Material Shifter vs Drop Dudes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Material Shifter
Transform between balloon and metal forms to navigate challenging levels. Master physics-based gameplay to reach the end of each stage. Enjoy a unique puzzle-platformer experience.
- Switch between balloon and metal forms
- Physics-based gameplay
- Level completion challenges
- Form-shifting mechanics
- Puzzle-platformer genre
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Switch between your balloon form to fly and your metal form to fall and complete all the levels!
Drop Dudes
Launch ragdoll characters from heights and witness their chaotic descents. Smash through obstacles and experience hilarious physics-based destruction. It's a simple yet endlessly amusing game of falling.
- Ragdoll physics simulation
- Obstacle destruction
- Hilarious falling animations
- Simple tap-to-launch gameplay
- Goofy ragdoll characters
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Push your wacky ragdoll buddy off buildings and watch the chaos unfold! Smash through obstacles, break bones, and enjoy hilarious physics in this fun, goofy game. It’s the most ridiculous fall you’ll ever see. Simple to play, impossible to stop laughing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Material Shifter at 50% against Drop Dudes's 0%. Material Shifter also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (27 vs 3). Drop Dudes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Material Shifter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drop Dudes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Material Shifter holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Material Shifter has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Material Shifter's written reviews are positive against 0% of Drop Dudes's.
Material Shifter ships an update every 3 months, Drop Dudes monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Material Shifter | Drop Dudes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (27 ratings) — better | 1.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 217 MB | 194 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yso Corp | Trendy Buy |
Customer experience
Material Shifter
Drop Dudes
In-app purchases
Material Shifter
- Remove Ads$2.99
Drop Dudes
No in-app purchases
