Comparison

Rust Bucket vs Colors

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Rust Bucket

Embark on a turn-based dungeon crawl with simple swipe controls. Navigate treacherous environments, battle diverse monsters, and overcome deadly traps. This challenging game offers endless exploration and strategic combat, perfect for quick gaming sessions.

Highlights
  • Swipe to move and attack
  • Fast-paced gameplay
  • Puzzle traps
  • Diverse monster types
  • Endless dungeon exploration
  • Strategic combat
  • High score competition
Features
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Rust Bucket is a turn based dungeon crawler that is built with mobile in mind. Swipe to take a step, swipe into enemies to attack. It’s as simple as that, but don’t be fooled into thinking this is a casual game! • Navigate using simple swipe to move controls. • Game play is fast and death is never far away so it’s perfect for your daily commute. • Puzzle your way past deadly traps or use them to catch enemies. • Many monster types, each with their own distinctive rules to overcome. • Make your way through the levels to become a fully qualified looter • Explore an endless dungeon, with more to discover the deeper you go. • Become a master of strategic combat and reach the top scoring dungeon rooms. • Compete against your friends high scores on Game Centre Important information! This game is funded by adverts but is completely free to play with no timers or boosters to ruin your experience. There is an option to remove popup ads for a one off In app purchase. *Please note that this does not remove Cross Promotion ads for other Nitrome games* We hope you enjoy our little game. If you do please consider giving us a nice review, tell your friends and maybe try some of our other games.

About

Colors

A fun and addictive puzzle game where you guide colored balls to their goals by strategically painting obstacles. The game offers a unique color-mixing mechanic and allows users to create and share their own levels.

Highlights
  • Color-based obstacle painting
  • Ball path manipulation
  • User-created levels
  • Community level sharing
  • Color blind support
  • Brain exercise
Features
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Colors is a fun, simple and addictive puzzle game. Your task is to bring all balls to their goals by painting obstacles in different colors. You can paint any obstacle by simply clicking on them and selecting the color you want. Each ball's path depends on the way you color obstacles. If, for example, you paint the obstacle green, only yellow and blue ball will be able to move on it because yellow and blue in combination are giving green color. If you paint the obstacle orange, only yellow and red ball will will be able to move on it. And if you paint the obstacle purple, only blue and red ball will be able to move on it. After you paint obstacles you have to press release button and wait for each ball to reach its goal. There's also a color blind support option! And the best part is that you can now create and post your levels. You can also scroll through other players' levels and try each one! The game is challenging yet satisfying. it’s also a good way to exercise your brain. So...Can you complete all levels?

Screenshots

Rust Bucket4 screens
Colors4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Colors at 4.8 against Rust Bucket's 4.0. Colors also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (90% vs 72%). Rust Bucket's advantage is ratings volume (179 vs 11). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rust Bucket sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Colors sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Colors holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rust Bucket has 179 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Rust Bucket's written reviews are positive against 90% of Colors's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rust Bucket ships an update every 6 weeks, Colors weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Rust Bucket versus Colors: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRust BucketColors
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (179 ratings)4.8 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.3% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings179 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB122 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNitromeNikola Jovanovic

Customer experience

Rust Bucket

All ratings177 ratings
Positive72.3%
Neutral6.2%
Negative21.5%
Written reviews311 reviews
Positive72.3%
Neutral7.4%
Negative20.3%

Colors

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Rust Bucket

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Progress reset when exiting levels
  • Level select screen locking completed levels
  • Compatibility issues on older devices
  • Clipboard copying behavior

Requested features

5 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Ability to save progress
  • Weapon/item upgrades and customization
  • Multiplayer or co-op mode
  • Level editor

Colors

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Rust Bucket

One-time4
  • Buy 50 Coins$0.99
  • Buy 200 Coins$1.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
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  • Buy Coins 3$3.99
1 purchases

Colors

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99

Questions

Is Rust Bucket free?
Rust Bucket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Colors free?
Colors is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rust Bucket or Colors?
Colors is rated higher. Rust Bucket averages 4.0 out of 5 from 179 ratings, while Colors averages 4.8 from 11 ratings.
Do Rust Bucket or Colors have ads?
Both Rust Bucket and Colors show ads.
Which is updated more often, Rust Bucket or Colors?
Rust Bucket ships an update every 6 weeks, and Colors weekly. Most recently, Rust Bucket was updated on October 29, 2026 and Colors on October 20, 2026.

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