Comparison

Spark vs Shapewise

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

Head to head
About

Spark

Engage your mind with daily puzzles that make learning fun. Explore diverse topics like history, mythology, and geography through interactive games. Discover fascinating facts and sharpen your cognitive skills with expertly crafted challenges.

Highlights
  • Daily learning puzzles
  • Diverse topic exploration
  • Five unique game modes
  • Expert-crafted content
  • Progress tracking
  • "Aha" moment design
Currently charting
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Sharpen your mind with games that help you learn. Spark brings fascinating topics to life with thoughtful puzzles spanning ancient history, mythology, movies, food, geography, and more. With five unique games, Spark makes learning part of your routine. Each game offers a different way to explore a topic, and every one teaches you as you play. Spark’s games include: This or That: Choose between two options to learn more about each topic Links: Find the common thread connecting people, places, and ideas Chrono: Put events in order to see how history really unfolded Knockout: Uncover surprising comparisons in a series of fun head-to-head matchups Hindsight: Pinpoint when and where a photo was taken to uncover the story behind it All of Spark’s puzzles are crafted by experts, not AI, and designed to spark those “aha” moments that make ideas stick. Explore hundreds of topics, from ancient history to the animal kingdom. Along the way, you’ll uncover facts that are fun to learn and even better to share. From the creators of Elevate and Balance, Spark is part of a collection of mental fitness apps designed to strengthen your mind. For additional information, please read our Terms of Service (https://themindcompany.com/terms-and-conditions?from=spark) and Privacy Policy (https://themindcompany.com/privacy-policy?from=spark).

About

Shapewise

Engage in a daily brain workout with three short games designed to enhance memory, focus, math, logic, and word skills. Track your progress against yourself and enjoy untimed puzzles for relaxation. The app offers accessibility features and works offline.

Highlights
  • Daily selection of three brain games
  • Practices memory, focus, math, logic, and words
  • Progress tracking against personal history
  • Untimed relaxation puzzles
  • Offline functionality
  • Accessibility options
Features
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Shapewise is a calm daily workout for your brain: three short games a day that practice memory, focus, math, logic and words, each one a few minutes long. A WORKOUT A DAY Every day Shapewise picks three games from different skills, never the same ones two days running. Play them in a few minutes, keep your streak going, and swap one game a day if you are not in the mood. Prefer five? Change the goal in Settings. TWELVE GAMES, FIVE SKILLS - Memory: Grid Recall, Number Span, Echo Sequence - Attention: Count Up, Arrow Switch, Twin Finder - Math: Quick Sums, Missing Sign, Percent Of - Logic: Misfit, Sort It - Words: Anagram Each game has 20 levels and adjusts round by round, so it stays just hard enough. YOU AGAINST YOURSELF Your results are compared with your own history, never with invented strangers. See your brain score, a rating and a trend for each skill, a best score and last ten sessions for every game, your streak on a calendar and 16 badges. Optional Game Center leaderboards let you compare with real players if you want to. UNWIND Two untimed puzzles for when you want to slow down: Colour Sort and Link Pipes, 1,000 levels each, every one checked to be solvable. MADE TO BE COMFORTABLE - Relaxed timing: turn off every clock in every game - Every color also carries a shape, so color is never the only clue - Light and dark appearance, high contrast, larger text and VoiceOver - One gentle daily reminder, only if you ask for it - Works offline, no account, no sign-up - iPhone and iPad, iOS 15 and newer FAIR AND SIMPLE Every game, level and statistic is open to everyone. Ads are calm: never inside a game or between the games of a workout, a banner only on the Games and Progress lists, and an occasional ad between sessions. Ads are non-personalized and suitable for all ages. Remove Ads is a single purchase, not a subscription, and also gives you the streak freeze and puzzle helpers without watching an ad. Shapewise is a set of games to practice memory, focus and math. It is not a medical product and does not diagnose or treat anything.

Screenshots

Spark4 screens
Shapewise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Spark at 2.8K against Shapewise's 1. Spark also leads on chart position (#118 vs unranked). Shapewise's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Spark sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Shapewise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shapewise holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spark has 2.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spark ships an update weekly, Shapewise every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Spark versus Shapewise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSparkShapewise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.8K — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#118 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Mind Companyvuong cuong

Bugs and requests

Spark

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • AT&T blocking the website as potentially malicious

Requested features

2 requests
  • More games and puzzles
  • Dark mode option

Shapewise

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Spark

Subscriptions9
  • Spark+$2.991 Month
  • Spark+$4.991 Month
  • Spark+$7.491 Month
Show 6 more
  • Spark+1 Year trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Spark+7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Spark+3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Spark+7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Spark+1 Year trial$59.991 Year
  • Spark+7 Days trial$79.991 Year
1 purchases

Shapewise

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Spark free?
Spark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shapewise free?
Shapewise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spark or Shapewise?
Shapewise is rated higher. Spark averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Shapewise averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Spark or Shapewise have ads?
Both Spark and Shapewise show ads.
Which is updated more often, Spark or Shapewise?
Spark ships an update weekly, and Shapewise every 2 days. Most recently, Spark was updated on November 10, 2026 and Shapewise on November 6, 2026.

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