Puralax vs Shape Fold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Puralax
This puzzle game challenges you to merge colored tiles into a single target color. Strategically move tiles into empty spaces or drag them to paint adjacent tiles of the same color. Master the limited moves per tile to create chain reactions and solve each unique level.
- Merge colored tiles
- Paint adjacent tiles
- Chain reactions
- Limited moves per tile
- Target color matching
- Tutorial levels
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Puralax is a simple puzzle game where you need to paint every colored tile into one single color to complete each level. Each level has a different target color, indicated by the color of the top bar on the screen. Rules are simple: You can move colored tiles between white empty cells in vertical or horizontal directions (one cell at a time), or you can paint a neighbor tile by dragging one tile into another. Each tile has a limited amount of moves, shown by little white dots inside it. When you paint one tile, you can generate a chain reaction that will begin to paint every attached tile from the same color. The first six levels comes with an assistant that remind you the rules and tells you which tiles move where. So, what are you waiting for? Start painting, and remember... colors are alive!
Shape Fold
This puzzle game challenges you to reassemble connected shapes. Explore diverse themes with unique mechanics and over 100 free levels. Simple drag-and-drop controls make it easy to play.
- Connected shape puzzles
- Interactive pieces
- Diverse level themes
- Simple drag-and-drop controls
- Over 100 free levels
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Shape Fold is a unique spin on a classic jigsaw puzzle genre. The difference is that every piece is connected and physically interact with each other. This combination makes for a lot of weird and interesting puzzles in this game. The controls are simply about dragging shapes there they need to be. Levels include objects from history, culture, nature, animals, tech and many others. Each theme introduces a slightly different mechanic complicating folding even more. Over 100 free levels and more to be unlocked! Have fun folding.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Puralax at 90% against Shape Fold's 50%. Puralax also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Shape Fold's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Shape Fold sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Puralax asks for nothing beyond the download.
Puralax holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Puralax's written reviews are positive against 50% of Shape Fold's.
Puralax ships an update every 2 months, Shape Fold every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puralax | Shape Fold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (30 ratings) — better | 4.2 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Luis Federico Bricker | Domas Kazragis |
Customer experience
Puralax
Shape Fold
In-app purchases
Puralax
No in-app purchases
Shape Fold
- Shape Fold Premium$2.99









