Comparison

Carnival Smash Shot vs RattleCan

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

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Carnival Smash Shot

Features
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Step into the colourful world of Carnival Smash Shot, a satisfying cannon challenge where every shot can send blocks flying. Load your cannon, line up the perfect angle, and launch colourful balls toward towers packed with blocks, fruit targets, obstacles, and fun carnival designs. Hit the right spot and watch the structure crack, collapse, and scatter with bright effects. Every level brings a different setup. Some towers can fall with one well-placed hit, while others need careful aim, good timing, and smart use of your limited balls. Enjoy simple controls, colourful graphics, satisfying physics, and quick levels that are easy to start but fun to master. Take on new tower layouts, improve your aim, collect coins, and use special power options when you need extra help. Can you find the weak point and bring the whole structure down? Features โ€ข Aim-and-shoot cannon gameplay โ€ข Satisfying block destruction and physics โ€ข Colourful carnival-style graphics โ€ข Different tower layouts and targets โ€ข Fruit, star, and special block designs โ€ข Limited-ball challenges โ€ข Coins and useful power options โ€ข Bright impact and particle effects โ€ข Simple controls for quick casual play โ€ข New challenges as you progress Load the cannon, choose your angle, and start smashing. Download Carnival Smash Shot and see how many towers you can bring down.

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RattleCan

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Step up to the tin can alley and knock the shelf clean. RattleCan is a carnival puzzle about reading the shelf before you throw. Tap any can and you take every can of that colour beside it, so the question is never whether you can hit it. It is how much you can take in one go. Bigger groups pay far more than small ones, which makes patience the whole game. Two big takes will beat four little ones every time. Chip away and you will watch your score crawl. Wait too long, though, and the shelf feeds upward. Let a column reach the top rail and the run is over. THREE WAYS TO PLAY Lines โ€” a tap takes the whole row of that colour. Precise, and unforgiving of a lazy shot. Sweep โ€” a tap takes every connected can of that colour, however far it reaches. Bigger takes, bigger builds, bigger risks. Free Fall โ€” the shelf feeds on a clock rather than on your shots, and speeds up as you climb the levels. The one mode that will not wait for you. SPECIAL CANS Clear enough in one go and you leave a special behind: Shaker โ€” clears its whole column Banger โ€” clears its whole row Bombshell โ€” blows out everything around it Colour Burst โ€” takes every can of one colour off the shelf Set one off inside another's blast and they chain, which is where the biggest scores on the board come from. FEATURES Three distinct modes, each with its own board and its own best score Real physics on every can that falls, so no two clears look the same Built for one hand, in portrait Lines and Sweep take exactly as long as you want them to No lives, no energy, no waiting to play again Free to play, supported by occasional ads between games

Screenshots

Carnival Smash Shot4 screens
RattleCan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RattleCan at none against Carnival Smash Shot's 6. Carnival Smash Shot's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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. Carnival Smash Shot sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. RattleCan asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Carnival Smash Shot versus RattleCan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarnival Smash ShotRattleCan
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksโ€”
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size206 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTahira MehmoodaKESTREL PUBLISHING

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Carnival Smash Shot

One-time6
  • 6 Ball Continue$0.49
  • coin_01$0.99
  • coin_02$2.99
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  • coin_03$4.99
  • coin_04$24.99
  • coin_05$124.99
None

RattleCan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Carnival Smash Shot free?
Carnival Smash Shot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RattleCan free?
RattleCan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Carnival Smash Shot or RattleCan have ads?
RattleCan shows ads; Carnival Smash Shot does not.

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