Comparison

SEQ vs Shapes

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

Head to head
About

SEQ

Engage in a challenging puzzle game featuring a unique concept. Test your skills with this mentally stimulating experience.

Highlights
  • Unique puzzle concept
  • Serious challenge
  • Mentally stimulating
  • New puzzle game
Features
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Are you ready for a serious challenge? Get SEQ and discover a great new puzzle game with a unique concept!

About

Shapes

This game challenges your logic and creativity by having you rotate and assemble fragmented shards into holistic images. With thousands of levels, a mesmerizing soundtrack, and neon-infused artwork, it offers an immersive experience to combat stress and improve focus.

Highlights
  • Challenge logical skills
  • Improve creativity
  • Assemble fragmented shards
  • Hundreds of thousands of levels
  • Mesmerizing soundtrack
  • Neon light artwork
Features
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In a universe of uncertainty, chaos and confusion, Shapes emerges as the perfect way to bring some harmony and congruence to our world. Through an immersive environment of countless challenging levels, Shapes will test your skills to establish order into a fragmented reality. Are you ready to fight disorder? Here’s what Shapes is about: • Challenge your Logical Skills • Improve your Creativity • Assemble Fragmented Shards into a holistic image • Use both sides of your brain: the creative hemisphere and the logical one. Special Features: • Hundreds of Thousands of Levels • Mesmerizing Soundtrack • Artwork featuring neon lights with the purpose to play with your senses, imagination and logic. You’re the perfect player if: • You are facing stress and want to cool down; • You simply want a relaxation game through an immersive experience; • You need to focus or if you are facing an attention disorder; • If you want to improve your brain skills How to play: To complete the level, you have to rotate the shards and build shapes. Once the neon lights are on, you won another battle and the level is completed. Do you like our work? Connect below: • Like: https://www.facebook.com/infinitygamespage • Follow: https://twitter.com/8infinitygames • Visit: https://www.infinitygames.io/

Screenshots

SEQ3 screens
Shapes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Shapes at Free against SEQ's $1.99. SEQ's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 568). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Shapes is free to download; SEQ costs $1.99 up front. SEQ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Shapes sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for SEQ against 4.7 for Shapes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.6K and 568 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of SEQ's written reviews are positive against 92% of Shapes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SEQ ships an update every 6 weeks, Shapes every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SEQ versus Shapes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSEQShapes
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (2.6K ratings)4.7 (568 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.3% of reviews — better92.4% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better568
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB127 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer1Button SARLINFINITY GAMES, LDA

Customer experience

SEQ

All ratings2,583 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews348 reviews
Positive94.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative1.4%

Shapes

All ratings568 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.5%

User reviews

SEQ

From 2.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Relaxing and engaging
  • 👍 Challenging but fun
  • 👍 Unique and interesting concept
  • 👍 Visually appealing
  • 👍 Addictive gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Lack of ability to save progress
  • 🔋 Annoying sound effects
  • 🐛 Puzzles not always optimized
  • 🐛 Difficulty not always appropriately labeled

Shapes

From 568 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🧘 Highly relaxing and calming gameplay
  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics and aesthetics
  • 🎵 Soothing background music
  • 🧠 Great mental exercise and brain training
  • ⏸️ No time pressure or competitive stress

Room to improve

  • 📺 Excessive ads interrupting gameplay
  • 💸 Ads continue even after paying for premium
  • 🎚️ Inconsistent touch sensitivity and responsiveness
  • 🔄 Progress loss on reinstallation
  • ⚠️ Ads pop up mid-puzzle causing resets

Bugs and requests

SEQ

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Freezing on login screen
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to save progress
  • Provide more difficult puzzles
  • Improve difficulty labeling
  • Introduce new game worlds

Shapes

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Pieces don't rotate on newer iOS versions
  • Touch input registers on unintended pieces
  • Ads interrupt mid-puzzle and reset progress
  • Poor piece responsiveness on iPhone
  • Premium purchase doesn't remove ads

Requested features

5 requests
  • Toggle tile outlines option
  • Ability to mute ads
  • Improved touch sensitivity controls
  • More challenging puzzle levels
  • Progress cloud save/backup system

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SEQ

One-time1
  • 5-Key Pack$0.99
5 purchases

Shapes

One-time5
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Remove Ads Bundle 2$3.99
  • Remove Ads Bundle 3$5.99
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  • Remove Ads Bundle 4$9.99
  • Remove Ads Bundle 5$19.99

Questions

Is SEQ free?
SEQ costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Shapes free?
Shapes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SEQ or Shapes?
Shapes is rated higher. SEQ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Shapes averages 4.7 from 568 ratings.
Do SEQ or Shapes have ads?
Shapes shows ads; SEQ does not.
Which is updated more often, SEQ or Shapes?
SEQ ships an update every 6 weeks, and Shapes every 2 months. Most recently, SEQ was updated on October 23, 2026 and Shapes on October 23, 2026.

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