Comparison

Briki'n Roll vs Shikaku

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

Head to head
About

Briki'n Roll

Design and share intricate Rube Goldberg-style contraptions to guide a ball to its goal. Collaborate with a global community by playing and remixing user-created courses. Customize your robot companion and track your progress with collectible achievements.

Highlights
  • Build custom Rube Goldberg courses
  • Share and play community-created levels
  • Remix existing courses
  • Unlock and customize robot appearance
  • Track progress and collect cards
  • Live robot commentary
Features
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Team up with Briki'n to line up gadgets and roll the ball all the way to the goal! Become the greatest Briki'n roller in the world! Slopes, springs, elevators, a Ferris wheel, a cannon - line up 30 kinds of gadgets to build a Rube Goldberg-style course that connects the start to the goal. When the chain reaction finally clicks, it is oddly satisfying to watch. - My Courses: build your own Place a gadget, stretch it, connect it. Save it, copy it, remix it. Think of something, try it, fix it, right away. - Everyone's Courses: play what the world builds Post the course you made and let people around the world play it. Download other people's courses into your own slots and remix them however you like. Tap Like on the ones you enjoy. Top Rollers ranks the creators whose courses earn the most likes. You can report anything inappropriate, and block an author to hide their work. - Roller Record: your progress, kept 54 collectible cards, distance records, and your rank as a roller. It fills in the more you play. - Medal Shop: dress Briki'n up Spend the medals you earn on 60 items - 10 each of headwear, eyewear, neckwear, body marks, body colours and ball skins. - Briki'n talks Your robot buddy gives live commentary and quips the whole way through (EN / JA / ES). - Free to play includes - 15 of the 30 gadgets - 30 of the 60 cosmetic items (half of each of the 6 categories) - 5 course save slots - Unlimited posting, downloading and liking in Everyone's Courses - Full Package (one-time purchase) - All 30 gadgets - All 60 cosmetic items - 15 course save slots Buy once and you are done - there is nothing else to pay for. - For parents - No ads, anywhere - No sign-up, no personal details required - One optional purchase only. No consumables, no subscriptions - You can keep playing without buying anything No ads. Family friendly. Distance meter, clip sharing, and Game Center support.

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

Briki'n Roll4 screens
Shikaku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shikaku at none against Briki'n Roll's 1. Shikaku also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Briki'n Roll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shikaku asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Briki'n Roll versus Shikaku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBriki'n RollShikaku
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size377 MB127 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoute24 Inc.Insodia LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Briki'n Roll

One-time1
  • Full Version$4.99
None

Shikaku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Briki'n Roll free?
Briki'n Roll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shikaku free?
Shikaku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Briki'n Roll or Shikaku have ads?
Neither Briki'n Roll nor Shikaku shows ads.

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