Pets & Puzzles vs Arrow Shift Escape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pets & Puzzles
Rescue and care for adorable animals by solving match-3 puzzles and engaging in cozy mini-games. Build and decorate a loving sanctuary for your furry friends, uncovering their unique stories and helping them find forever homes.
- Solve match-3 puzzles
- Rescue dogs and cats
- Care for pets
- Build and decorate animal rescue
- Play cozy mini-games
- Uncover pet stories
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Embark on a delightful pet adventure with Pets & Puzzles, where cozy games, puzzles, and animals come together! In this animal game each match helps you rescue dogs, cats, and other adorable pets. With matching puzzles and minigames, you’ll enjoy creating a thriving pet world filled with love and care. From playful puppies to cuddly kittens, each pet has a unique story to uncover. Every puzzle solved brings you closer to care for these pets, decorate their own animal rescue and help them find their forever homes. - Solve match games to rescue dogs, cats and other cute animals - Enjoy cozy games, puzzles and minigames - Care for your pets - Build and decorate a loving home for your furry friends - Explore a pet adventure filled with pawsome stories Join Pets & Puzzles and dive into the perfect blend of puzzles, matching, and cozy games! As you rescue adorable dogs, cats, and other animals, you'll experience the joy of building a thriving animal rescue. Match your way through this pet game with cozy puzzles that let you create a pet world where every pet finds happiness. Whether you're enjoying dog rescue adventures, caring for puppies, or decorating your loving animal rescue, each step of this pet adventure brings meaningful choices that nurture and expand your rescue center. Pets & Puzzles has partnered with SPCA International, a global animal welfare organization dedicated to advancing the safety and well-being of animals around the world. Through our special Paw-sitive Impact Pack, players can support real-world animal rescue efforts while enjoying the game. When you purchase the Paw-sitive Impact Pack, a minimum of 10% of the net proceeds from that purchase (after platform fees and applicable taxes) are donated to SPCA International’s Shelter Support program. These donations help: - Improve shelter conditions - Support rescue and disaster response efforts - Provide medical care and critical supplies - Advance global animal welfare initiatives Donations are made quarterly in accordance with our partnership agreement. Learn more about SPCA International at: https://www.spcai.org/ Together, we can make a real-world impact — simply by playing. Ready to rescue cats, dogs and other furry friends in this charming cozy animal game? Start saving pets and enjoy the ultimate match game experience today!
Arrow Shift Escape
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Arrow Shift Escape is a compact offline puzzle game about clearing a path through a board of directional tiles. Every level is quick to understand: move the arrow tiles, create a route, and escape before your move count climbs too high. The game starts gently, then adds denser boards, tighter paths, and trickier tile arrangements across 100 levels. Premium Pass is a one-time non-consumable purchase. It removes ads, unlocks all levels, enables unlimited hints, adds the gold tile theme, and grants 25 hint credits. No login is required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Arrow Shift Escape at weekly against Pets & Puzzles's every 3 weeks. Arrow Shift Escape also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Pets & Puzzles sells 34 one-off in-app purchases and Arrow Shift Escape sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pets & Puzzles ships an update every 3 weeks, Arrow Shift Escape weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pets & Puzzles | Arrow Shift Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (35 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 383 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cosmic Lounge Oy | Gobling Company |
In-app purchases
Pets & Puzzles
- Dog Pack$0.99
- Dog Pack$1.99
- Cat Pack$1.99
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- Accessory Pack$1.99
- Reward Unlock2 variants$2.99
- Charity Dog Pack$2.99
- Coin Pack$2.99
- Dog Pack$2.99
- Cat Pack$2.99
- Accessory Pack4 variants$2.99
- Special Sale$2.99
- Special Sale3 variants$3.99
- Accessory Pack3 variants$3.99
- Special Sale3 variants$4.99
- Reward Unlock$4.99
- Charity Bunny Pack$5.99
- Coin Pass$5.99
- Reward Unlock$5.99
- Dog Pack$7.99
- Coin Pass$8.99
- Special Sale$8.99
- Charity Pack$9.99
- Accessory Pack2 variants$10.99
- Gold Pet Pass$12.99
- Coin Pass$12.99
- Special Sale3 variants$12.99
- Accessory Pack$18.99
- Coin Pass$20.99
- Reward Unlock$24.99
- Reward Unlock$32.99
- Special Sale$34.99
- Reward Unlock$36.99
- Reward Unlock$38.99
- Reward Unlock$44.99
Arrow Shift Escape
- Premium Pass$2.99
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