Qwirkle vs SixShapes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qwirkle
Experience the award-winning board game Qwirkle on your mobile device. Strategize by matching tiles based on color and shape to score points. Enjoy solo play, online multiplayer, and pass-and-play modes with customizable options and engaging animations.
- Solo, Online, and Pass and Play modes
- Up to 4 players
- 4 difficulty levels
- Achievements and Leaderboards
- Customizable backgrounds and tile colors
- Tutorial and Help sections
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Challenging and thoroughly addictive! Now you can play the original award winning board game Qwirkle on your iPad and iPhone! Qwirkle is MindWare's best-selling board game, with over 7 million copies sold worldwide. Through the years, Qwirkle has received numerous awards including Mensa, Parents' Choice, Major Fun and the Spiel des Jahres, Germany's coveted Game of the Year award. FEATURES: - Solo, Online, and Pass and Play modes all support up to 4 players. - 4 levels of difficulty, from easy to expert. - Includes Achievements and Leaderboards through Game Center. - Customize your experience - choose your favorite background to play on. - Play with classic Qwirkle colors or personalize your tiles with custom colors. - Exciting animations and playful music enhance the Qwirkle experience! - Tutorial and Help sections get you playing fast and easy! WHO WILL YOU PLAY? - Play solo against 4 levels of robot, from easy to expert. - For family game night, use Pass and Play mode to play together on a single device. - Challenge your friends to play online through Game Center. - Find new online opponents through auto-match in Game Center. Find out more about Qwirkle on the MindWare website: https://www.mindware.orientaltrading.com/qwirkle-a2-32016.fltr Want to share your thoughts on the digital version of Qwirkle directly with the developers? Email us at mindware@mindware.com with your comments! We'd love to have your input about what you like and ideas for improvements. We look forward to your feedback! Happy Qwirkling!
SixShapes
A turn-based tile-matching game played directly within iMessage conversations. Players build lines of matching shapes or colors to score points and compete with friends without leaving the messaging app.
- Playable within iMessage
- Turn-based tile matching
- Build lines of shapes or colors
- Score points for lines
- Drag-and-drop tile placement
- Undo moves before sending
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Match tiles with friends right in iMessage. SixShapes is a turn-based tile-matching game you play inside your conversations. Place tiles to build lines of matching shapes or colors, score points, and challenge your friends — all without leaving Messages. HOW TO PLAY • Open SixShapes from the iMessage app drawer • Drag tiles from your hand onto the board • Build lines of all one shape or all one color • Score points for every line you create or extend • Complete a full line of 6 for the SixShapes bonus (+6 points!) • Player with the highest score when all tiles run out wins! FEATURES • 108 tiles — 6 shapes × 6 colors × 3 each • Drag-and-drop tile placement • Live score preview shows points before you commit • Swap tiles when you're stuck • Undo moves before sending your turn • Confetti celebration when you win • Rematch with one tap
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SixShapes at 100% against Qwirkle's 36%. SixShapes also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Qwirkle's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 6) and chart position (#27 vs unranked). On ads, 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
SixShapes is free to download; Qwirkle costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SixShapes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Qwirkle has 1.9K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Qwirkle's written reviews are positive against 100% of SixShapes's.
Qwirkle ships an update every 3 months, SixShapes every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qwirkle | SixShapes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #27 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MindWare | BROOKE ROSE BEKOFF |
Customer experience
Qwirkle
SixShapes
Bugs and requests
Qwirkle
Reported bugs
5 issues- Games disappearing or not loading properly
- Inability to start new games with friends
- Tiles/bag not functioning correctly
- Moves not registering properly
- Crashes and freezes
Requested features
6 requests- Add chat/messaging feature
- Improve online game invitations and management
- Add notifications for turns
- Improve scoring display and accuracy
- Add more customization options
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- Improve robot/AI difficulty balancing
SixShapes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Qwirkle
No in-app purchases
SixShapes
No in-app purchases
