Comparison

Sporos vs Squircle Shift

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

Head to head
About

Sporos

Light up every cell by strategically placing pieces to extend across rows and columns. This challenging puzzle game offers hundreds of levels with a futuristic theme and soothing electronic music. It requires a blend of skill, luck, and logic to master.

Highlights
  • Simple yet challenging puzzle gameplay
  • Futuristic theme with neon graphics
  • Hundreds of levels across multiple labs
  • Game Center support with achievements
  • Hints available for purchase
  • Universal iOS app
Features
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"Great puzzle mechanic combined with unusual but engaging visuals." - AppSpy, 4/5 "AppXplore created a great puzzle game with Sporos. Addicting and challenging." - NWCN, 5/5 "With a whopping 500 puzzles to solve, there's plenty here to keep genre fans amused." - PocketGamer, Bronze Award "Sporos is a pure puzzle game in the classical sense, with a simple rule set that quickly iterates and expands." - Maclife "Sporos is beautiful, radiant, challenging, and there’s a lot to do." - AppAdvice "A dollar buys you hundreds of puzzles" - The Gamers's Temple Sporos is a simple yet challenging puzzle game. The objective is to light up the cells in each level with a special seed known as the sporos. Players drag pieces onto the board one at a time, arranging them to extend all the way down every row and column. Sporos demands a mix of skill, luck, and logic; in order to succeed, players will conduct clever experiments like scientists in a lab. The soothing electronic music helps you keep your cool, while the colorful graphics lend the game a spacey, biological vibe. Sporos starts off easy, but with hundreds of levels and multiple solutions for each, it will take a true puzzle genius to master this stylish, colorful app. FEATURES: • Simple-yet-challenging puzzle gaming • Futuristic theme with neon "biological" graphics • 300 levels in Essential Labs – starts off simple and gets increasingly tricky • 200 extra levels in Experimental Labs – mutated sporos put your skills to the test! • Universal iOS app for iPhone & iPad • Game Center support with 20 Achievements • Hints for purchase, just in case you get stuck • More levels in the months to come!

About

Squircle Shift

Features
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A tranquil, minimalist spatial phenomenon where out-of-the-box thinking and precise color frame alignments offer total mental clarity. Escape noisy, over-stimulating games and discover true mental calm! Designed for thinkers seeking refined simplicity, this aesthetic puzzle experience invites you to slide rounded squares (squircles) into matching colored frames. While the rules are deceptively easy, solving these handcrafted challenges demands genuine creative intuition and lateral thinking—where a single brilliant move can unlock solutions you've contemplated for days! Enhanced by a subtle visual aesthetic, soothing ambient music, and intuitive one-handed controls, enjoy a peaceful sanctuary featuring 48 initial handcrafted levels, a smooth puzzle previewer, and a powerful undo mechanism.

Screenshots

Sporos4 screens
Squircle Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Squircle Shift at none against Sporos's 8. Sporos's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. Sporos sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Squircle Shift asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sporos versus Squircle Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSporosSquircle Shift
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (63 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings63 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppxplore (iCandy) Sdn. Bhd.Mong Xuan Luong Hoang

Bugs and requests

Sporos

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Deleted game still shows in Game Center
  • Crashes on launch for some users

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to save progress
  • More levels and game modes
  • Achievements and leaderboards

Squircle Shift

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Sporos

One-time8
  • Pack of 30 Hints$0.99
  • Discovery Lab$0.99
  • Exploration Lab$0.99
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  • Essential Pro Lab$1.99
  • Experimental Pro Lab$1.99
  • Discovery Pro Lab$1.99
  • Exploration Pro Lab$1.99
  • Unlock All Labs$4.99
None

Squircle Shift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sporos free?
Sporos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Squircle Shift free?
Squircle Shift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sporos or Squircle Shift have ads?
Squircle Shift shows ads; Sporos does not.

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