Comparison

Carnival Smash Shot vs Waveform

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

Head to head
About

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 • Aim-and-shoot cannon gameplay • Satisfying block destruction and physics • Colourful carnival-style graphics • Different tower layouts and targets • Fruit, star, and special block designs • Limited-ball challenges • Coins and useful power options • Bright impact and particle effects • Simple controls for quick casual play • 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.

About

Waveform

An arcade game where you tap to switch between wave and particle states to navigate through walls. Bank your score multiplier before an observer collapses your state, or face a forced mode flip. Experience new color palettes and rising tension with each level.

Highlights
  • One-thumb arcade gameplay
  • Switch between wave and particle states
  • Score multiplier banking
  • Dynamic color palettes
  • Playable on Apple Watch
  • Game Center leaderboards and achievements
Features
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Waveform is a one-thumb arcade game inspired by quantum physics. Are you a wave or a particle? It depends on the wall. HOW IT WORKS? • Wavy wall? Pass it as a WAVE • Flat wall? Pass it as a PARTICLE • Tap anywhere to switch. That's the only control BANK BEFORE YOU'RE OBSERVED Every wall you pass grows your score multiplier from ×1 up to ×5. Swipe down to bank it. Wait too long and the Observer collapses your state: when a 5-4-3-2-1 countdown inside your character reaches zero, your mode flips by force. Greed pays, until it doesn't. A NEW REALITY EVERY 25 POINTS The world changes color as you climb. Fourteen hand-picked palettes appear in a different order every run, from sunny yellow to deep vacuum black. FEATURES • Pure one-thumb gameplay, easy to learn, hard to master • Rising difficulty with surprise double walls • A fair Observer: clear countdown, safe-moment flips and an optional Relaxed mode • Climb the worldwide Game Center leaderboard and unlock achievements • Fully playable on Apple Watch, no phone needed • Optimized for iPhone and iPad, in full screen • Haptics, background music and reactive sound, each with its own switch • Remove ads with a single, one-time purchase (also gives you a free continue each run) Short runs, instant restarts, one more try. Can you bank it before you are observed?

Screenshots

Carnival Smash Shot4 screens
Waveform4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Carnival Smash Shot at none against Waveform's shown. On price, update cadence, 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. Carnival Smash Shot sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Waveform sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Carnival Smash Shot ships an update every 2 weeks, Waveform weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Carnival Smash Shot versus Waveform: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarnival Smash ShotWaveform
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size206 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTahira MehmoodaSarp Gokdag

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
1 purchases

Waveform

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Carnival Smash Shot free?
Carnival Smash Shot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Waveform free?
Waveform is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Carnival Smash Shot or Waveform have ads?
Waveform shows ads; Carnival Smash Shot does not.
Which is updated more often, Carnival Smash Shot or Waveform?
Carnival Smash Shot ships an update every 2 weeks, and Waveform weekly. Most recently, Carnival Smash Shot was updated on November 10, 2026 and Waveform on October 31, 2026.

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