Comparison

Shadow Love vs Kick King

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

Head to head
About

Shadow Love

Experience a unique action game where all characters and environments are crafted from hand shadow puppets. Navigate through artistic shadow worlds, controlling a rabbit to reach illuminated goals. Features 35 stages, boss battles, and various shadow enemies.

Highlights
  • Hand shadow puppet art style
  • Side-scrolling action gameplay
  • 35 unique stages
  • Boss battles
  • Multiple hand shadow enemies
Features
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Everything is made of shadows! This action game is designed using hand shadow puppets!!! It's fun to watch but even more fun to play! Enjoy the artistic world of the shadows. :) Rabbits, crabs, snails birds, flowers and so on... It's a side-scrolling action game with hand shadow characters. Aim at the illuminated goal by controlling the rabbit with right/left and jump buttons in order to clear the game. [Features] ○ 35 unique stages ○ Include the boss battle ○ Support Retina display(iPhone,iPod touch) ○ More than 10 hand shadow enemies

About

Kick King

Engage in a fun and addictive kicking game where timing is crucial. Use power-ups like Super Kick and Shield to defeat opponents and become the Kick King. Earn coins to upgrade your player's health and power.

Highlights
  • Simple and addictive gameplay
  • Beautiful graphics
  • Funny animations and sound effects
  • Super Kick power-up
  • Shield for defense
  • Player upgrades with coins
Features
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Take a break and enjoy Kick King! Kick your opponents in the butt and enjoy the most amazing game challenge in a super fun way to become a Kick King. Game Features: 1. Simple but addictive game play Time it right to kick it perfectly! Sounds easy but don’t let the nerves get to you. If you miss too much your opponent will hit you hard. 2. Beautiful Graphics So it’s as if you were the ones kicking the opponent! Ouch that hurts a lot! 3. Funny as hell ! Whether you want to Kick, Smack, Bang your opponent this game is for you and will enjoy each and every bit of it. Power Up: 1. Super Kick Super Kick let’s you increase your kick strength immensely so that you can overpower your opponent. 2. Shield Save your butt from getting hurt by using a shield that will protect most of the damage done by the opponent's Kick. How to play Kick King: 1. Choose your favourite player and kick your rival player as much as you can. 2. Earn coins and use them to increase your health and power boosts. 3. You and your rival each turn to kick each other, whoever kicks harder faces the new challenger and becomes a Kick King. 5. Keep an eye on power indicating slider, aim and Kick as hard as you can. Kick reactions and sound FX are so funny that you will ROFL after playing the game and can’t wait to share the game with your friends. TROUBLESHOOTING: - If the game doesn't start up, runs slowly or crashes, please get in touch and we'll do our best to help. If you have any questions contact us via email at support: support@umxstudio.co

Screenshots

Shadow Love4 screens
Kick King4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kick King at Free against Shadow Love's $2.99. Kick King also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (34 vs 10). Shadow Love's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Kick King is free to download; Shadow Love costs $2.99 up front. Kick King sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Shadow Love asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Shadow Love against 4.4 for Kick King. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 34 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Shadow Love's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kick King's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shadow Love ships an update every 6 weeks, Kick King every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Shadow Love versus Kick King: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadow LoveKick King
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (10 ratings) — better4.4 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1034 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB288 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperStrawberry GohanUMX Studio FZ-LLC

Customer experience

Shadow Love

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.8%

Kick King

All ratings34 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Shadow Love

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Kick King

One-time4
  • 20000 Gold$2.99
  • Best Offer$21.99
  • 200000 Gold$26.99
Show 1 more
  • 1000000 Gold$99.99

Questions

Is Shadow Love free?
Shadow Love costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kick King free?
Kick King is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shadow Love or Kick King?
Shadow Love is rated higher. Shadow Love averages 4.5 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Kick King averages 4.4 from 34 ratings.
Do Shadow Love or Kick King have ads?
Neither Shadow Love nor Kick King shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shadow Love or Kick King?
Shadow Love ships an update every 6 weeks, and Kick King every 2 days. Most recently, Shadow Love was updated on October 19, 2026 and Kick King on October 24, 2026.

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