Circle vs sh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circle
Guide a jumping circle to avoid a dangerous line. Test your reflexes and see how far you can progress in this simple yet challenging arcade game. Compete for the highest score.
- Tap to jump
- Avoid the line
- Endless gameplay
- Score tracking
- Challenging reflexes
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Make the circle jump and avoid hitting the line! How far can you go?
sh
Test your reflexes by shaking your phone as fast as possible for five seconds. Compete for the top spot on the leaderboard and challenge yourself to achieve the highest score. This app is designed for quick, addictive gameplay.
- Rapid phone shaking gameplay
- 5-second timed challenges
- Global leaderboard
- High score competition
- Addictive gameplay loop
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sh - 16th in "focus" (aa, uu, ff, au, rr, ao, rl, sp, th, ki, ci, sn, lo, ba, ov, sh, fi, do, ru & ti) Get ready and shake. Shake as fast as you can for 5 seconds. Use whatever technique you like, just shake your phone. You can also top the leaderboard and compete for the best score / most shakes. Get stuck into the addiction of lo right now, a nice addition to your collection of focused General Adaptive apps. Thanks for all your support, I hope you're enjoying the "focus" series thus far. Handmade in Australia, General Adaptive
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Circle at 4.3 against sh's 3.6. Circle also leads on ratings volume (5.5K vs 36). sh's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (69% vs 43%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Circle sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and sh sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Circle holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Circle has 5.5K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Circle's written reviews are positive against 69% of sh's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Circle ships an update every 2 months, sh every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circle | sh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (5.5K ratings) — better | 3.6 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 68.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.5K — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 324 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ketchapp | General Adaptive Apps Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Circle
sh
Bugs and requests
Circle
Reported bugs
3 issues- Diamonds not counting properly in challenges
- Game screen not fitting properly on newer devices
- Tapping not registering correctly
Requested features
4 requests- More race levels and challenges
- Ability to customize circles
- Option to play own music
- Pause button during gameplay
sh
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Circle
- 400 Diamonds$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- 1000 Diamonds$1.99
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- 3000 Diamonds$4.99
- 5000 Diamonds$6.99
sh
- Remove Ads$1.99
