Comparison

Orbit 2048 vs Squircle Shift

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

Head to head
About

Orbit 2048

Features
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Merge matching numbers around a ring in Orbit 2048. Choose where each orb lands, make room for the next move, and set off chain reactions. Classic: build your high score Play without a countdown and keep going beyond 2048. Plan around ice, chains, and stones, and use destroyer and shuffle orbs to open up new possibilities. Adventure: 1,000 levels Follow a path of easy, hard, and extreme levels, reaching 2048 to complete each one. Earn up to three stars based on your score, active play time, and power-up use. The timer measures your run; it does not end it. Make every power-up count Each level attempt includes one free undo. Earn extra undo, remove, and preview charges on selected first-time completions, then save them for later levels. Preview reveals the next orb; remove replaces the orb in the center. Replaying a completed level can improve your stars, but does not repeat its reward. Game Center Compare your Classic high score and total Adventure stars on two leaderboards, and work toward 20 achievements. Game Center requires sign-in and an internet connection. The game itself can be played offline, with progress saved on your device. Play at your own pace Pause and continue later. Enjoy pastel day and night themes, adjustable music, sound effects and haptics, and ten in-app languages.

About

Squircle Shift

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A tranquil, minimalist spatial phenomenon where out-of-the-box thinking and precise color frame alignments offer total mental clarity. Escape noisy, over-stimulating games and discover true mental calm! Designed for thinkers seeking refined simplicity, this aesthetic puzzle experience invites you to slide rounded squares (squircles) into matching colored frames. While the rules are deceptively easy, solving these handcrafted challenges demands genuine creative intuition and lateral thinking—where a single brilliant move can unlock solutions you've contemplated for days! Enhanced by a subtle visual aesthetic, soothing ambient music, and intuitive one-handed controls, enjoy a peaceful sanctuary featuring 48 initial handcrafted levels, a smooth puzzle previewer, and a powerful undo mechanism.

Screenshots

Orbit 20484 screens
Squircle Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Orbit 2048 at none against Squircle Shift's shown. Squircle Shift's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Orbit 2048 versus Squircle Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbit 2048Squircle Shift
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAhmet YilmazMong Xuan Luong Hoang

In-app purchases

None

Orbit 2048

No in-app purchases

None

Squircle Shift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit 2048 free?
Orbit 2048 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Squircle Shift free?
Squircle Shift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orbit 2048 or Squircle Shift have ads?
Squircle Shift shows ads; Orbit 2048 does not.

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