ShapeFlip vs Material Shifter
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!
Material Shifter
Transform between balloon and metal forms to navigate challenging levels. Master physics-based gameplay to reach the end of each stage. Enjoy a unique puzzle-platformer experience.
- Switch between balloon and metal forms
- Physics-based gameplay
- Level completion challenges
- Form-shifting mechanics
- Puzzle-platformer genre
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Switch between your balloon form to fly and your metal form to fall and complete all the levels!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ShapeFlip at 5.0 against Material Shifter's 3.9. ShapeFlip also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Material Shifter's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (27 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Material Shifter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ShapeFlip asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShapeFlip holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Material Shifter has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ShapeFlip ships an update every 14 months, Material Shifter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShapeFlip | Material Shifter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.9 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rayner Tan | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
ShapeFlip
Material Shifter
In-app purchases
ShapeFlip
No in-app purchases
Material Shifter
- Remove Ads$2.99
