Comparison

Shufflescape vs Braid Anniversary Edition

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

Head to head
About

Shufflescape

Navigate a constantly changing maze in this unique puzzle game. Experience a twisty labyrinth unlike any other. Enjoy a fresh challenge with every play.

Highlights
  • Shapeshifting labyrinth
  • Twisty puzzle gameplay
  • Unique maze mechanics
  • Challenging levels
  • Intuitive controls
Features
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Shufflescape is a shapeshifting labyrinth. A twisty puzzle inside a maze. There is no other game like this. Enjoy!

About

Braid Anniversary Edition

Manipulate time to solve intricate platform puzzles in this remastered indie classic. Explore beautifully painted worlds, uncover memories, and enjoy extensive creator commentary. Assemble jigsaw pieces and overcome challenges with unique time-bending mechanics.

Highlights
  • Time manipulation mechanics
  • Subtle platform puzzles
  • Refreshed high-resolution graphics
  • Extensive creator commentary
  • Jigsaw puzzle collection
  • Haunting, evocative score
Features
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Control the flow of time to solve subtle platform puzzles in this update of the indie classic "Braid," featuring refreshed artwork and seriously in-depth creator commentary. Travel from a city house through a series of interconnected worlds where time behaves strangely, searching for an elusive Princess. Along the way you'll explore memories and regrets that still haunt you. This Anniversary Edition remaster of the award-winning platformer contains fully repainted high-resolution graphics, new sound effects and extensive audio commentary. Rewind, pause and use the strange properties of time in each world to run and jump through beautifully painted environments. Avoid hazards, unlock doors and collect jigsaw puzzle pieces to assemble. If you get hung up on a particular puzzle, feel free to move on and return later. This is the game you remember, with all the original challenges and the same haunting, evocative score — but repainted pixel by pixel so that each carefully rendered world comes to life in high resolution. New visual details, animated brushstroke effects and revamped sounds add to the immersive experience. Explore the most extensive developer commentary ever put into a game, with over 15 hours of recorded insight and conversation from developer Jonathan Blow, artist David Hellman and more members of the "Braid" creative team. Navigate it by visiting a new in-game world, which also contains new puzzles and redesigns of classic puzzles.

Screenshots

Shufflescape4 screens
Braid Anniversary Edition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Shufflescape at Free against Braid Anniversary Edition's $4.99. Shufflescape also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). Braid Anniversary Edition's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Shufflescape is free to download; Braid Anniversary Edition costs $4.99 up front. Shufflescape sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Braid Anniversary Edition asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shufflescape holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 11 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Shufflescape versus Braid Anniversary Edition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShufflescapeBraid Anniversary Edition
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.4 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings611 — better
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB2.1 GB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSam BernsteinThekla, inc.

Customer experience

Shufflescape

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Braid Anniversary Edition

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Shufflescape

One-time4
  • Unlock World 3$1.99
  • Unlock World 4$2.99
  • World 5 Unlock$2.99
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  • World 6 Unlock$2.99
None

Braid Anniversary Edition

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shufflescape free?
Shufflescape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Braid Anniversary Edition free?
Braid Anniversary Edition costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shufflescape or Braid Anniversary Edition?
Shufflescape is rated higher. Shufflescape averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Braid Anniversary Edition averages 4.4 from 11 ratings.
Do Shufflescape or Braid Anniversary Edition have ads?
Neither Shufflescape nor Braid Anniversary Edition shows ads.

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