Besiege Mobile vs Rule Shift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Besiege Mobile
Build intricate mechanical machines to destroy castles, armies, and overcome obstacles in a physics-based world. Create anything from tanks to giant robots and test your creations in campaign or sandbox modes. Share your designs with the community.
- Intuitive & flexible building system
- Construct machines from 70+ blocks & weapons
- Conquer 55 destructible levels
- Huge sandbox levels
- Download/upload community creations
- Revamped mobile UI with touch controls
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*TRY BESIEGE FOR FREE AND UNLOCK THE FULL GAME FOR THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN!* Besiege is a physics building game about constructing mechanical machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Create tanks, planes, helicopters, sports cars, catapults, rockets, giant mechs- anything you can imagine- with Besiege’s intuitive & flexible building system! Cruise through Besiege’s singleplayer campaign or huge sandbox levels, terrorizing their inhabitants, honing your craft & testing your ingenious prototypes. Build catapults, tanks, planes and even giant death robots, to unleash chaos and destruction in a physics-based world! FEATURES - Construct your machines from a collection of 70+ blocks & weapons, using an intricate building system. - Conquer 55 destructible levels, each with their own objectives and challenges, and terrorize the inhabitants of the campaign's 4 island nations. - Cruise through Besiege’s huge sandbox levels, terrorizing their inhabitants, honing your craft & testing your ingenious prototypes. - Obliterate castles, annihilate armies and overcome puzzling challenges! Whether you're the harbinger of destruction or flailing your way to victory, conquering levels with your crazy creations is incredibly satisfying. - Download other people's machines from the Workshop, or upload and share your own with the community. CAREFULLY REDESIGNED FOR MOBILE - Revamped interface – exclusive mobile UI with complete touch control - Game Center achievements - Cloud Save – Share your progress between iOS devices - Compatible with MFi controllers - iPhone 15 Optimization (including Pro Max)
Rule Shift
This is a fast-paced reflex game where players must read and adapt to changing rules. Master over 200 levels with various challenges, unlock power-ups, and compete on leaderboards. It's easy to learn but difficult to master.
- Master 200+ levels
- Multiple game modes (Levels, Endless, Daily Shift, Chaos)
- Unlockable power-ups
- Score building and medal system
- Progress tracking and statistics
- Game Center leaderboards
- Customizable themes and settings
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Follow the rule. Survive the shift. Rule Shift is a fast-paced reflex game that challenges you to read, react, and adapt. Every round gives you a clear instruction: tap the right targets, avoid the wrong ones, and stay ready because the rule can change when you least expect it. New rules are presented before play begins, giving you time to understand the challenge. When you are ready, tap BEGIN and put your reactions to the test. MASTER 200 LEVELS Start with the 50-level Classic campaign, then unlock 150 themed levels across Numbers, Letters, Directions, Symbols, Icons, and Mixed Shift. Each campaign introduces new objects, rule combinations, timing patterns, and modifiers. Replay completed levels to improve your score and earn better medals. CHOOSE YOUR CHALLENGE - Levels: Progress through deterministic, replayable challenges with medals and personal bests. - Endless: Keep adapting as the speed, density, and rule complexity increase. - Daily Shift: Take on a new seeded challenge each day and chase your daily best. - Chaos: Mix every content type into an unpredictable endless test. - Practice: Choose a rule and sharpen your skills without affecting high scores. - Tutorial: Learn the fundamentals through guided play. THINK FAST, BUT READ FIRST Rules may change during a level, combine into multi-part instructions, or be affected by Memory, Freeze, and Reverse modifiers. Each shift gives you a dedicated reading window before you decide when to begin. BUILD YOUR SCORE Tap early for reaction bonuses, maintain combos for larger multipliers, and survive rule shifts for bonus points. Earn Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals by balancing accuracy with speed. UNLOCK POWER-UPS Complete levels, earn medals, build combos, and reach new milestones to unlock helpful abilities. Highlight valid targets, slow the action, preview the next rule, protect a combo, clear distractors, and more. Equip one power-up before finite levels and use it when it matters most. YOUR PROGRESS, YOUR WAY - Replay any completed level - Track best scores, medals, combos, and detailed statistics - Sync campaign progress privately through iCloud - Compete on Game Center leaderboards - Customize the experience with unlockable themes, sound controls, haptics, and Reduce Motion support Rule Shift is easy to understand, quick to play, and increasingly difficult to master. Read the rule, trust your reflexes, and survive the shift.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rule Shift at 5.0 against Besiege Mobile's 4.5. Rule Shift also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%). Besiege Mobile's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (456 vs 1). 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. Besiege Mobile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Rule Shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rule Shift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Besiege Mobile has 456 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Besiege Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rule Shift's.
| Parameter | Besiege Mobile | Rule Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (456 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 456 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 914 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Playdigious | EJSmith |
Customer experience
Besiege Mobile
Rule Shift
In-app purchases
Besiege Mobile
- Unlock full game$7.99
Rule Shift
- Remove Ads$2.99
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