Shadowmatic vs Kitty Q
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadowmatic
Rotate abstract objects in a spotlight to cast recognizable silhouettes. Explore unique environments with captivating music and stunning visuals. Discover unexpected shapes and solve mind-bending puzzles.
- Rotate abstract objects
- Create recognizable silhouettes
- Stunning visuals
- Relaxing gameplay
- Unique thematic environments
- Assistant button for hints
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** Apple Design Award Winner ** ** App Store Best of 2015 ** Shadowmatic is an imagination-stirring puzzle where you rotate abstract objects in a spotlight to find recognizable silhouettes in projected shadows, relevant to the surrounding environment. “Other Worlds” is a chapter of Shadowmatic with over 30 levels in 3 unique thematic environments: Ancient Worlds, Music and Space. The chapter is available as a separate purchase. The game combines stunning visuals with relaxing and captivating gameplay. On your journey to discover the right solution you will stumble upon many unexpected and infinitely varied silhouettes. The game features 15 rooms, each flavored with unique concept, atmosphere, and music. - - - - - - - - - - “Simple to the point of beauty, and beautiful to the point of becoming a work of art, this is a game you won't want to win, because you won't want the experience to end” - Pocket Gamer “It's fun, it's unique, and it's the perfect type of game to show off to people who typically don't play video games, as it's almost like an interactive piece of art” - Touch Arcade “It’s always awesome to see a breathtaking, unique, and thoroughly innovative puzzle game pop up on the App Store” - Macworld “Full of whimsical puzzles and thoughtful designs, Shadowmatic is a delightful and captivating iOS game” - CNET “'Fantastically original': Shadowmatic works modern-day wonders with the ancient Chinese art of shadow puppetry” - The Guardian “It’s like a mind-bending shadow-puppet spectacle” - TIME “This game requires you to look at things a little differently” - Washington Post - - - - - - - - - - Hints. The game includes a system of hints. To enjoy the game to its fullest, however, we recommend resorting to them on rare occasions only. Assistant Button. The Assistant button in the upper right corner will help you solve the puzzle by gradually rotating the objects in the correct direction. When you press the button, Hint-Points are used Music. Every room in the game features its own music arrangement, adding up to the distinctive atmosphere and feel in each. The music is best experienced with headphones, and is available separately on iTunes. -- More than 130 levels in 15 unique environments -- Gorgeous graphics -- Secondary objectives -- Assistant Button -- Nonlinear level progression -- 3D parallax view -- Achievements -- Arcade Mode -- Synchronization with Apple TV ** The game is optimized for every iOS device separately (starting from iPhone 5s and newer), however it's best experienced on the latest devices. Follow us on Twitter: @ShadowmaticGame Join us on Facebook: @Shadowmatic Follow us on Instagram: @Shadowmatic Questions? Shoot us an email: support@triadastudiogames.com ----------------------------------------------------- Triada Studio is a computer graphics and animation studio with over 20 years of industry experience. Shadowmatic is the company’s first project that bridges its vast computer graphics experience with an experimental in-house 3D engine.
Kitty Q
Embark on a quantum adventure to solve puzzles and help a cat escape superposition. Explore the bizarre rules of the quantum world with guidance from a physicist's descendant. Discover over 20 scientific facts about quantum physics through engaging challenges.
- Quantum physics puzzles
- Explore quantum world rules
- Learn scientific facts
- Character guidance
- Unique cat adventure
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What the heck? Unsuspecting, you open the front door wide to find a box containing … a half-dead cat!? Using smart puzzle skills and clever outside-the-box thinking, you can help Kitty Q to escape her peculiar quantum superposition! Don’t worry—Anna is there to help you. She’s the great-granddaughter of the world-famous physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Erwin Schrödinger. She will help you guide Kitty Q out of the crazy quantum world. Inside the box, everything follows its own curious rules. It really is an odd world here as Anna explains, but together you get to explore her great-grandfather Erwin Schrödinger’s specialist subject: quantum physics. Every puzzle in the game refers to observations, experiments, or phenomena from this totally unbelievable field of science. It’s a whole new world to discover! So, you’ll get to know… · why some tiny particles absolutely contradict all the rules at times, · which letter will make your math teacher sweat, · how you look in a selfie with a self-styled, half-dead cat! In Kitty Q, you will discover more than 20 scientific facts about quantum physics that will amaze everyone. The quantum adventure Kitty Q has been developed in collaboration with the Cluster of Excellence* ct.qmat and is completely free and without ads or in-app purchases—thanks to the funding of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the initiative ‘Research in Germany’. *A Cluster of Excellence is a team of outstanding scientists who explore new challenges and unsolved puzzles. The answers that they find could have a crucial impact on our lives in the future. For ct.qmat, quantum physics takes center stage.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Kitty Q at Free against Shadowmatic's $3.99. Kitty Q also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). Shadowmatic's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and chart position (#52 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Kitty Q is free to download; Shadowmatic costs $3.99 up front. Shadowmatic sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Kitty Q asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Shadowmatic against 4.9 for Kitty Q. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shadowmatic has 2.1K ratings behind it against 398, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Shadowmatic's written reviews are positive against 91% of Kitty Q's.
Shadowmatic ships an update every 2 months, Kitty Q every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadowmatic | Kitty Q |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.1K ratings) | 4.9 (398 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.8% of reviews | 91.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 398 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #52 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 388 MB | 1.3 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | TRIADA Studio | Philipp Stollenmayer |
Customer experience
Shadowmatic
Kitty Q
User reviews
Shadowmatic
From 2.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Unique and creative gameplay
- 👍 Relaxing and calming experience
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and visuals
- 🧠 Challenging puzzles that exercise the mind
- 🎶 Soothing background music
Room to improve
- 🐛 Precision issues with controls, especially for complex puzzles
- 🤔 Unclear objectives at times, making it difficult to understand what the desired solution is
- ⏱️ Frustration when getting stuck on a puzzle for a long time
- 👀 Difficult for left-handed players due to the positioning of the controls
Kitty Q
From 398 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🐱 Cute cat character
- 💡 Interesting quantum physics concepts
- 👍 Engaging puzzles
- 🚀 No ads or in-app purchases
- 🎨 Lovely art style and design
Room to improve
- 🕰️ Game is too short
- 🤔 Some puzzles can be challenging
- 📚 Lack of language options (only English)
Bugs and requests
Shadowmatic
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes or freezes on certain devices, especially newer iPad models
- Progress not saving properly, causing players to lose progress
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and new puzzle types to keep the game fresh
- Ability to save progress and resume puzzles
- Option to mirror the game screen for left-handed players
- Hints that provide more useful guidance, not just the final solution
Kitty Q
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on startup for some users
- Difficulty choosing between live or dead cat ending
Requested features
3 requests- More levels or chapters
- Ability to reset the game
- Multilingual support
In-app purchases
Shadowmatic
- Pack of 20 Hint-Points$0.99
- "Other Worlds" chapter$1.99
- Pack of 50 Hint-Points$1.99
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- Pack of 150 Hint-Points$3.99
- Pack of 500 Hint-Points$7.99
Kitty Q
No in-app purchases









