Color Drift vs Survive Spike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Color Drift
Test your reflexes and color perception in this fast-paced game. Tap circles matching the character's color before they disappear. It's a fun challenge designed with colorblindness in mind.
- Color-based gameplay
- Reflex testing
- Color perception challenge
- Colorblind-friendly design
- Fast-paced action
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Color Drift is a colorblind-friendly, color-based reaction game, in which the player taps circles that are the same color as the character in a test of reflexes and color perception. The goal is to tap circles of the same color before they fall below and leave your sight. *Top 100 in Games Category in May 2017* **Featured by Mashable on Snapchat Discover** Side Note: This game was inspired by my own lack of color perception! #redgreencolorblind Music and sound effects by Devin Bews Check out his music and performances at dbews.com!
Survive Spike
Navigate a cube away from falling spikes that sync to music. Test your reflexes in single-player mode or challenge a friend in split-screen local multiplayer. Survive as long as possible across 16 unique levels with dynamic music and colors.
- Tap to move cube
- Avoid falling spikes
- Music rhythm synchronization
- Single-player mode
- Local two-player mode
- 16 music-synced levels
- Dynamic color schemes
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Survive Spike Tap the screen to launch the ball. Use the gravity orbits to reach the stars. www.maxtimoteo.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Color Drift at 4.7 against Survive Spike's 4.0. Color Drift also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 52 months) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). Survive Spike's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). On price 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. Color Drift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Survive Spike asks for nothing beyond the download.
Color Drift holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Drift has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Color Drift's written reviews are positive against 100% of Survive Spike's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Color Drift ships an update every 3 weeks, Survive Spike every 52 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Drift | Survive Spike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 52 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.3 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gilbert Anwar | Max Timoteo |
Customer experience
Color Drift
Survive Spike
In-app purchases
Color Drift
- Remove Ads$1.99
Survive Spike
No in-app purchases
