Shape Sorter vs Pengrun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shape Sorter
This educational game helps young children learn to identify and sort shapes, numbers, and animals into themed cubes. It offers engaging visuals, sounds, and English language pronunciations for early learners. With adjustable difficulty, it provides a safe and fun digital play experience.
- Multiple themed sorting cubes
- Familiar shapes, numbers, and animals
- Clear English pronunciations
- Easy and challenging modes
- Optimized for iPhone and iPad
- Safe play environment
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Fun has been cubed! Featuring adorable shapes, vibrant colors and stimulating sounds, kids love Shape Sorter - Early Learning. It’s easy to play, fun and educational. Kids learn to correctly sort shapes into 3D cubes and are rewarded with gorgeous designs, funny sounds and English language descriptions. Multiple themed cubes to choose from encourage kids to play again and again. Features: ● Multiple cubes featuring an endless array of fun and familiar shapes - including numbers, basic shapes, animals, holiday toys, daily objects and more! ● Beautiful designs ● Funny sounds and shapes clearly pronounced in English - perfect for early learners ● Easy and challenging modes for growing kids ● Optimized for creative play on both iPhone and iPad ● Safe play environment means no ads, pop-ups, or in-app purchase options Shape Sorter - Early Learning is an excellent early learning game for young kids. The intuitive design is perfect for kids recently introduced to digital play and challenging enough for the digital native. Discover this all-time favorite toy reimagined for today’s creative kids! About Croco Studio: Croco Studio is an award-winning team of parent developers intent on creating apps that kids adore and parents trust. Our apps provide a safe playing environment without ads or in-app purchases. At Croco Studio we create apps that encourage kids to learn the fun way. Please contact us with feedback at WeListen@crocostudio.com. We’d love to hear from you.
Pengrun
Control a penguin and navigate a world to survive for as long as possible. Experience endless running gameplay with a charming arctic theme. Test your reflexes and see how far you can go.
- Penguin character control
- Survival gameplay
- Endless running mechanics
- Arctic environment
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Welcome to Pengrun! Run around as a Penguin and survive as long as you can!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pengrun at Free against Shape Sorter's $0.99. Pengrun also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Shape Sorter's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Pengrun is free to download; Shape Sorter costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pengrun holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Shape Sorter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pengrun's.
Shape Sorter ships an update every 10 months, Pengrun every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shape Sorter | Pengrun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 243 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Croco Studio | Calen McCann |
Customer experience
Shape Sorter
Pengrun
In-app purchases
Shape Sorter
No in-app purchases
Pengrun
No in-app purchases
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