Comparison

Rise Up vs ShortCircut

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

Head to head
About

Rise Up

Features
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Answer a problem right and another floor stacks onto your tower. Miss it and your rival may climb instead. You both face the exact same questions, so speed and clean arithmetic decide who reaches the cloud line first. Before each duel you agree on the terms: how many floors it takes to win, how many seconds a round lasts, and whether you are adding and subtracting, multiplying, mixing them, or working with fractions. Earn bricks to swap walls, roofs, flags, and the island your house stands on. Watch your rating, browse past matches, and climb the boards. Rise Up: Math needs no account and runs fully offline.

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ShortCircut

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You are the spark. Ride the rails. Don't touch the components. Short Circuit is a pure one-tap reflex game. Tap anywhere to flip polarity and jump between two copper rails on a living circuit board. That's the whole control scheme โ€” and it's all you'll need to lose an afternoon. DODGE THE COMPONENTS Resistors and capacitors block your path. LEDs blink on and off โ€” time it right and slip past while they're dark, or fry the moment they light up. COLLECT VOLTS, BUILD STREAKS Grab volt pickups as you ride. Chain them without a miss and every 5th volt pays a +5 bonus. One dropped pickup resets the streak. SHAVE IT CLOSE Skimming past a component earns a +3m near-miss bonus. The fastest way up the scoreboard is the most dangerous line. IT ONLY GETS FASTER The current accelerates the longer you survive. There is no finish line. There is only the crash. FEATURES - One-tap controls โ€” play with either thumb, no tutorial needed - Runs in seconds: instant restart, perfect for queues and commutes - Blinking LED gates that reward timing, not just reflexes - Streak and near-miss systems for score chasers - Best score saved on device - Small download, no account required Power on. Flip fast. Don't touch anything.

Screenshots

Rise Up4 screens
ShortCircut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: ShortCircut at 3 against Rise Up's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
Rise Up versus ShortCircut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRise UpShortCircut
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS16.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size22 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBurton BarnesClyde Harvey Jr

In-app purchases

None

Rise Up

No in-app purchases

None

ShortCircut

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rise Up free?
Rise Up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShortCircut free?
ShortCircut is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rise Up or ShortCircut have ads?
Neither Rise Up nor ShortCircut shows ads.

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