Squircle Shift vs Nockturn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Nockturn
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Every arrow wants out. Tap one and it flies off the way it points — unless something is in the way. ONE RULE CHANGES EVERYTHING An arrow that passes a mirror FLIPS it. So whichever arrow you clear first rewrites the paths of the ones left behind. Not every open arrow is the right arrow. IT TEACHES, THEN IT TESTS The first time a new rule appears the game stops, explains it, and lets you try it in a level with no traps. Mirror, spinning arrow, rock, portal, chained arrow, iced arrow, counted arrow. 300 VERIFIED LEVELS From 7 arrows to 32, on boards from 5x5 to 8x8. Every level is proven solvable by a solver before it ships — and proven to require real thought. THE DAILY DUEL One board a day, identical for every player on earth. Solve it and share your grid: green for every clean move, red for every wasted one. BUILT TO RESPECT YOU - Works completely offline - No account, no sign-up - Never an ad in the middle of a puzzle - Colorblind mode, effects can be turned off - 12 languages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Squircle Shift at none against Nockturn's 1. Squircle Shift also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Nockturn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Squircle Shift asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Squircle Shift | Nockturn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mong Xuan Luong Hoang | SERIF SELLI |
In-app purchases
Squircle Shift
No in-app purchases
Nockturn
- Remove Ads$2.99









