Comparison

Leaving home vs Shiftor

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

Head to head
About

Leaving home

A handcrafted point-and-click adventure game featuring quirky challenges and surreal surprises. Solve original puzzles across eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, to escape.

Highlights
  • Point-and-click adventure gameplay
  • Handcrafted puzzles
  • Eight interconnected rooms
  • Unique soundtrack per room
  • Surreal surprises
  • Quirky challenges
Features
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It’s 7:00 AM, the alarm rings. Some mornings feel heavier than others... From puzzle maestro Bart Bonte comes a point-and-click adventure filled with quirky challenges, surreal surprises and moody tunes. Undo the knots in your mind, one click at a time... Leaving Home is a completely handcrafted point-and-click adventure that takes you through eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, full of original puzzles that you must solve to make your way out.

About

Shiftor

Rearrange numbers, operators, and symbols to solve logic puzzles. Discover hidden equalities through unique, escalating challenges in a minimalist interface. This game sharpens reasoning and pattern recognition.

Highlights
  • Unique puzzle rearrangements
  • Escalating complexity
  • Minimalist interface
  • Numbers with hidden potential
  • Adaptive challenge
  • Calm focus sound design
Features
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Step into a world where order is an illusion and logic is yours to command. Numbers, operators, and symbols stand before you in chaos. Your mission is clear: rearrange them into truth. Move the digits. Shift the operators. Rethink what a number can become. A simple rearrangement can transform confusion into balance. Can you see the equality hidden inside the disorder? - Unique Rearrangements: No two puzzles share the same structure. Some rely on arithmetic precision. Others demand creative grouping, multi-digit insight, or unexpected operator priority. - Escalating Complexity: What begins with simple equations evolves into compact, symbol-dense challenges where every move matters. Fewer symbols. Deeper thinking. - Minimalist Precision: A clean, focused interface keeps your attention on the essentials. No distractions. Just logic and possibility. - Numbers with Hidden Potential: Digits are not fixed. Place them side by side and they transform. A single zero can change everything. A lone digit can become a multi-digit twist. - Adaptive Challenge: Whether you think arithmetically or intuitively, the game adapts to test your reasoning, pattern recognition, and strategic foresight. - Calm Focus: Subtle sound design creates a space where concentration sharpens and every solved equation feels like clarity clicking into place. Can you rearrange chaos into equality?

Screenshots

Leaving home3 screens
Shiftor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Leaving home at 4.8 against Shiftor's 3.0. Leaving home also leads on ratings volume (435 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Shiftor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, 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. Leaving home sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shiftor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Leaving home holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Leaving home has 435 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Leaving home versus Shiftor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeaving homeShiftor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (435 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews93.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings435 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB145 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBart BONTERaul Davrishev

Bugs and requests

Leaving home

Requested features

2 requests
  • More games like this
  • Longer game duration

Shiftor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Leaving home

One-time1
  • no ads$2.99
None

Shiftor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Leaving home free?
Leaving home is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shiftor free?
Shiftor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Leaving home or Shiftor?
Leaving home is rated higher. Leaving home averages 4.8 out of 5 from 435 ratings, while Shiftor averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Leaving home or Shiftor have ads?
Both Leaving home and Shiftor show ads.

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