Rule Shift
The rules change. Adapt!
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Daily shifts are live! Challenge your friends, beat their scores, put your reflexes to the test.
Follow the rule. Survive the shift.
Rule Shift is a fast-paced reflex game that challenges you to read, react, and adapt. Every round gives you a clear instruction: tap the right targets, avoid the wrong ones, and stay ready because the rule can change when you least expect it.
New rules are presented before play begins, giving you time to understand the challenge. When you are ready, tap BEGIN and put your reactions to the test.
MASTER 200 LEVELS
Start with the 50-level Classic campaign, then unlock 150 themed levels across Numbers, Letters, Directions, Symbols, Icons, and Mixed Shift. Each campaign introduces new objects, rule combinations, timing patterns, and modifiers. Replay completed levels to improve your score and earn better medals.
CHOOSE YOUR CHALLENGE
- Levels: Progress through deterministic, replayable challenges with medals and personal bests.
- Endless: Keep adapting as the speed, density, and rule complexity increase.
- Daily Shift: Take on a new seeded challenge each day and chase your daily best.
- Chaos: Mix every content type into an unpredictable endless test.
- Practice: Choose a rule and sharpen your skills without affecting high scores.
- Tutorial: Learn the fundamentals through guided play.
THINK FAST, BUT READ FIRST
Rules may change during a level, combine into multi-part instructions, or be affected by Memory, Freeze, and Reverse modifiers. Each shift gives you a dedicated reading window before you decide when to begin.
BUILD YOUR SCORE
Tap early for reaction bonuses, maintain combos for larger multipliers, and survive rule shifts for bonus points. Earn Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals by balancing accuracy with speed.
UNLOCK POWER-UPS
Complete levels, earn medals, build combos, and reach new milestones to unlock helpful abilities. Highlight valid targets, slow the action, preview the next rule, protect a combo, clear distractors, and more. Equip one power-up before finite levels and use it when it matters most.
YOUR PROGRESS, YOUR WAY
- Replay any completed level
- Track best scores, medals, combos, and detailed statistics
- Sync campaign progress privately through iCloud
- Compete on Game Center leaderboards
- Customize the experience with unlockable themes, sound controls, haptics, and Reduce Motion support
Rule Shift is easy to understand, quick to play, and increasingly difficult to master. Read the rule, trust your reflexes, and survive the shift.
The developer, EJSmith, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Erick Smith
- Size
- 22 MB
- Category
- Casual
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Remove Ads $2.99
- Copyright
- © Erick Smith
