Comparison

Tricky Challenge vs Shade Shift!

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

Head to head
About

Tricky Challenge

Engage in a variety of viral mini-games that test your reflexes, creativity, and precision. Solve IQ-based puzzles and brain teasers to overcome thrilling challenges and improve your cognitive skills.

Highlights
  • Viral mini-games
  • Reflex, creativity, precision tests
  • IQ-based challenges
  • Brain training puzzles
  • Daily challenges
  • Color games
Features
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Dive into viral challenges and put your reflexes, creativity, and precision to the ultimate test with a series of thrilling tasks in color games. Experience the blend of multiple challenges in brain games. IQ test-based challenges are available, try to solve them and be the winner of the challenge in mini-brain puzzle games. Train your brain with updated tricky puzzles and daily challenges in ASMR games. Take the ultimate challenge of all-in-one cool math games and mini-challenge games. Get ready for the brain test IQ in drawing games all in one place. HOW TO PLAY:- - Tap, tap and tap to overcome each challenge - Test your reflexes, creativity, and precision skills - Achieve high scores and unlock more challenges

About

Shade Shift!

Features
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Shade Shift is a simple, addictive puzzle game that tests your color perception. Find the odd tile before the grid grows and the differences get harder to see.Can you spot the tile that's a different shade?

Screenshots

Tricky Challenge4 screens
Shade Shift!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shade Shift! at none against Tricky Challenge's 1. Tricky Challenge's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Tricky Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shade Shift! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tricky Challenge ships an update fortnightly, Shade Shift! every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tricky Challenge versus Shade Shift!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTricky ChallengeShade Shift!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (21K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings21K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size286 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKHIZER RAZAVinod Ralh

Bugs and requests

Tricky Challenge

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not registering correctly
  • Ads blocking gameplay
  • Inability to close ads

Requested features

4 requests
  • More game mode options
  • Ability to choose mini-games
  • Reduced ad frequency
  • New level designs

Shade Shift!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tricky Challenge

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Shade Shift!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tricky Challenge free?
Tricky Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shade Shift! free?
Shade Shift! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tricky Challenge or Shade Shift! have ads?
Both Tricky Challenge and Shade Shift! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Tricky Challenge or Shade Shift!?
Tricky Challenge ships an update fortnightly, and Shade Shift! every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tricky Challenge was updated on October 16, 2026 and Shade Shift! on October 1, 2026.

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