Comparison

Material Shifter vs Orbiko

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Switch between balloon and metal forms
  • Physics-based gameplay
  • Level completion challenges
  • Form-shifting mechanics
  • Puzzle-platformer genre
Features
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Switch between your balloon form to fly and your metal form to fall and complete all the levels!

About

Orbiko

Features
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Grow a universe from a single speck of dust. Orbiko is a one-handed puzzle game. Drop celestial bodies into the field, and when two of the same kind touch they merge into the next one up. That is the whole rule, and it is very hard to put down. ELEVEN STAGES OF EVOLUTION Dust, pebble, asteroid, comet, moon, rocky planet, gas giant, ringed planet, star, red giant, black hole. What happens when two black holes meet? Find out for yourself. THREE ITEMS FOR WHEN YOU ARE STUCK Swap trades the body you are holding for the next one. Smash clears a single body that is in your way. Shake unsettles the whole field so everything can fall into place again. A NEW CHALLENGE EVERY DAY The Daily Challenge deals every player the same sequence of bodies, so the only thing that separates you is how you play it. Your streak counts the days you come back. BUILT AROUND THE FEEL Every merge answers with haptics, sound and a screen shake sized to what you just made. Chain them quickly for a combo multiplier. A landing guide shows exactly where your drop will settle, so a mistake is yours and never the game's. CONTROLS THAT FIT YOUR HAND Choose relative drag, where your finger never covers the body you are aiming, or touch position, where it jumps straight to where you press. Sensitivity is adjustable either way. SOMETHING TO BEAT Your ten best runs stay on your device, and Game Center leaderboards put you up against players everywhere. Free to play. No account, no sign-up, and it works offline. Keep the big bodies low and the small ones on top, and never let anything pile over the dotted line. Good luck.

Screenshots

Material Shifter3 screens
Orbiko4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Orbiko at none against Material Shifter's 1. Orbiko also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Material Shifter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Orbiko asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Material Shifter ships an update every 3 months, Orbiko daily. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Material Shifter versus Orbiko: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaterial ShifterOrbiko
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYso CorpYOUNGIL KIM

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Material Shifter

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Orbiko

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Material Shifter free?
Material Shifter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orbiko free?
Orbiko is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Material Shifter or Orbiko have ads?
Both Material Shifter and Orbiko show ads.
Which is updated more often, Material Shifter or Orbiko?
Material Shifter ships an update every 3 months, and Orbiko daily. Most recently, Material Shifter was updated on October 10, 2026 and Orbiko on October 8, 2026.

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