Color Drift vs BallBreak
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!
BallBreak
Guide bouncing balls to hit squares without touching them or the squares with your finger. This mini-game offers a simple yet engaging challenge for players.
- Guide bouncing balls
- Hit squares
- Avoid touching balls
- Avoid touching squares
- Mini-game gameplay
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The goal of the mini-game BallBreak is to make the balls -which follow your finger- bounce off the squares. Do not touch a ball or a square with your finger.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Color Drift at 4.7 against BallBreak's 3.0. Color Drift also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). BallBreak's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Color Drift holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. 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.
Color Drift ships an update every 3 weeks, BallBreak every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Drift | BallBreak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.3 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gilbert Anwar | Georg Sieber |
Customer experience
Color Drift
BallBreak
In-app purchases
Color Drift
No in-app purchases
BallBreak
No in-app purchases
