Comparison

Swipe the Flow vs Shikaku

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

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About

Swipe the Flow

Explore fluid dynamics and wind simulation with interactive touch controls. Create mesmerizing visuals, solve physics-based challenges, and import images to shape the flow. Save and share your creations as photos or videos.

Highlights
  • Real-time fluid simulation
  • Interactive touch controls
  • Photo and logo import
  • Multiple simulation modes
  • Physics-based challenges
  • Photo and video export
  • Game Center leaderboards
Features
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Pour water, draw walls, and change the flow with your fingertips. Swipe the Flow is a hands-on playground for water, wind, and smoke. Enjoy the basic features of all five free-play modes and the first five stages of each of the five challenge games for free. Unlock more challenges and premium visuals with Pro—a one-time purchase, not a subscription. NEW CHALLENGE: WIND TARGET Draw walls, then rotate, move, and carve shapes. The arrow shows how hard the wind pushes—keep its tip inside the box to win. Kites, a sailboat, an umbrella, roof luggage, and a bike behind a truck all catch the wind. • Stages 1–5 are free; Pro includes stage 6 onward • Longer arrows mean a stronger push WATER PLAYGROUND Catch water from a faucet and guide it along walls. Add a drain, pour or erase water, and stir it with your finger to build your own waterway. • Move faucets and drains; adjust each one's size, direction, and speed • Build with cups, funnels, photos, and shapes • Tilt your device to move the water and adjust its thickness • Basic features are free, with up to 10 faucets and drains combined FIVE WAYS TO PLAY • Water Playground: Pour water and draw walls to shape its flow. • Smoke Lab: Follow smoke to see invisible air. Adjust each chimney's smoke output and add a Smoke Eraser. • Wind Tunnel: Watch wind split around walls, photos, and logos. Turn on flow lines and wind push indicators to explore what happens. • Liquid Art: Create, push, stretch, and merge liquid drops. Tilt your device to move them. • Swipe the Flow: Swipe across the screen to draw colorful currents and spirals. FIVE CHALLENGE GAMES • Wind Target: Change the shapes to get the tip of the wind's arrow into the box. • Make Waterways: Draw walls and erase holes to send water where you want it. • Wind Paths: Draw walls to guide wind into the target. • Wind Maze: Carve a route and get the wind out before time runs out. • Smoke Delivery: Move chimneys and draw walls to send smoke where you want it. Stages 1–5 are free in each game. Pro includes Wind Paths 6–15, Wind Maze 6–15, Smoke Delivery 6–16, Make Waterways 6–24, and Wind Target 6–18. Try Game Center leaderboards and achievements, then share a photo of your cleared stage and record. CREATE AND SHARE • Import photos and logos, with background removal on your device • Move, resize, and rotate photo and shape layers with editing handles • Choose flow strength, playback speed, colors, and detail • Pause, reset, save photos, record videos, and share • Photos and videos are processed on your device SWIPE THE FLOW PRO One purchase. No subscription. • Challenge stages beyond the free section • No watermarks • More detailed simulation and all premium visual styles • Up to eight photo or shape layers • Up to 20 chimneys and Smoke Erasers combined in Smoke Lab • Up to 20 faucets and drains combined in Water Playground The free version includes two photo or shape layers. Every day, one Pro stage is free at the top of Home in "Today's Picks." Create without a fixed answer, or take on a puzzle with a goal.

About

Shikaku

Features
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Shikaku is a pure logic puzzle from Japan, also known as Rectangles or Divide by Squares. The grid holds a scattering of numbers. Your job is to cut the whole grid into rectangles so that each rectangle contains exactly one number, and that number is the rectangle's area. No guessing, ever. Every puzzle has exactly one solution and it can always be reached by reasoning alone. There are no lives and no mistake counter: a rectangle that breaks the rules is simply refused by the board, so you are free to try things. FEATURES: • Campaign — 100 handmade puzzles in five collections, from 5x5 first steps to 12x12 expert boards • Daily Challenge — one new puzzle every day, the same board for every player • Quick Play — endless generated puzzles, five grid sizes up to 15x15, three difficulties • A guaranteed unique solution — the solver verifies every board before you ever see it • Hints — a nudge when you are stuck, never the whole answer • Achievements — nine of them, earned by playing • Statistics and streaks — stars, completion times and your daily run • Plays entirely offline. No account required. Available in 7 languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese and Russian. Draw your first rectangle and see how fast the grid falls into place.

Screenshots

Swipe the Flow4 screens
Shikaku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shikaku at none against Swipe the Flow's 4. Shikaku also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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. Swipe the Flow sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Shikaku asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Swipe the Flow versus Shikaku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwipe the FlowShikaku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB127 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjunho kimInsodia LLC

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Swipe the Flow

One-time4
  • Droplet Tip$1.99
  • Swipe the Flow Pro$4.99
  • Splash Tip$4.99
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  • Wave Tip$9.99
None

Shikaku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swipe the Flow free?
Swipe the Flow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shikaku free?
Shikaku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Swipe the Flow or Shikaku have ads?
Neither Swipe the Flow nor Shikaku shows ads.

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