Comparison

Shadow Loom vs Gosai

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

Head to head
About

Shadow Loom

Features
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Change the light. Shape the objects. Discover the shadow. Shadow Loom is an atmospheric puzzle and discovery game where light and shadows become the key to every mystery. Move the objects on the table, change the position of the light and reveal the hidden silhouette on the wall. Ordinary shapes can transform into something completely unexpected when the angle and lighting are just right. Every puzzle hides something waiting to be discovered. PLAY WITH LIGHT Move the light and experiment with the shadows created by the objects around you. Sometimes a tiny adjustment is all it takes to reveal the hidden shape. DISCOVER HIDDEN FIGURES Look closely at the silhouette and discover what is hiding inside it. From animals and legendary creatures to nature, structures and mysterious objects, there are many different shapes waiting to be found. BUILD YOUR COLLECTION Every discovery becomes part of your collection. Explore different categories and try to complete them all. Animals. Legends. Nature. Objects. But not everything has been revealed yet. A CALM, MYSTERIOUS ATMOSPHERE Warm lighting, dark environments, wooden textures and lo-fi music create a relaxing atmosphere designed for playing at your own pace. Shadow Loom is less about speed and more about observation, curiosity and creativity. Move a piece. Change the light. Watch the shadow. Discover what it becomes. Shadow Loom. Change the light. Bring the shadow to life.

About

Gosai

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Gosai is a solo tile-laying puzzle inspired by Kutani ware โ€” Japanese porcelain famous for its five overglaze colors. Pick a pile and take its three tiles. Place each one on a cell whose dots match its color. When the piles run out, the kiln opens, and your board is scored by three cards: fill the rim, build the diagonal, gather a flock of one color. Only the final board counts. NO LUCK Every pile โ€” and the order in which they vanish โ€” is visible from your very first move. There is nothing to draw and nothing to hope for. If you fall short, there was a better line, and you can find it. Stars are awarded at 55%, 75% and 92% of the best score possible on that exact board. Match the best score, and the firing is perfect. EIGHT CHAPTERS 200 handcrafted stages, from plain porcelain to gold brocade. New scoring cards appear as you go โ€” 28 in all โ€” and each one changes how you read the board. Every chapter also holds fifteen extra stages that build from gentle to brutal. TODAY'S PIECE One shared puzzle a day. The whole world plays the same board: one attempt for the Game Center leaderboard, then practice as often as you like. A QUIET SHOP Stars are earned, never sold. They buy looks alone โ€” watercolor glazes, board frames, patterns and vessels. Chapters 1โ€“2 and the daily puzzle are free forever; a single one-time purchase unlocks everything else. No ads. No subscriptions. No timers. โ€ข 200 stages โ€” learn it in half a minute, chase perfection for weeks โ€ข 28 scoring cards, introduced one at a time โ€ข A daily puzzle with Game Center leaderboards โ€ข Plays fully offline โ€ข Available in 17 languages

Screenshots

Shadow Loom3 screens
Gosai4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shadow Loom at none against Gosai's 1. Shadow Loom also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Gosai's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. Gosai sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shadow Loom asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Shadow Loom versus Gosai: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShadow LoomGosai
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 days
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size157 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGizem SOZERTatsuya Okuda

In-app purchases

None

Shadow Loom

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Gosai

One-time1
  • Unlock All Stages$4.99

Questions

Is Shadow Loom free?
Shadow Loom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gosai free?
Gosai is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shadow Loom or Gosai have ads?
Shadow Loom shows ads; Gosai does not.

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