Ishido vs Color Rush Now!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ishido
A meditative puzzle game where players match stones based on color and symbol to clear a board. It offers both strategic point-scoring and a relaxing, mindful experience.
- Match stones by color and symbol
- Strategic point scoring
- Meditative gameplay mode
- 72 unique stones
- 8x12 game board
- Next stone preview
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WELCOME TO ISHIDO An ancient puzzle that will test your meditative and strategic powers. Balance the yin & yang of patience vs. the quick score. Your goal is to empty the pouch, but plan ahead to find the elusive 4-way. You must match 72 stones on a board of 96 squares. You can play for points or relax and meditate over each move. OVERVIEW Ishido is a board game where you attempt to match stones according to their colors and patterns. THE GAME BOARD * The Game Board is eight squares high by 12 squares wide. * Stones come in sets of 72 stones. Each stone has two attributes: A color and a symbol. There are six symbols and six colors in each stoneset, thus creating 36 unique stones. Each stone comes in a pair, hence 72 stones in each stoneset. * The Within consists of the interior squares. * The Beyond consists of the squares at the outer edges of the board. * The Touchstone displays the next stone to be played. * The Scoreboard shows both the number of points scored, and the number of combination matches achieved. * The Pouch shows the number of stones remaining to play.
Color Rush Now!
Match three or more black-centered squares of the same color to clear them. Combine white-centered squares to create black-centered ones for strategic play. Enjoy a simple yet engaging puzzle experience.
- Match three or more colored squares
- Create black-centered squares
- Mix white-centered squares
- Strategic puzzle gameplay
- Simple color matching
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You can match three or more black-centered squares of the same color. You can mix white-centered squares to get black-centered squares.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Color Rush Now! at 100% against Ishido's 43%. Color Rush Now! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and device support (3 vs 1). Ishido's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 4). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Color Rush Now! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Ishido's written reviews are positive against 100% of Color Rush Now!'s.
Ishido ships an update every 2 weeks, Color Rush Now! every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ishido | Color Rush Now! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darin Koenig | zizalabs llc |
Customer experience
Ishido
Color Rush Now!
In-app purchases
Ishido
No in-app purchases
Color Rush Now!
No in-app purchases
