Comparison

Grid Shift vs PuzzleTown

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

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About

Grid Shift

Features
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Grid Shift - The twisted offspring of Word Search and a Rubik's Cube -------------------------------------------------------------------- What do I mean when I say 'The twisted offspring of a Word Search and a Rubik's cube'? Well let me explain … * Word Search - We all know this. A grid of seemingly random letters in which words are hidden that you need to find. * Rubik’s Cube - That annoying cube that you need to move the rows and columns around to match the colours on each side. Grid Shift takes the elements of both of these puzzle types and splices them together. A level starts with a grid of seemingly random letters (sound familiar?). Underneath the grid is the list of words that you need to find, again much like a Word Search. The twist is that the letters are not in the correct places to form the words! What you need to do is move the rows and columns around to make the words. And like the famed cube of misery, you will almost certainly have to temporarily break some words while making others. Game Play ----------- You are presented with a grid of letters. The earlier levels are a 4x4 grid, as you progress through the levels the size of the grid increases until you get to the 10x10 levels. Levels 1 through to 6 are designed to teach you the game. Beneath the grid are the words you need to find. Words can be found across the grid (left -> right), and down the grid. The words have to be found in the direction indicated. Finding a word in the wrong direction doesn’t count. If you look at the screenshots Duck has to been found DOWN while dog has to be found ACROSS. You use the buttons around the grid to Shift the rows and column in order to move the letters around the grid. When you find a word, the background of the tile will change colour. To complete the level you have to have all the words highlighted at the same time. This will also unlock the next level. In a lot of cases there is no fixed location the words have to be found in. If you take level 1, it is possible to find the word dog in 8 different locations to complete the level. As the complexity of the grids increases sometimes a word has to be in a specific place to be able to find all the other words. There are almost 200 level of annoying, frustrating, and yet somehow satisfying levels to complete. Join the Facebook group to get hints and tips. https://www.facebook.com/groups/gridshift

About

PuzzleTown

Engage your mind with a variety of word puzzles and math challenges. Compete with friends and family by sharing scores, creating leagues, and chatting about your results.

Highlights
  • Daily Word Searches
  • Crosswords
  • Sudoku
  • Wordle, Spelling Bee, Connections
  • Score sharing
  • League tables
  • In-app chat
Features
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Play your favorite math puzzles and word games with PuzzleTown. Challenge yourself with Daily Word Searches, Crosswords, and Sudoku, and play games from other popular websites including Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections. Share your scores with friends, family, or co-workers. Create league tables and compete against each other. Chat about your results.

Screenshots

Grid Shift4 screens
PuzzleTown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PuzzleTown at none against Grid Shift's shown. Grid Shift's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grid Shift ships an update every 5 days, PuzzleTown every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Grid Shift versus PuzzleTown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrid ShiftPuzzleTown
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHaskins.io ltdAlto Industries, Inc

In-app purchases

None

Grid Shift

No in-app purchases

None

PuzzleTown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grid Shift free?
Grid Shift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PuzzleTown free?
PuzzleTown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grid Shift or PuzzleTown have ads?
Grid Shift shows ads; PuzzleTown does not.
Which is updated more often, Grid Shift or PuzzleTown?
Grid Shift ships an update every 5 days, and PuzzleTown every 3 weeks. Most recently, Grid Shift was updated on October 11, 2026 and PuzzleTown on October 3, 2026.

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