Shockwave Games vs Topic Match
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shockwave Games
Engage your mind with a variety of daily brain games and puzzles. Choose from over 30 titles across genres like jigsaws and word games to keep your streak going and challenge yourself.
- Daily brain challenges
- Over 30 game titles
- Jigsaw puzzles
- Word games
- Classic brain games
- Streak tracking
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Delivering a daily dose of fun to everyone, everywhere that keeps bringing you back. Our collection of daily games will challenge and exercise your brain in all kinds of ways! With over 30 different titles to choose from, and genres ranging from jigsaw puzzles, word games, and classic brain games, we're sure you'll find something to come back to day in and day out. Don't let that streak drop! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Topic Match
A fast-paced visual puzzle game where you find hidden connections between words or items. Match them into groups of four based on shared topics or categories before time runs out. It's easy to learn but offers a significant challenge.
- Fast-paced connect-and-match gameplay
- Discover hundreds of topics
- Clean visuals and smooth animations
- Easy to learn, challenging to master
- Time-based challenges
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Topic Match: Connect Puzzle is a fast-paced visual puzzle game that challenges your observation and logic skills. Your goal is to discover the hidden connection between words or items and match them into groups of four. Each group belongs to the same topic or category, such as food, emotions, places, objects, and more. Swap tiles, recognize patterns, and complete the correct groups before time runs out. The rules are simple, but the pressure builds as the clock keeps ticking. Features • Fast-paced connect-and-match puzzle gameplay • Discover hundreds of topics and categories • Clean visuals with smooth animations • Easy to learn, challenging to master Think fast, find the topic, and complete the match. Download Topic Match: Connect Puzzle now and challenge your brain!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Topic Match at 4.9 against Shockwave Games's 3.0. Topic Match also leads on ratings volume (623 vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Shockwave Games's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Shockwave Games sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Topic Match sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Topic Match holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Topic Match has 623 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shockwave Games ships an update every 3 weeks, Topic Match every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shockwave Games | Topic Match |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (623 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 623 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 227 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LittleBigSnake, Inc | 5CHAU MEDIA COMPANY LIMITED |
Customer experience
Shockwave Games
Topic Match
In-app purchases
Shockwave Games
- SWU Monthly$9.991 Month
- SWU Annual$59.991 Year
Topic Match
- Coin1$1.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
- Coin2$6.99
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- Starter Pack$7.99
- Coin3$14.99
- Great Pack$15.99
- Coin4$27.99
- Epic Pack$29.99
- Coin5$55.99
- Coin6$99.99
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