Comparison

Loura's Oasis 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

Loura's Oasis

Features
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Meet Loura — the golden cat who keeps the Starlit Oasis. Every night, fallen starlight hardens into moongems. When the dry wind called the Hush buried them under sand and shadow, the oasis went dark. Match beside Loura, wake the light, and restore her desert home — one glowing board at a time. FEEL EVERY MATCH • Forge shooting stars, whirlwinds, magic lamps, fireflies and supernovas • See exactly which special your next swap will create before you make it • Cascades that thunder — with haptics, fireworks and a cat who cheers for you A WORLD THAT HEALS • 60 hand-tuned levels across 15 named landmarks in two regions • Spend the stars you earn to relight lanterns, revive palms and fill the spring • Watch the map itself bloom as you play KIND BY DESIGN • No ads. No timers. Nothing expires. Nothing to buy your way past. • Lose a level? Loura blames the sand, never you — and your first slip each day never breaks your streak. • Fully offline. No tracking. No account. Play on a plane, in a tent, anywhere. In English and Arabic, designed for all ages. The oasis will be here whenever you come back. — Loura

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

Loura's Oasis4 screens
Squircle Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Loura's Oasis 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 · 3 level
Loura's Oasis versus Squircle Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoura's OasisSquircle Shift
PriceFreeFree
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbdulmajeed AlamriMong Xuan Luong Hoang

In-app purchases

None

Loura's Oasis

No in-app purchases

None

Squircle Shift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loura's Oasis free?
Loura's Oasis 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 Loura's Oasis or Squircle Shift have ads?
Squircle Shift shows ads; Loura's Oasis does not.

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