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Team Shake vs Milkshake Maker

Team Shake 4.9★ · $1.99 · ⚠ stale 85
Winner Team Shake
Milkshake Maker 4.8★ · Free to download · ⚠ stale 40

Team Shake is the clear winner for its robust team-making features and positive user experience, despite some recent technical issues, while Milkshake Maker is a simple game heavily criticized for its in-app purchases.

Full reviews: Team Shake · Milkshake Maker

Team Shake, a paid app, excels at creating balanced and random teams for teachers and groups, offering features like skill-based grouping and CSV import, though some users report occasional bugs and a learning curve. Milkshake Maker, a free game, is a simple creative app for making virtual milkshakes, but many users are frustrated by the extensive locked content requiring in-app purchases.

Head to head

Features edge: Team ShakeR1R2R3R15
Team Shake Team Shake offers diverse features for team creation, including balancing teams by strength and gender, avoiding specific pairings, and importing lists via CSV. Users appreciate the ability to save groups, print teams, and use it for random name picking. However, some users wish for more advanced features like a lock feature for teams, syncing across devices, and more options for managing multiple class lists.
Milkshake Maker Milkshake Maker allows users to create virtual milkshakes with various ingredients and toppings. However, a significant number of users complain that most features, including flavors and items, are locked behind in-app purchases or subscriptions. This severely limits the creative options for free users, leading to a repetitive and boring experience.
Ease of Use edge: Team ShakeR3R6R9R12
Team Shake Many Team Shake users find the app easy to use and efficient for creating groups, especially after an initial learning curve. Features like quick setup, user-friendly interface, and fast group generation are highlighted. However, some users report difficulties with the interface, importing lists, and understanding certain options, describing it as 'not user friendly' or 'clunky'.
Milkshake Maker Milkshake Maker is generally simple to play, but the constant locking of features makes it frustrating and not enjoyable for many. Users find the process of making milkshakes straightforward, but the limited free options quickly lead to boredom. Some also mention issues with controls, like the ice cream scooper getting stuck.
Reliability edge: Team ShakeR4R7R17R19
Team Shake Team Shake generally works well for its intended purpose, with many users relying on it daily for years. However, recent reviews indicate significant reliability issues, including the shake feature not working, inability to save data after iOS updates, crashing when selecting students, and problems adding or changing classes. These issues suggest a decline in recent stability.
Milkshake Maker Milkshake Maker's core functionality of making milkshakes seems to work, but the game is plagued by issues related to its monetization model. Users report the game getting boring quickly due to locked content, and some mention minor glitches like the ice cream scooper getting stuck. The primary reliability concern is the consistent disappointment with the free-to-play experience.
Price/Value edge: Team ShakeR1R7R9R30
Team Shake Team Shake is a paid app at $1.99, and many users consider it 'money well spent' and 'worth every penny' due to its utility and time-saving capabilities, especially for teachers. However, some recent negative reviews question the value, particularly when the app isn't functioning correctly or lacks desired updates for a paid product.
Milkshake Maker Milkshake Maker is free to download, but its value is severely undermined by extensive in-app purchases and subscriptions. Users feel that 'everything is so expensive' and that they 'have to pay to do almost anything'. This leads to a perception of poor value, as the free version offers very little content and a frustrating experience.
Support edge: Team ShakeR14R24R57R63
Team Shake Team Shake has received positive feedback for its support, with one user reporting a response within 24 hours, including a special video to help with a specific use case. Another user mentioned a bug being fixed within a week. However, one recent review states that attempts to contact the developer about saving rosters went unanswered.
Milkshake Maker Reviews for Milkshake Maker do not mention direct interaction with support. Instead, users frequently address the developer, Bluebear, in their reviews, pleading for more free content or changes to the monetization model. This suggests a lack of direct support engagement for user issues or feedback.
Pick Team Shake if

You are a teacher, coach, or group organizer who needs a reliable tool to create balanced or random teams, manage class lists, and save time in grouping people R21R27. You value features like skill-based grouping, avoiding specific pairings, and importing student lists .

Pick Milkshake Maker if

You are looking for a very simple, casual game to make virtual milkshakes and are prepared to either tolerate extremely limited free content or pay for in-app purchases to unlock more options .

Evidence note: The reviews for Milkshake Maker are overwhelmingly focused on the frustration with in-app purchases and locked content, making it difficult to assess other aspects of the game in depth. Team Shake's reviews are generally positive but recent negative feedback highlights some concerning technical issues.

Frequently asked

What is the main problem with Milkshake Maker?
The main problem with Milkshake Maker is that most of its content, including flavors and items, is locked behind in-app purchases or subscriptions, severely limiting the free gameplay experience and leading to user frustration R67R70R76.
Can Team Shake sync data across multiple devices?
No, Team Shake does not currently sync data across multiple devices, which can be inconvenient for users who use the app on more than one device R2R33.
Is Team Shake good for teachers?
Yes, Team Shake is highly recommended by many teachers for its ability to quickly and easily create random or balanced groups, manage student lists, and save time in the classroom R5R21R27R30.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R1] Team Shake 2/5 · US Needs continued improvement: This app is the tip of the iceberg of what could be done for team making and randomizing. I’d love to see a lock feature to keep teams in place, it’s impossible to stay still as a teacher that uses this. I’d appreciate a feature allowing certain players to always be with specific others. I’d appreciate other strength and weakness features to be added as well. For a pai
  2. [R2] Team Shake 4/5 · US Wish…: I wish this app would sync among devices. We use this for school every day. LOVE IT!!! Now our iPad is in the shop but unable to transfer the info easily to new device.
  3. [R3] Team Shake 3/5 · US Team shake: Need a delete for deleting an entire list from previous semesters. More on main screen or editing .
  4. [R15] Team Shake 1/5 · US Can't have multiple classes: App only allows you to create a list for one class. If one teaches multiple classes, this app won't help you make a list for each class.
  5. [R6] Team Shake 3/5 · US Not user friendly: Seems simple but it's not. Import list, press shake. No. that didn't work. Wish I knew what i was doing wrong.
  6. [R9] Team Shake 1/5 · US Not user friendly: The interface is difficult to work with, and should be more straight forward. It's challenging to import class lists and has confusing wording for the different options. Seems like it should not be this difficult. Waste of $.99...unless they can improve the navigation in adding classes/students.
  7. [R12] Team Shake 5/5 · US Efficient: This app works great.You make groups and you can save the groups and you can randomly then break them up into different groups time after time. Use-friendly, fast, an easy peasy. I am in lovr wotj this app.
  8. [R4] Team Shake 2/5 · US Won’t Shake: I’m not sure if it’s my iPhone or it’s operating system, but on occasion, the shake feature won’t work. I have to restart my phone to get it working again. This is frustrating because I group my PE classes at the beginning of each class and wind up having to wait until my phone is ready to begin the lesson. Also, I can’t disable the shake function (to just using the touch screen ic
  9. [R7] Team Shake 1/5 · US Useless: I have used this app in the classroom for 5 years. I recently needed to change my classes but it gives me a warning and I can’t get past it to add a class. I went ahead and upgraded to the paid version but it still doesn’t work.
  10. [R17] Team Shake 2/5 · US Won't save: Since iOS update the app won't let me save ANYTHING!!! Very frustrating when you have 14 classes you would like to use it with.
  11. [R19] Team Shake 1/5 · US Disappointed: I was super excited for this app...but it only worked once and didn't save my set of names :(
  12. [R30] Team Shake 5/5 · US Highly recommended: I teach an adult ESL class, in which the students are at drastically different levels. This app makes it so easy for me to arrange them in either homogenous or heterogeneous groups, depending on the activity. I can leave the iPad opened, so they can easily find their group or partner, allowing me to facilitate those who have already begun. Worth every penny!
  13. [R14] Team Shake 5/5 · US Amazing app: I needed an app to sort 24 different singers who all sing a different harmony voice part into 6 random quartets. I emailed support and got a response back within 24 hours. They even included a special video telling me exactly what to do. Opposing Teams was the answer. Amazing app and fantastic support
  14. [R24] Team Shake 5/5 · US Doesn’t work: I have had this app for a while and gets worse by the moment. I have tried to contact the developer and no word on why I cannot save my class rosters. When it worked it was awesome. But since then is has been bogus.
  15. [R57] Team Shake 5/5 · US Awesome app: Use it every day in my pe classes it eliminates all arguing and this app has great support. Reported a bug and it was fixed a week later.
  16. [R63] Milkshake Maker 3/5 · US Please add in more foods…: Hey hey hey! I just wanted to let y’all know that 25 games? Is not enough. I think you should add in more cooking games (eg. pancakes, waffles, smoothies, brownies, pasta, pie, macaroons, eta.) please oh please bring back the cooking games! When are you going to do that?
  17. [R67] Milkshake Maker 1/5 · US Bluebear please read this: This game is just like all of Bluebears games you can’t have any fun because they give you zero things to do now you can play the games it’s just that every game they have a habit of giving you zero selections to choose from who is going to have fun when they already choose the items you are going to use and the worse part is that the think people are going to have fun
  18. [R70] Milkshake Maker 1/5 · US Why?: Why is everything so expensive? Like come on, you make enough money on all your other games. Make it realistic 🤦‍♀️
  19. [R76] Milkshake Maker 1/5 · US You have to pay to do almost anything !: I thought that this was not one of those games were you have to pay,but no I could only do like one thing!Kids and grownups don’t try this game!
  20. [R81] Milkshake Maker 3/5 · US Kind of good.PLEASE READ THIS!: It has way too many many things locked!There were too many ads, not so good of a game.
  21. [R33] Team Shake 5/5 · US A favorite PE app but could use some tweaking: I think this app is great for all the different options for creating teams. I use it almost daily. Printing out permanent teams for a team unit is helpful for the kids and is a time saver for me. It does take a little getting use to the user interface but once you have played around enough it's pretty easy. The one complaint I have is that my lists ar
  22. [R5] Team Shake 4/5 · US I enjoy using this app: It has been a great tool as a high school teacher to assign my students into teams. I wonder if you can make it a bit less bright, some students had hard time to recognize their names.
  23. [R21] Team Shake 5/5 · US Teaching with team shake: As a teacher, I integrate group work constantly so Team Shake is an incredible way for me to create random teams on a daily basis.
  24. [R27] Team Shake 5/5 · US Love it!: I teach K-12 PE and love how I can have all the kids in one app and quickly divide teams - have boys and girls and different skill levels evenly distributed- save a ton of time!

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store