ColorFold vs Hondo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ColorFold
Engage your mind with a unique puzzle experience where you strategically fold and move colored ribbons. Solve intricate levels by filling checkpoints with the correct colors, utilizing special mechanics like overlapping, barriers, and mirrored ribbons. This game offers a challenging yet rewarding experience for puzzle enthusiasts.
- Folding and moving colored ribbons
- Filling checkpoints with correct colors
- Utilizing barriers and overlapping ribbons
- Special mechanics like mirrored ribbons, one-way gates, and tunnels
- 200 handcrafted levels
- Universal app with iCloud saves
- Taptic Engine support
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ColorFold is a puzzle game that's all about folding and moving coloured ribbons - sounds easy, right? Move the ribbons in order to fill all checkpoints with the right color. Overlap ribbons, use barriers as a strategic advantage or use the mirrored ribbon, which copies your moves, to make it to the very end. Or use the new oneway-gates and tunnels to complete all levels. But I don't want to spoil it all - check it out for yourself, especially if you're into challenging puzzles! Features: - 200 handcrafted levels - Universal app with iCloud saves - Taptic Engine support - no ads - no in-app purchases Happy folding!
Hondo
Guess back-to-back code words to score 100 points. Manage your energy meter, as each guess depletes it, but correct guesses restore it. Utilize special abilities like shuffling words or skipping to gain an advantage, but be mindful of their energy cost.
- Back-to-back word guessing
- Energy meter management
- Special abilities
- Word shuffling
- Skip word option
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Hondo is a Wordle-like word guessing game, where the goal is to guess back-to-back code words in an attempt to score a Hondo (100 points, that is). Watch your energy meter! Every guess drains energy, but correct guesses replenish it instead. Need help? Use special abilities to shuffle the words on the board, or skip the current code word to tilt the odds in your favor. But beware—these abilities also cost energy, so use them wisely!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hondo at Free against ColorFold's $0.99. Hondo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). ColorFold's advantage is ratings volume (183 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Hondo is free to download; ColorFold costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hondo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ColorFold has 183 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ColorFold ships an update every 3 weeks, Hondo every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColorFold | Hondo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (183 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 183 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Martin Pluisch | Josh Collinsworth |
Customer experience
ColorFold
Hondo
Bugs and requests
ColorFold
Reported bugs
18 issues- Line drawing/control often hangs or stutters
- Undo function unreliable
- Individual solutions not accepted
- Obstacles (one-way gates, tunnels) don't work as intended
- Gray line can be drawn when blue line is blocked
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- Levels repeat or don't unlock properly
- Ribbons get stuck, forcing level restarts
- Level 69 (and others) seem impossible due to bugs
- Transport icon bug in level 90
- Ghost images when backing up a color
- Blocks getting stuck when running over/under starting place
- Ribbon doesn't follow finger when under another ribbon
- Ribbon segment left on grid
- Cannot pick up end of finished ribbon to backtrack
- Level 0 and 1 not completable
- Incorrect color ribbon dragged over same square before correct one
- New rules introduced without explanation
- When multiple ribbons cross the same square, incorrect color first prevents completion
Requested features
6 requests- Add more levels
- Improve tutorial or instructions
- Add a 'moves used' counter with star rating
- Add one-direction roads
- Add bridge/tunnel mechanics (cannot turn)
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- Add more color contrast options
Hondo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ColorFold
No in-app purchases
Hondo
No in-app purchases
