Comparison

Bit Journey vs Shakedown

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

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About

Bit Journey

Embark on an open-world adventure where time travel vortexes unleash enemies. Survive, collect items, and defeat foes to improve your character. Train pets to assist you in battle and explore diverse roles from ninja to warrior.

Highlights
  • Limitless open-world exploration
  • Time travel vortexes and enemies
  • Character skill improvement
  • Pet sidekicks with training
  • Diverse character roles
  • Leaderboard competition
Features
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Explore a gigantic, limitless and rich world. It's a brand new open-world experience. The world has gone mad, time travel vortexes are appearing everywhere and spawning incredible enemies that are trying to dominate the whole world while our seven heroes are trying to survive! Destroy everything in the world, collect items and defeat amazing enemies. Score by doing anything in the world, improve your character skills and prepare to survive. You can even conquer secret bases, defeat super bosses and compete with your friends in the leaderboards! You can also use your Watch to take care of pets and use them as sidekicks in the game! You can feed them, play with them, train them and it will impact in their performances during gameplay! To fight side-by-side with Chip, Catty and Fairy, just raise your wrist while playing or access them through the Base and have fun! Be a mysterious ninja, an army soldier, a baseball player, a famous artist, or even a medieval warrior. Survive the journey and reach the higher glory. There's a little bit of everything in Bit Journey. ** Through the years, we were featured on the App Store's: ** Best New Games Best Pixel Art Games Games with Great Protagonists Apps Made in Brazil Games made in Latin America Celebrating National Talents Brazilian Games Great Brazilian Games Best Retro-Modern Games Cute Heroes Cult Classics 20 under 20 Our Favorites for Apple Watch ** We trended on: ** #1 in 2 Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories #5 in 30 Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories #25 in 15 Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories Top 100 in 100+ Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories

About

Shakedown

Embark on a 16-bit open-world adventure where you build a business empire. Complete missions, acquire properties, and sabotage rivals to dominate the island. Explore by land, sea, or air, uncovering secrets and engaging in arcade challenges.

Highlights
  • 16-bit open world exploration
  • Business acquisition and management
  • Mission-based gameplay
  • Sabotage competitors
  • Vehicle and boat traversal
  • Arcade challenges and side quests
Features
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A brand new open world adventure from the creator of Retro City Rampage DX! The entire island is up for grabs. Build your own "legitimate" corporation by completing missions, acquiring businesses, sabotaging competitors, "re-zoning" land, and shaking down shops for protection money. Explore the 16-bit open world by foot, by car, or by boat. It's filled with arcade challenges, side quests, stores to shop at, houses to burgle, civilians to interact with, and secrets to discover. Build your empire and destroy the competition... in Shakedown: Hawaii.

Screenshots

Bit Journey4 screens
Shakedown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bit Journey at Free against Shakedown's $4.99. Shakedown's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (92% vs 65%). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bit Journey is free to download; Shakedown costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shakedown holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Bit Journey's written reviews are positive against 92% of Shakedown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bit Journey ships an update every 2 months, Shakedown fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bit Journey versus Shakedown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBit JourneyShakedown
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.0 (52 ratings)4.9 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.3% of reviews91.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings52 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB124 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMarcos MoraisVblank Entertainment Inc.

Customer experience

Bit Journey

All ratings52 ratings
Positive73.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative19.2%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive65.3%
Neutral8.4%
Negative26.3%

Shakedown

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

Bit Journey

No in-app purchases

None

Shakedown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bit Journey free?
Bit Journey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shakedown free?
Shakedown costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bit Journey or Shakedown?
Shakedown is rated higher. Bit Journey averages 4.0 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while Shakedown averages 4.9 from 20 ratings.
Do Bit Journey or Shakedown have ads?
Neither Bit Journey nor Shakedown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bit Journey or Shakedown?
Bit Journey ships an update every 2 months, and Shakedown fortnightly. Most recently, Bit Journey was updated on November 1, 2026 and Shakedown on November 8, 2026.

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