Comparison

Neon Split vs Shade Out

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

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Neon Split

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WELCOME TO THE SPLIT. Neon Split is a hypnotic, high-speed test of reflexes and rhythm. Control a glowing energy core racing through an infinite cyber-void. The rules are simple, but survival is not. ONE SIMPLE MECHANIC: • HOLD to Split your core into two atoms. • RELEASE to Merge them back into one. MASTER THE OBSTACLES: • Center Walls: Split wide to pass around them. • Side Barriers: Merge tight to slip through the middle. • The Sweeper: Watch out for the new oscillating yellow hazards that sweep across your path! FEATURES: • Infinite Gameplay: The speed increases endlessly. How long can you last? • Medal System: Prove your skill. Climb the ranks from Bronze to the coveted Diamond tier. • Synthwave Audio: Immerse yourself in a electric soundscape that reacts to your game. • Instant Restart: No loading screens. Just pure, addictive "one more try" gameplay. • Haptic Feedback: Feel every split, merge, and crash. Perfect for 5-minute breaks or hour-long sessions. Enter the flow state.

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Shade Out

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One tile is a slightly different shade. Find it. That's the whole game — and it goes deeper than you'd think. The gap shrinks level after level until it's roughly 1 Ī”E, the smallest colour difference a human eye can detect at all. Most people tap out somewhere in the low twenties. That's not a failure. That's your retina. A 200-LEVEL JOURNEY Start easy and climb through eight chapters. Each level is a handful of boards, each subtler than the last, and you earn up to three stars for a clean run. Miss a tile and the game shows you the one you should have found — so every mistake teaches. Two hundred levels, from a gentle warm-up to the very edge of human vision. AND SIX MORE WAYS TO PLAY • Classic — points for speed. Tap the odd tile in under a second and it's 1000. • Daily — one board a day, identical for everyone on Earth. Compare and argue. • Sprint — 60 seconds. Clear as many as you can. A miss costs you four. • Endless — no safety net. The clock tightens with every level you clear. • Sudden Death — three lives, no clock. Just your eye, taking its time. • Zen — no clock, no lives. Pure practice. (Pro) MADE WITH ACTUAL CARE • Difficulty is measured in CIELAB Ī”E — a perceptual unit — so level 12 is exactly as hard on a deep blue as it is on a pale yellow. Colour games that step raw RGB or HSL values quietly make some hues far harder than others. This one doesn't. • The odd tile always differs in lightness, never hue alone, so it stays playable if you're colour blind. • Every colour is checked to be inside the sRGB gamut before it's shown, so the gap you're hunting is exactly the gap intended — never a clipped approximation. • Global leaderboards through Game Center. QUIETLY RESPECTFUL • No ads. No accounts. No tracking. No analytics. • Plays fully offline — leaderboard scores sync whenever you're next online. Your eye is better than you think. Right up until it isn't.

Screenshots

Neon Split4 screens
Shade Out4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shade Out at none against Neon Split's 1. Neon Split's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neon Split sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shade Out asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Neon Split ships an update every 3 days, Shade Out every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Neon Split versus Shade Out: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeon SplitShade Out
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBerkay DurakKhezan Khushnud Irani

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Neon Split

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Shade Out

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Neon Split free?
Neon Split is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shade Out free?
Shade Out is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Neon Split or Shade Out have ads?
Neither Neon Split nor Shade Out shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Neon Split or Shade Out?
Neon Split ships an update every 3 days, and Shade Out every 4 weeks. Most recently, Neon Split was updated on October 14, 2026 and Shade Out on September 6, 2026.

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