Comparison

ColorFold vs Astra Haven

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Astra Haven

Engage in a sci-fi match-3 strategy game where matching energy cores fuels your colony's survival. Build and upgrade your command center, deploy tactical boosters, and complete missions to defend humanity's outposts. Enjoy hundreds of levels with increasing strategic challenges.

Highlights
  • Tactical match-3 gameplay
  • Colony base building and upgrades
  • Sci-fi missions
  • Tactical boosters
  • Daily and Weekly Operations
  • Hundreds of handcrafted levels
  • Offline play
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Astra Haven: Colony Command is a sci-fi match-3 strategy game where every move powers your colony's survival. Match energy cores to unleash Plasma Burst, Gravity Trap, Mega Blast, and Star Surge abilities. Deploy powerful tactical boosters to overcome dangerous missions, rescue stranded colonists, secure valuable cargo, and defend humanity's final outposts. Build and upgrade your Colony Command Center, strengthen planetary defenses, collect Flux and resources, complete Daily and Weekly Operations, and unlock new technologies as you expand across the frontier. Features: -Tactical match-3 gameplay with explosive chain reactions -Sci-fi missions including Colony Defense, Cargo Recovery, and Derelict Expeditions -Colony Command base building and powerful upgrades -Tactical boosters including Plasma Burst, Gravity Trap, Mega Blast, and more -Daily and Weekly Operations with exclusive rewards -Collect Flux, resources, stars, and technology upgrades -Hundreds of handcrafted levels with increasing strategic challenges -Offline play with no internet required for gameplay Master every mission, protect your colony, and become humanity's last hope among the stars.

Screenshots

ColorFold4 screens
Astra Haven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Astra Haven at Free against ColorFold's $0.99. Astra Haven also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). ColorFold's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (183 vs 1). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Astra Haven is free to download; ColorFold costs $0.99 up front. Astra Haven sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. ColorFold asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Astra Haven 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ColorFold ships an update every 3 weeks, Astra Haven daily. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
ColorFold versus Astra Haven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorFoldAstra Haven
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (183 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings183 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB198 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMartin PluischFrau LLC

Customer experience

ColorFold

All ratings183 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive46.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative37.0%

Astra Haven

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Astra Haven

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ColorFold

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Astra Haven

One-time6
  • Flux Cache 400$0.99
  • Flux Cache 2500$4.99
  • Premium Pass$4.99
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  • Flux Cache 5500$9.99
  • Premium Bundle$9.99
  • Flux Cache 12000$19.99

Questions

Is ColorFold free?
ColorFold costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Astra Haven free?
Astra Haven is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ColorFold or Astra Haven?
Astra Haven is rated higher. ColorFold averages 4.3 out of 5 from 183 ratings, while Astra Haven averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ColorFold or Astra Haven have ads?
Neither ColorFold nor Astra Haven shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ColorFold or Astra Haven?
ColorFold ships an update every 3 weeks, and Astra Haven daily. Most recently, ColorFold was updated on October 23, 2026 and Astra Haven on October 28, 2026.

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