Rise Up vs ShortCircut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Rise Up
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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.
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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Rise Up | ShortCircut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Burton Barnes | Clyde Harvey Jr |
In-app purchases
Rise Up
No in-app purchases
ShortCircut
No in-app purchases
Questions
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