- Avoid walls
- Avoid own tail
- Three sizes
- Three speeds
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Very simple snake game. Eat food blocks. Avoid hitting walls and snake's tail. - three sizes (26x26, 26x15, 16x16) - three speeds
Astro Shift
A puzzle game where you match three or more star balls of the same color to erase them. A black hole threatens the stars, and you must use star power to save them. Rotate the board to overcome deadlocks and continue matching.
- Match three or more star balls
- Erase star balls by matching
- Black hole threat mechanic
- Rotate board to solve puzzles
- Collect star power
- Save stars
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◇What's this game? This game is three match games which shift star balls horizontally and erase them. The star tends to be inhaled by the black hole which appeared suddenly. If star balls is erased in three matches, star power will reach a star. Let's send star power to a star and save a star. ◇Three match You will shift star balls horizontally and three or more star balls of the same color as length or width will arrange. ◇Rotate Button Let's push a rotation button, if it becomes a deadlock. A push on a button will rotate the position of star balls 90 degrees. The number of times that it can rotate will increase, if star balls is erased.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Snake at 70% against Astro Shift's 0%. Snake also leads on rating (4.1 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (123 vs 1). Astro Shift's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Snake holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snake has 123 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Snake's written reviews are positive against 0% of Astro Shift's.
Snake ships an update every 2 months, Astro Shift every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snake | Astro Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (123 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 123 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FujiCubeSoft | turu3net |
Customer experience
Snake
Astro Shift
Bugs and requests
Snake
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game sometimes freezes or crashes
- Revive feature doesn't work as expected
- Controls become unresponsive at higher scores
Requested features
4 requests- Add different speed/difficulty options
- Implement swipe controls
- Include a dark mode option
- Introduce new game modes and levels
Astro Shift
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snake
No in-app purchases
Astro Shift
No in-app purchases
