Color Drift vs Line
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!
Line
Test your memory by tracing a disappearing line. Watch the pattern, then redraw it with your finger before time runs out. Progress through levels by successfully recalling the sequence.
- Watch and memorize line patterns
- Redraw lines with finger
- Timed challenges
- Progressive difficulty
- Simple, intuitive gameplay
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How to Play Line-Memory: (1) Watch the line move around the screen. (2) Once the line disappears, draw the line with your finger before the timer runs out. (3) Repeat until you win or lose.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Line at none against Color Drift's shown. Line also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Color Drift's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (23 vs 5). 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.
Line holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Color Drift's written reviews are positive against 100% of Line's.
Color Drift ships an update every 3 weeks, Line every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Drift | Line |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 21 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 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gilbert Anwar | Nathan Lane |
Customer experience
Color Drift
Line
In-app purchases
Color Drift
No in-app purchases
Line
No in-app purchases
