Shadow Trick vs Crunchyroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadow Trick
Transform into a shadow to navigate a castle filled with challenges. Solve puzzles, overcome enemies, and defeat bosses in this unique platformer. Master your shadow form to progress through over 20 levels.
- Shadow transformation gameplay
- Castle-themed levels
- Enemy encounters
- Boss battles
- 20+ challenging levels
- Charming music
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Turn into a shadow to solve the puzzles and clear the level. This platformer game is taking place in a castle full of enemies, traps, and boss fights. Keep an eye on your shadow and don't let your eyes trick you! Features: • Clever gameplay • 20+ levels • Boss fights • Charming music tracks Important information: • This game comes with no ads and features a paywall to unlock the full game.
Crunchyroll
An adorable puzzle platformer where players solve challenges by leveraging the physics-bending interactions between a cat and buttered toast. Explore over 140 levels, uncover hidden rooms, and battle bosses in this unique game experience.
- Puzzle platformer gameplay
- Paradox mechanics with cat and toast
- Over 140 main levels
- Hidden rooms and boss battles
- Unlockable skins for customization
- Mini-games
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MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED - Exclusive to Crunchyroll Mega and Ultimate Fan Memberships CATO: Buttered Cat is an adorable puzzle platformer, inspired by the buttered-cat paradox meme: Cats always land on their feet, and toast always lands buttered side down. Therefore, by strapping a piece of buttered toast to a cat's back, you create a paradox that results in an infinitely spinning, floating butter-cat perpetual motion machine! The game revolves around the two main characters, "Cat" and "Buttered Toast." You'll need to use the interactions between them to solve various puzzles at each game level. There are also hidden rooms, challenging boss battles, and fun mini-games. Key Features - Features over 140 main levels and more than 60 side levels! - When Cat and Buttered Toast combine, they trigger a paradox, taking the cat to unreachable places! - Cats are liquid! Toast can jump! - 200+ handcrafted puzzles, 7+ hours of main-story gameplay - 50+ unlockable skins to customize Cats and Buttered Toast - 5 unique mini-games Are you ready to fly with Cat and Buttered Toast? ____________ Crunchyroll Premium members enjoy ad-free streaming - 1,300+ titles, 46,000+ episodes, and simulcasts shortly after they air in Japan. Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan memberships also include offline viewing, Crunchyroll Store discounts, Crunchyroll Game Vault access, multi-device streaming, and more! Privacy Policy: https://www.crunchyroll.com/games/privacy Terms: https://www.crunchyroll.com/games/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Crunchyroll at 4.4 against Shadow Trick's 4.0. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Shadow Trick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Crunchyroll sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $13.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Crunchyroll holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Shadow Trick's written reviews are positive against 70% of Crunchyroll's.
| Parameter | Shadow Trick | Crunchyroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (34 ratings) | 4.4 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.6% of reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 664 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gionathan Pesaresi | Crunchyroll, LLC |
Customer experience
Shadow Trick
Crunchyroll
In-app purchases
Shadow Trick
- Premium$3.99
Crunchyroll
- Mega Fan [Monthly]$13.991 Month
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