Astro Shift vs Catch The Stars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Catch The Stars
Test your reflexes and focus by catching good stars and avoiding bad ones. Progress through increasingly challenging levels across four grid sizes, where stars accelerate as you advance.
- Catch good stars
- Avoid bad stars
- Four grid sizes (2x2 to 5x5)
- 10 levels per category
- Increasing star speed
- Reflex and focus testing
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How well are your reflexes and focus? Test your abilities while having fun, playing Catch The Stars! Try to catch the good stars while avoiding bad ones. There are 4 categories, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 and 5x5 where first ones you catch and second ones you avoid. Each category has 10 levels and at each level stars gets faster.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Catch The Stars at 5.0 against Astro Shift's 1.0. Catch The Stars also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Astro Shift's advantage is update cadence (every 13 months vs every 37 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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.
Catch The Stars holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Astro Shift ships an update every 13 months, Catch The Stars every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Astro Shift | Catch The Stars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months — better | Every 37 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | turu3net | Alper Gonen |
Customer experience
Astro Shift
Catch The Stars
In-app purchases
Astro Shift
No in-app purchases
Catch The Stars
No in-app purchases
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