Comparison

SmileMania vs Shiftmate

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

Head to head
About

SmileMania

Features
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SmileMania is a vibrant, feel-good Match 3 puzzle game packed with personality, original music, and smiley face fun! Slide, match, and blast your way through colorful challenges designed to make you grin from ear to ear. Match, Blast, and Smile! Swap and match cheerful smiley faces to clear the board and trigger powerful special moves. The more you match, the bigger the blast! Challenging Obstacles It’s not all sunshine—watch out for concrete bricks, slime blocks, and cage bricks that stand in your way! Strategize your matches to break through and keep progressing. Creative Map Designs Explore fun, twisty map layouts that keep the puzzle gameplay fresh and exciting. Each level brings something new to challenge your skills! Original Music & Design Enjoy catchy, original tunes and a world full of expressive smiley faces and custom-designed boards. SmileMania is as joyful to hear as it is to play. Match-3 Fun for Everyone Whether you're a casual gamer or a match-3 master, SmileMania offers addictive gameplay that’s easy to learn and hard to put down. Get ready to smile big—SmileMania is your next match-3 obsession!

About

Shiftmate

Features
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Match-3, rethought for people who like to plan. In Shiftmate there are no swaps. The board has one gap, and every swipe slides a whole row or column into it. Two, three, even six gems move at once, the gap travels on, and chains fall into place. Read the board, plan the route of the gap and set up the cascade. WHY PLAYERS LOVE IT • One gap, endless plans: every move changes where your next move can be. • See what drops next: the top row shows the next gem in every column. No blind luck. • 250 levels across 26 worlds, each tuned with hundreds of test games. • Frost, crates, double crates, blanks, chains and gold bars keep every world fresh. • Line clears and color blasts: match four or five to build specials. • Daily puzzle: the same board for everyone. Beat par, keep your streak, share your result. • Daily rewards: come back each day, day 7 is the big one. • Undo a move when a plan goes wrong. • Fair by design: no lives, no waiting, no energy timers. • Plays offline. No ads, no tracking, no account. • Distinct gem shapes, easy to tell apart with color blindness. • In English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi and Vietnamese. Shiftmate is free. Have fun planning the gap.

Screenshots

SmileMania4 screens
Shiftmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SmileMania at 3 against Shiftmate's 1. SmileMania also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 3 level
SmileMania versus Shiftmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmileManiaShiftmate
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEric SokolAndreas Rutsch

In-app purchases

None

SmileMania

No in-app purchases

None

Shiftmate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmileMania free?
SmileMania is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shiftmate free?
Shiftmate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SmileMania or Shiftmate have ads?
Neither SmileMania nor Shiftmate shows ads.

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