RE vs Color Link
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RE
A memory-based arcade game where players tap flashing tiles in sequence. The difficulty increases as you progress, with added elements like combo multipliers and limited lives. Compete with friends for the highest score.
- Memory tile matching
- Increasing difficulty
- Combo multipliers
- Limited lives
- High score competition
- Arcade gameplay
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RE-TRACE is a memory based arcade game. Tiles flash, you tap them, and repeat; Thats all there is to it... Well almost, add a combo multiplier some lives and make it get more difficult as you progress then you've got RE-TRACE. Test yourself against your friends and see who can get the highest score!
Color Link
Connect matching colored pipes to create paths and cover the entire board. Solve over 500 levels of increasing difficulty in this relaxing yet addictive puzzle game. Utilize bonuses to overcome challenges and track your progress.
- Connect matching colors with pipes
- Cover the entire board to solve puzzles
- Over 500 free levels
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Bonus power-ups
- Track level completion
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Pipe Connect is a simple, relaxing yet addictive puzzle game. Connect matching colors using pipes to create a path. Pair all colors while covering the entire board to solve each puzzle. But be aware that different colours lines cannot overlap Free play through multiple of levels of difficulty. Gameplay ranges from easy and relaxing, to challenging and brain wrecking, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Pipe connect a try *** Features in Pipe Connect : Dots Games*** * Content - About 500 free levels available - 5 different board sizes - Bonus will help you move on whenever you are stuck * Challenge - Track your completion of each level in Free Play mode - Strive for accuracy in Free Play using the fewest, most efficient moves * Look & Feel - Smooth, polished touch interaction - Colorful user interface - Animations
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Color Link at 4.8 against RE's 4.1. RE's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. RE sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Color Link sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Color Link holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 38 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of RE's written reviews are positive against 50% of Color Link's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
RE ships an update every 4 weeks, Color Link every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | RE | Color Link |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (14 ratings) | 4.8 (38 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 241 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stewart Thomson | Manitoo Games |
Customer experience
RE
Color Link
In-app purchases
RE
- Remove Ads$0.99
Color Link
- 5 HINTS$0.99
- COINS PACK 5$0.99
- Coins pack 1$1.99
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- Coins pack 2$2.99
- 25 HINTS$3.99
- Coins pack 3$3.99
- REMOVE ADS$4.99
- 50 HINTS$6.99
- 100 HINTS$12.99
- Coins pack 4$19.99
