Pancake vs Hit Shadow !
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pancake
Test your reflexes in this simple yet addictive game. Master the one-button mechanic to flip a pancake as many times as possible. Aim for the highest score by perfectly timing your throws and catches.
- One-button gameplay
- Endless pancake flipping
- High score challenges
- Simple controls
- Addictive gameplay
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Flip the pancake as many times as you can! One-button-action at its finest. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Throw the pancake! Catch the pancake! Throw the pancake! Catch the pancake! No seriously, that’s basically all you can do.
Hit Shadow !
Create fun shadow puppets with your hands to mimic animals and objects. Explore numerous hand shapes and combinations to bring your shadow creations to life and earn rewards.
- Create shadow animals and objects
- Dozens of hand shapes
- Discover combinations
- Perfect finger positioning
- Earn animated rewards
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Discover many animals and objects in this new-style "Chinese shadow" game, and watch them come alive! - Use dozen of different hand shapes. - Discover a lot of combinations to give life to shadows of exotic animals! - Try to perfect match your fingers position - Earn more points and get an animated reward!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pancake at 67% against Hit Shadow !'s 21%. Pancake also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Hit Shadow !'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Hit Shadow ! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pancake asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hit Shadow ! holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 841 and 3.6K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Pancake's written reviews are positive against 21% of Hit Shadow !'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pancake ships an update every 3 months, Hit Shadow ! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pancake | Hit Shadow ! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (841 ratings) | 4.4 (3.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.0% of reviews — better | 20.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 841 | 3.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 354 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Philipp Stollenmayer | Ketchapp |
Customer experience
Pancake
Hit Shadow !
User reviews
Pancake
From 841 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and fun
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Unique art style
- 💡 Unlockable features
- 🎮 Great time-killer
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🔍 Lack of customization options
- 🔊 Distracting ads
- 🤔 Confusing mechanics
- 🤯 Extremely challenging
Hit Shadow !
From 3.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Fun and relaxing game
- 👍 Interesting hand shadow concept
- 🎨 Variety of hand shapes and gloves
Room to improve
- 🤬 Excessive ads after every level
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs (level 97 issues)
- 🤯 Repetitive and limited hand shapes
Bugs and requests
Pancake
Reported bugs
5 issues- Pancake disappears or gets stuck
- Game freezes or lags when ads are shown
- Unlocked items not appearing correctly
- Inconsistent physics and controls
- High scores not saving properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add more pancake and arm variations
- Implement a menu system for selecting unlockables
- Include a leaderboard or achievements
- Add sound effects and music options
- Provide a difficulty setting or progression system
Hit Shadow !
Reported bugs
2 issues- Level 97 not functioning properly
- App crashes or freezes on some devices
Requested features
3 requests- More challenging levels
- Ability to create custom hand shapes
- Reduce frequency of ads
In-app purchases
Pancake
No in-app purchases
Hit Shadow !
- Remove Ads$2.99
