Comparison

ShapeSleuth vs Bacteria Survivor

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

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About

ShapeSleuth

A captivating shape puzzle game that challenges your logic and problem-solving skills. Place 3D shapes into a grid, ensuring uniqueness in rows and columns. Features daily puzzles, timed challenges, and a mystery image unlock mode.

Highlights
  • 3D shape placement puzzles
  • Unique row and column constraints
  • Daily puzzle challenges
  • Leaderboard rankings
  • Timed gameplay modes
  • Mystery image unlock feature
Features
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Are you ready for a fresh, exciting, and addictive puzzle challenge? ShapeSleuth, a captivating and unique shape puzzle game, invites you to put your logic and problem-solving skills to the test! Perfect for fans of Wordle, Sudoku, Mathler, and other brain-teasing games, ShapeSleuth offers hours of fun, increasingly challenging levels, and endless possibilities. Game Objective: ShapeSleuth's objective is simple but challenging: place different 3D shapes into the grid, ensuring that each shape appears only once in each row and column. Sounds easy, right? As you progress and the grid size expands, the difficulty level ramps up, demanding your full attention and strategic thinking. Daily Puzzle Challenge: ShapeSleuth's Daily Puzzle feature allows you to test your time against other players. Solve the daily puzzle as quickly as possible and see how you rank on the leaderboard. With a new puzzle every day, you'll never run out of challenges! Beat the Clock: Enable the timer and race against time to sharpen your skills and achieve your personal best. Can you solve the puzzles faster than ever before? Hone Your Mind: ShapeSleuth is more than just a game—it's a brain workout. By engaging with increasingly challenging puzzles, you'll sharpen your logical thinking, spatial reasoning, and problem-solving skills. Perfect for players of all ages, ShapeSleuth offers an enjoyable way to keep your mind active and healthy. Mystery Image Feature: Introducing the new Mystery Image feature - an exciting addition to the ShapeSleuth experience! Our mascot, ShapeSleuth, needs your help to unlock pieces of a Mystery Image. To assist him, you'll need to complete nine puzzles, each unlocking a portion of the image. The excitement builds with each puzzle you solve, and the final image will be revealed upon completion of the last puzzle. The Mystery Image feature adds another layer of fun and intrigue, enticing you to come back and play more. It's time to put on your detective hat and unlock the mystery with ShapeSleuth! Join the ShapeSleuth community today and let the shape sleuthing begin!

About

Bacteria Survivor

Features
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Bacteria Survivor A microscopic war is about to begin! Defend your base against relentless waves of bacteria in this tower defense strategy game. Build and connect living cells to create powerful defense networks. Unlock new bio-weapons, upgrade your arsenal, and evolve your strategy to fight increasingly dangerous bacterial mutations. Every decision matters, where you place your cells, how you link them, and which upgrades you choose can be the difference between survival and extinction. Can you outsmart the infection and become the ultimate Bacteria Survivor?

Screenshots

ShapeSleuth4 screens
Bacteria Survivor4 screens

Verdict

The call

ShapeSleuth and Bacteria Survivor are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ShapeSleuth versus Bacteria Survivor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShapeSleuthBacteria Survivor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCory Landon WrightKiwert

In-app purchases

None

ShapeSleuth

No in-app purchases

None

Bacteria Survivor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShapeSleuth free?
ShapeSleuth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bacteria Survivor free?
Bacteria Survivor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShapeSleuth or Bacteria Survivor have ads?
Both ShapeSleuth and Bacteria Survivor show ads.

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