ShapeFlip vs Shift Balls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShapeFlip
Challenge your brain with a fast-paced puzzle game. Quickly identify the correctly flipped geometric shape within a time limit. It's a test of quick thinking and visual acuity.
- Geometric shape matching
- Timed challenges
- Flipped shape recognition
- Brain-testing puzzles
- Arcade gameplay
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Test your geometrical manipulation skills in this puzzle arcade game that will really make you use your brain power. Pick the correct shape that matches the one in the middle. But be careful as the other one is flipped! And don't take too long as you only have five seconds to figure out which shape, left or right, is correct!
Shift Balls
Navigate challenging levels by switching between paper, wood, and stone balls. Each ball type has unique resistances and vulnerabilities to environmental hazards like fire and water. Adapt your strategy to overcome obstacles and progress through the game.
- Ball type switching (paper, wood, stone)
- Environmental hazard interaction
- Obstacle navigation
- Physics-based gameplay
- Progressive difficulty
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Shift between paper ball, wood ball and stone ball to pass obstacles. Remember: Paper ball can't pass fire and water Wood ball can't pass fire Stone ball can't pass water Wind will affect paper ball only
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Shift Balls at weekly against ShapeFlip's every 14 months. Shift Balls also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ShapeFlip against 5.0 for Shift Balls. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
ShapeFlip ships an update every 14 months, Shift Balls weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShapeFlip | Shift Balls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rayner Tan | 嘉杰 孙 |
Customer experience
ShapeFlip
Shift Balls
In-app purchases
ShapeFlip
No in-app purchases
Shift Balls
No in-app purchases
Questions
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