Comparison

Fizzy Factory vs Shiftor

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

Head to head
About

Fizzy Factory

Transport soda from geysers to color-coded bottles by dragging your finger. Mix colors to fill specific bottles, using stations and splitters to create new hues. Offers hundreds of levels with increasing difficulty and helpful tutorials.

Highlights
  • 384 challenging levels
  • Intuitive touch controls
  • Color mixing mechanics
  • Soda splitting and station features
  • Tutorials and hints
  • Game Center leaderboards and achievements
Features
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"Ingenious new mechanics completely change the way the genre is played." - Gamezebo "One of the best and most addictive puzzlers I've played in a while!" 5/5 - GamerSpy Step into the soda factory to play the most addictive puzzle game on the market. You are faced with the tasty task of transporting soda from our naturally flowing soda geysers to color-coded soda bottles. The gameplay is simple. Just drag your finger to move soda around the board. Red soda goes in the red bottle. Easy enough, right? Sure. At least until you have to mix the blue and yellow soda to fill the green bottle. This factory is outfitted with the latest in soda making technology. Slide that blue soda through the red Color Station, and we’ve got purple soda! We can even run that orange soda through a Splitter for more red and yellow soda! We’ll teach you the basics with some simple levels. Brush up on your color mixing facts, learn the intricacies of Splitters, and you’ll be an old soda pro in no time! But rest assured, we’ve got challenges for even the most seasoned soda veterans! *** Fizzy Factory Features*** -384 Challenging Levels! -Intuitive, smooth touch controls -Multiple board sizes to ratchet up the difficulty -Tutorials to help ease you into gameplay -Hints available to help get you through some of the more dastardly levels -Awesome music and sound effects -Game Center leaderboard and achievements that allow you to compete against friends and strangers for mixing supremacy -Charming colorful graphics and animations—especially beautiful on the iPad -Real soda factory feel -Fun messages at the end of every level ***There's More!*** Beat the Fizzy Factory Secret Password Challenge and have your name immortalized! Details at HangZone.com. Fizzy Factory takes color-dragging puzzles to a new level. It’s free, so you’ve probably started downloading it by now. Good luck!

About

Shiftor

Features
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Step into a world where order is an illusion and logic is yours to command. Numbers, operators, and symbols stand before you in chaos. Your mission is clear: rearrange them into truth. Move the digits. Shift the operators. Rethink what a number can become. A simple rearrangement can transform confusion into balance. Can you see the equality hidden inside the disorder? - Unique Rearrangements: No two puzzles share the same structure. Some rely on arithmetic precision. Others demand creative grouping, multi-digit insight, or unexpected operator priority. - Escalating Complexity: What begins with simple equations evolves into compact, symbol-dense challenges where every move matters. Fewer symbols. Deeper thinking. - Minimalist Precision: A clean, focused interface keeps your attention on the essentials. No distractions. Just logic and possibility. - Numbers with Hidden Potential: Digits are not fixed. Place them side by side and they transform. A single zero can change everything. A lone digit can become a multi-digit twist. - Adaptive Challenge: Whether you think arithmetically or intuitively, the game adapts to test your reasoning, pattern recognition, and strategic foresight. - Calm Focus: Subtle sound design creates a space where concentration sharpens and every solved equation feels like clarity clicking into place. Can you rearrange chaos into equality?

Screenshots

Fizzy Factory4 screens
Shiftor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shiftor at none against Fizzy Factory's 9. Fizzy Factory's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). 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. Fizzy Factory sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Shiftor asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fizzy Factory versus Shiftor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFizzy FactoryShiftor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB145 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHangZoneRaul Davrishev

Bugs and requests

Fizzy Factory

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Cannot pass level 16 on Cola Connect

Requested features

5 requests
  • Colorblind option
  • Earn hints based on levels completed or time
  • Explain how levels work
  • Add more levels
  • Allow skipping levels without penalty

Shiftor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Fizzy Factory

One-time9
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • Drink Doctor puzzle pack--48 new 7x7 levels$0.99
  • Tonic Tussle puzzle pack--48 new 6x6 levels$0.99
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  • Mix Master puzzle pack--48 new 8x8 levels$1.99
  • 20 Hints$2.99
  • Tonic Tussle, Drink Doctor, and Mix Master puzzle packs$2.99
  • Starter Pack - 20 Hints and Drink Doctor Puzzle Pack$2.99
  • 40 Hints$4.99
  • 100 Hints$9.99
None

Shiftor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fizzy Factory free?
Fizzy Factory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shiftor free?
Shiftor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fizzy Factory or Shiftor have ads?
Shiftor shows ads; Fizzy Factory does not.

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