Comparison

King Duel vs Shadow Cubes

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

Head to head
About

King Duel

Features
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Protect your king, choose suitable weapons, defeat other kings, and expand your territory

About

Shadow Cubes

Features
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Three shadows: from the top, from the front and from the right. Stack cubes on the board until all three shadows match. One simple rule, many ways to think. Shadow Cubes turns the classic three-view drawing puzzle (orthographic projection) into a game you solve by turning the board in your hands. ■ How to play · Tap a cell to stack a cube, press and hold to take one off · Rotate the board to find hidden cells · Submit, and the board turns to the top, front and right views to compare each face with the target · Some cubes show up in the shadows but aren't needed. Match with the fewest cubes for a Perfect! · Start with two short tutorial puzzles to learn stacking, removing and turning ■ Shadow Tower: who climbs higher? · Mountains, Sunset, Stratosphere, Aurora… 1 floor = 1 km, up to the edge of the sky and beyond · The same puzzles for everyone. Each floor gets harder with trickier shadows, not just more cubes · See each floor's three shadows first; only the fewest cubes build a floor · No hints: climb on your own skill · See how many players are on each floor, and your rank (top %, #) · Past the sky lies space. How far can you go? ■ Chapters: one step at a time, with hints · 50 puzzles in 5 chapters: First Steps → Third Layer → Hidden Cells → Wide Board → Exactly · Every puzzle practices one case with a one-line goal, and each chapter ends with a checkpoint · Stuck? Two hints per puzzle. Collect stars on every puzzle you clear ■ Daily Puzzle · A new puzzle every day, the same for everyone. Share your stars and time ■ Your way · Four free themes (Light, Carrot, Shadow and Fairy tale), sound and vibration toggles · English, Korean and Japanese · Plays offline (except the tower's player counts and ranks) · No account, no login Shadow Cubes: a short, clean brain game for your spatial reasoning.

Screenshots

King Duel3 screens
Shadow Cubes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Shadow Cubes at none against King Duel's shown. King Duel's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
King Duel versus Shadow Cubes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKing DuelShadow Cubes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB7 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHWA DAVIDSONG SEONGBIN

In-app purchases

None

King Duel

No in-app purchases

None

Shadow Cubes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is King Duel free?
King Duel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shadow Cubes free?
Shadow Cubes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do King Duel or Shadow Cubes have ads?
King Duel shows ads; Shadow Cubes does not.
Which is updated more often, King Duel or Shadow Cubes?
King Duel ships an update every 4 days, and Shadow Cubes every 4 days. Most recently, King Duel was updated on November 8, 2026 and Shadow Cubes on November 1, 2026.

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