The Devil's Calculator vs Color Gallery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Devil's Calculator
This math puzzle game challenges you to decipher obscure operators on a calculator. Solve algebraic puzzles by working backward to understand the functions and purge the calculator of its demons. It's an addictive and educational experience with user-created levels and DLC.
- Obscure operator deciphering
- Algebraic puzzle solving
- User-created levels
- DLC levels by mathematicians
- Graphing mechanics
- Hand-drawn artwork
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An evil calculator has its normal arithmetic operators replaced with sadistically obscure functions. Using logic and algebraic puzzle solving, you must work backwards to interpolate them and purge the calculator of its demons. Non-profit and open-source, The Devil's Calculator is a highly original indie game that's as addicting as it is educational. Accessible to numberphiles and math novices alike, the first 20+ levels are 100% free to play and enjoy along with several DLC levels, authored by famous mathematicians like Alex Bellos, Grant Sanderson, James Grime, Tony Padilla and James Tanton! The game was named a fan favorite of GDWC, and one of the top 10 indie games of 2019 by PAX. Each level has you decipher the function of a mysterious operator and use it to calculate the number of the beast to progress. Advanced graphing mechanics, countless features and simple, yet innovative level design provide considerable depth to the gameplay. Players unlock the ability to create their own levels and play challenges others have created - including free DLC levels crafted by the game's creators, educators and mathematicians. With hand drawn artwork and a charming story, the Devil's Calculator is a genuinely fun and gratifying puzzle experience. The game was celebrated at the MOVES conference by the National Museum of Mathematics in New York City. Cinq-Mars Media is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization developing technology to support scientific research related to human safety and education, and to make such technology and research available on a charitable basis.
Color Gallery
Engage in a relaxing puzzle experience by rearranging colored polygon tiles to form beautiful mosaic art paintings. Challenge your logic and color perception with over 100 unique puzzles, playable offline. Save and share your completed artworks as wallpapers.
- Drag and reorder colored polygon tiles
- Create mosaic art paintings
- Offline puzzle gameplay
- Over 100 unique puzzles
- Save and share finished puzzles as wallpapers
- Challenge color perception
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Sequel to our classic puzzle game Color Puzzle, Color Gallery provides you with whole new soothing experience and satisfaction. Now you can get not only simple gradient puzzles, but also gorgeous mosaic art paintings! In Color Gallery, every puzzle is a piece of art itself and also part of an elegant mosaic art painting. The game is easy to play, you just need to drag and rearrange colored polygon tiles in hue order. By solving color puzzles, you can challenge your logic and sense of color while enjoying the beautiful mosaic artworks. If you love classic hue puzzle games, then you must download and try out Color Gallery. Game Features * Easy to play: just drag and reorder the colored polygon tiles in hue order * Offline puzzle game: no need of wifi internet connection * Whole new game design: hue puzzles are now combined into mosaic art paintings * High quality puzzle game: simple interface and features, yet still addictive and satisfying * See if your perception of color is better than the world average record * Wallpaper-ready screens: download the finished puzzles and set them as your phone's wallpapers, or share them with your friends This free and offline beautiful color puzzle game now includes more than 100 puzzles (more levels are coming soon!). Different color schemes and difficulties challenge your color perception. You can play alone, or share your elegant and beautiful hue puzzles with your friends. Download now and enjoy the relaxing journey of becoming color master!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: The Devil's Calculator at none against Color Gallery's shown. The Devil's Calculator also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. The Devil's Calculator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Color Gallery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for The Devil's Calculator against 4.9 for Color Gallery. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 246 and 284 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of The Devil's Calculator's written reviews are positive against 91% of Color Gallery's.
The Devil's Calculator ships an update every 10 days, Color Gallery monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Devil's Calculator | Color Gallery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (246 ratings) | 4.9 (284 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 246 | 284 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| 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 | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 489 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cinq-Mars Media | Chih Yuan Chou |
Customer experience
The Devil's Calculator
Color Gallery
User reviews
The Devil's Calculator
From 246 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Most creative idea ever
- 🧠 Genius puzzle design
- 👍 Fun and educational
- 🚀 Brilliant game concept
- 🤓 Great for math lovers
Room to improve
- 😠 Tedious late puzzles
- 🐛 Calculator responsiveness issues
- 🐛 Wolfram graphing feature doesn't work
- 🐛 Progress saving issues
- 🐛 Calculator malfunction
Color Gallery
From 284 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😌 Relaxing and soothing gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful color gradients and visual design
- ⏰ No timers or limited moves pressure
- 📱 Clean, simple, and intuitive interface
- 👍 Minimal and non-intrusive ads
Room to improve
- 🐛 Broken ad removal purchase system
- 📺 Excessive ads after each puzzle piece
- 📺 Ads interrupt background music
- 👆 Poor touch input responsiveness
- ☀️ Bright white background causes glare
Bugs and requests
The Devil's Calculator
Reported bugs
9 issues- Some late puzzles with the third operator get too tedious with too much trial and error
- The built-in calculator needs some work and button responsiveness isn’t always the best.
- The graph to wolfram alpha function doesn’t seem to work.
- There’s unfortunately an exploit I accidentally discovered that allows you to bypass any level.
- The “real” calculator malfunctions when you want to use the answer you got previously, like if I input “330 * 2”, getting 660, then pressed “+6” on the next row, instead of showing 660 + 6 = 666, it’d show 2+6 = 8
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- Lost progress again from 38 to 33. iPhone XS Max, iOS 12.4.1.
- My progress seems to be undone somewhat arbitrarily. I was working through the 50s, and when I booted up the game today, my progress had reset to level 35.
- The wolfram graphing feature doesn’t work.
- There’s a problem with DLC LEVEL 6 however.
Requested features
3 requests- Update the app
- Fix DLC Level 6
- More levels
Color Gallery
Reported bugs
6 issues- Purchase button error when removing ads
- Ads cannot be closed properly
- Game requires restart after each level
- Slow touch input registration
- Ads freeze or display incorrectly
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- Tap/swipe input misregistration
Requested features
6 requests- Dark mode for nighttime play
- More puzzle levels and content
- Black background option to reduce glare
- Ability to create custom game levels
- Better touch input accuracy
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- Option to disable music interruption from ads
In-app purchases
The Devil's Calculator
- Full Version of Game$2.99
Color Gallery
- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
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