Comparison

Dazzle vs Shapio

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

Head to head
About

Dazzle

Engage in a tranquil jigsaw puzzle experience featuring a curated selection of beautiful artwork. Enjoy a pressure-free environment with adjustable difficulty and various piece styles, playable offline.

Highlights
  • Themed art collections
  • Six difficulty levels
  • Ten piece-cut styles
  • Animated backgrounds and ambient soundtrack
  • Offline play
  • Gentle hints
Features
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Dazzle is a calm, beautiful jigsaw puzzle game built around art you'll want to linger over. Piece together dreamy, handpicked pictures at your own pace — no timers, no pressure, just you and the picture slowly coming together. FEATURES • Themed art collections, from soft daydreams to bold city scenes • Seven difficulty levels, from a relaxing 36 pieces to a 484-piece challenge • Twelve piece shapes: classic, wooden animals, hexagon, mosaic, stained glass, and more • Animated backgrounds and a gentle ambient soundtrack • Pinch to zoom, drag to pan, and feel each piece snap into place • Gentle hints when one piece just won't fit • Game Center leaderboards and achievements • Plays offline Finish a quick, relaxing puzzle on your coffee break, or lose yourself in a giant masterpiece for a whole evening. Jigsaw puzzles the way they should feel: unhurried and lovely. Go Premium to unlock every art collection, theme, piece shape, and soundtrack. Jigsaw Premium is a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at the time of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://dazzlepuzzle-aef16.web.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Shapio

A logic puzzle game where you find hidden rows of shapes in a grid. Progress through increasing board sizes and challenging levels. Play offline, anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Shape matching puzzles
  • Increasing grid sizes
  • Daily streaks and badges
  • Color themes
  • Offline play
  • Multiple languages
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A row of shapes appears. The same row is hiding somewhere on the board in a straight line — across, down or diagonally. Find it, slide your finger through it, move on. No words to read, no rules to learn. You are playing within a second. THREE LIVES, THREE STARS A wrong line costs a life. Finish with lives left and each one turns into a star. Finish flawless and all three are yours, plus a score multiplier. When your eyes just will not find it, a hint marks the next row — and it costs you points. THE BOARD GROWS WITH YOU You start on a small 3x3 grid and work your way up to 10x10. The shapes join one at a time, and you always meet a new one on a calm level. The test comes right after. "ONE MORE LEVEL" Difficulty is not a straight climb: levels to catch your breath, levels that push, a peak every tenth and a real test every hundredth. That is the rhythm that keeps you going. GROW THE STREAK Every day you finish a level is marked on the calendar. Come back tomorrow and the streak grows; collect stars and the badges open up. Every number comes from real play. MAKE IT YOURS Color themes, open to everyone. Of the mascots and app icons you start with one of each — Shapio Plus unlocks the rest. IN YOUR POCKET, ANYWHERE No account, no energy timers, no connection needed. Play it in a queue or on a plane. There is not one word on the board, so the puzzle is the same everywhere; menus and the in-game guide are in 54 languages. SHAPIO PLUS The game shows ads: a card under the board and a full-screen break between levels. Plus is a one-time purchase, not a subscription — it removes the ads, gives hints without watching a video, and unlocks every mascot and app icon. It does not touch the balance: lives, hint cost and score multipliers are the same whether you buy it or not.

Screenshots

Dazzle4 screens
Shapio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dazzle at none against Shapio's shown. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Dazzle sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Shapio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dazzle against 5.0 for Shapio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Dazzle versus Shapio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDazzleShapio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size182 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVladyslav TernovskyiYusuf SIRIN

Customer experience

Dazzle

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shapio

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Dazzle

Subscriptions2
  • Jigsaw Premium — Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Jigsaw Premium — Annual$12.991 Year
One-time4
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • 20 Hints$2.99
  • 50 Hints$5.99
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  • Jigsaw Premium — Lifetime$17.99
1 purchases

Shapio

One-time1
  • Shapio Plus$4.99

Questions

Is Dazzle free?
Dazzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shapio free?
Shapio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dazzle or Shapio?
Dazzle and Shapio are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Dazzle or Shapio have ads?
Shapio shows ads; Dazzle does not.
Which is updated more often, Dazzle or Shapio?
Dazzle ships an update weekly, and Shapio weekly. Most recently, Dazzle was updated on October 24, 2026 and Shapio on October 31, 2026.

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