Words Collide vs Swatch This
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Words Collide
Engage in a clever word-building game where you arrange letters to spell words. Collaborate with friends, discover new vocabulary, and aim for high scores through strategic combos. Unlock upgrades and enjoy different game modes.
- Solo or cooperative play
- Zen and Adventure modes
- Combo construction for high scores
- In-game dictionary for word learning
- Letter arrangement for word spelling
- Unlockable upgrades (letters, hints, combos)
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- Play by yourself or cooperatively with friends. - Relax in Zen Mode, or challenge yourself with Adventure Mode. - Carefully construct combos to achieve high scores! - Discover and learn new words using our in game dictionary. - Arrange letters to spell words; your friends can reuse your words to spell bigger words. - Earn coins to unlock upgrades like extra letters, hints and combos. Start playing Words Collide today!
Swatch This
A multiplayer game where players invent creative names for real paint swatches. Compete with friends or strangers to guess the official color names and earn points. Offers various game modes for different playstyles.
- Invent creative color names
- Guess real paint swatch names
- Online turn-based multiplayer
- Private matches with friends
- Pass & Play mode
- Pen & Paper mode
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Swatch This is a color naming game for 2-8 players, featuring real, outrageous paint swatches. Real-life paint colors aren’t just called yellow or pink or blue, they’re much more evocative and fun. So a yellow-gold might be “Sunny Side Up,” a bright pink “Sweet Sixteen,” or a blue “Fountain.” In Swatch This you’ll create your own color names, as serious or silly as you want. The other players in the match are making up names too, so at the end everyone will try to pick out the real name from the made-up ones. Guess the right name and you'll get points — fool another player and you’ll get more! Swatch This features multiple game modes. - Online turn-based multiplayer: play a Quick Match with a random opponent, or a private match with 1-7 friends - Pass & Play: play on a single device by taking turns - Pen & Paper: play on a single device by writing color names on paper, like a board game There are no consumable in-app purchases. Play unlimited matches in all game modes for free. If you enjoy the game, please consider buying the Palette Pack to permanently unlock many more color swatches.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Words Collide at 4.7 against Swatch This's 4.1. Words Collide also leads on ratings volume (299 vs 68) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.5). Swatch This's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (54% vs 38%). On price, update cadence, 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. Words Collide sells 19 one-off in-app purchases and Swatch This sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Words Collide holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 299 and 68 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of Words Collide's written reviews are positive against 54% of Swatch This's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Words Collide ships an update every 2 months, Swatch This every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Words Collide | Swatch This |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (299 ratings) — better | 4.1 (68 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.7% of reviews | 53.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 299 — better | 68 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lamington Games Pty Ltd | Radio Silence |
Customer experience
Words Collide
Swatch This
Bugs and requests
Words Collide
Reported bugs
6 issues- Game resets progress on app close
- Crashes and freezes on launch
- Inability to save progress
- Broken co-op game invitations
- Sound issues and muting
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- Compatibility problems on certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to change username
- Improve tutorial and instructions
- Implement cloud/account sync
- Add more word list options
- Improve friend/multiplayer functionality
Swatch This
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Words Collide
- Sale Spectral Boutique Card$1.99
- Sale Spectral Robot Card$1.99
- Sale Spectral Wooden Card$1.99
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- Sale Banded Tennis Card$1.99
- Small Coin Pack$1.99
- Sale Spectral Gold Bar Card$1.99
- Sale Shiny Candle Card$1.99
- Sale Spectral Glass Card$1.99
- Sale Banded Robot Card$1.99
- Sale Spectral Tennis Card$1.99
- Classic Boutique Card$2.99
- ClassicWooden Card$2.99
- Classic Glass Card$2.99
- ClassicRounded Card$2.99
- Classic Candle Card$2.99
- Starter Pack$3.99
- Classic Attic Background$3.99
- Medium Coin Pack$4.99
- Large Coin Pack$9.99
Swatch This
- Palette Pack$1.99
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