Galactic Colonies vs Blindfold Shape Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Galactic Colonies
Explore a vast, procedurally generated galaxy and build thriving colonies on alien worlds. Manage resources, establish production lines, and research new technologies to expand your civilization. Discover diverse planets and ensure your colonists survive in challenging environments.
- Procedurally generated universe exploration
- Alien planet colonization
- Technology research
- Complex production pipelines
- Colony ship upgrades
- Diverse planet types
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Download the game for free and start exploring the galaxy! Galactic Colonies is a game about exploring space and building colonies. Explore a procedurally generated universe with thousands of planets. Every colony starts small. Start by providing housing and food for your colonists before you exploit a planet’s natural resources. Set up factories and create advanced high-tech products to make your colony grow even bigger. Discover tropical, desert and ice planets and help your colonists survive on harsh, alien worlds. FEATURES: - Explore a procedurally generated universe - Find and colonize alien planets - Research new powerful technologies - Set up complex production pipelines - Beautiful 3D graphics - Upgrade and improve your colony ship - Endless hours of fun. How far can you explore?
Blindfold Shape Puzzle
A tile deduction game accessible to both sighted and visually impaired players. The goal is to identify tile colors on a board using audio cues and logic, with scoring based on minimizing moves and incorrect guesses. Upgrade packs offer unlimited play and alternative tile themes.
- Fully accessible for sighted and visually impaired
- Audio-based gameplay
- Tile deduction mechanics
- Variable board sizes and color counts
- Scoring system with penalties
- Optional upgrade packs
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Blindfold Shape Puzzle is a fully accessible tile deduction game for both sighted and visually impaired people, designed for rapid audio play, inspired by a Windows game called LAP. The objective of the game is to identify the colors of the tiles on the board in as few moves as possible. All color groups are contiguous - in other words, there will never be a blue tile surrounded by green tiles. By determining the border between each of the color groups, you'll know the color of every tile on the board. Board sizes range from 2 by 3 to 6 by 6 to 8 by 8 to 10 by 10, and colors range from 2 colors to 3 colors to 4 colors to 5 colors. You are only penalized in this game, so your score will be negative, but you want to get the highest score as you can. You are penalized four points for each wrong guess. You are penalized one point for each hint. Upgrade packs include unlimited play and tile alternatives such as animal names and sounds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Galactic Colonies at 4.5 against Blindfold Shape Puzzle's 3.4. Galactic Colonies also leads on ratings volume (297 vs 5) and review sentiment (70% vs 50%). Blindfold Shape Puzzle's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Galactic Colonies sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Blindfold Shape Puzzle sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Galactic Colonies holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Galactic Colonies has 297 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Galactic Colonies's written reviews are positive against 50% of Blindfold Shape Puzzle's.
Galactic Colonies ships an update every 10 days, Blindfold Shape Puzzle fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Galactic Colonies | Blindfold Shape Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (297 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 297 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MetalPop, LLC | marty schultz |
Customer experience
Galactic Colonies
Blindfold Shape Puzzle
Bugs and requests
Galactic Colonies
Reported bugs
4 issues- Research projects getting stuck or going infinite
- Inability to connect buildings properly
- Inconsistent behavior of video rewards
- Crashes when trying to watch ads
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to relocate or remove buildings
- More varied mission objectives and planet types
- Improved navigation and map UI for accessibility
- Offline mode with background resource production
Blindfold Shape Puzzle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Galactic Colonies
- Small Pack Of Energy Cells$1.99
- Star Racer$1.99
- Welcome Bundle$1.99
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- Cold Steel$2.99
- Medium Pack Of Energy Cells$4.99
- Skyward$4.99
- Weekend Deal$4.99
- Doubled Planet Boost Time$4.99
- Colonizer's Bundle$7.99
- A Large Pack Of Energy Cells$9.99
- Huge Pack Of Energy Cells$19.99
Blindfold Shape Puzzle
- Tile Pack 1$1.99
- Unlimited Coins$2.99
Questions
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