Comparison

Impossible Dial vs Swipe Shift

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

Head to head
About

Impossible Dial

This game challenges your reflexes and cognitive skills by requiring you to tap when an arrow matches the color of its adjacent dial segment. It's designed to enhance focus, improve short-term memory, and boost attention span. Compete for high scores in this engaging brain training experience.

Highlights
  • Improves focus
  • Enhances short-term memory
  • Develops mental reflexes
  • Helps with attention span
  • Addictive gameplay
Features
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Impossible Dial is an addictive game that tests your brain's reflexes and helps you improve your memory and focus. Simply tap when the arrow is the same color as the part of the dial it is next to! Match as many colours as you can and see if you can get a new high score! WARNING: Highly Addicting! Features: * Improves focus and short term memory * Helps your child pay attention and retain information better * Get better mental reflexes A fun and addictive mind trainer created by Ben Pasternak, Alex Pelletier, Remy Carr and Tamir Triguboff.

About

Swipe Shift

Features
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Swipe Shift is a fast neon reflex game. Read the color card in the center and flick it toward the matching slot. Each run is short and easy to understand, but the rules keep changing as you progress. Break special cards, handle reversed inputs, master four-way layouts, react to rotating slots, and survive memory bursts. Chase higher ranks across Normal stages and take on Hidden EX challenges made for skilled players. Results track your accuracy, clear time, tier, best combo, and unlocked achievements. Punchy music, crisp sound effects, haptic feedback, and neon effects make every input feel immediate. Play a quick stage or keep returning until every stage earns an S rank.

Screenshots

Impossible Dial2 screens
Swipe Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Impossible Dial at none against Swipe Shift's shown. Impossible Dial also leads on iOS requirement (8.1 vs 15.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Impossible Dial sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Swipe Shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Impossible Dial versus Swipe Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImpossible DialSwipe Shift
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (59 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings59 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApp HoldingsJIMAN HA

Bugs and requests

Impossible Dial

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes when opening
  • Dial stops responding during gameplay
  • Ads appear even with no internet connection

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to disable ads for a fee
  • Ability to pause game during ads
  • Improved ad placement (e.g. between games instead of during)

Swipe Shift

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Impossible Dial

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

Swipe Shift

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Impossible Dial free?
Impossible Dial is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Swipe Shift free?
Swipe Shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Impossible Dial or Swipe Shift have ads?
Swipe Shift shows ads; Impossible Dial does not.

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