Home Cross vs Color
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Home Cross
Solve logic puzzles to reveal hidden home-themed pictures. This Sudoku-like game offers thousands of levels and a relaxing experience. Play with friends and unlock new challenges.
- Thousands of manually designed levels
- Unlock hidden home-themed pictures
- Easy to learn, hard to master
- Play with friends
- Daily rewards (tokens and coins)
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Home Cross (also known as Nonograms, Picross, Hanjie or Griddlers) is a brand new Sudoku-like puzzle game. You just solve each logic puzzle to unlock the amazing home-themed pictures.What are you waiting for? Make yourself at home! Features • Tons of manually designed levels Over 2000 free, funny and brain training levels inside • Easy to learn, Hard to master • Tons of hidden pictures to unlock • Playing the game with your FRIENDS Home Cross UNLIMITED SUBSCRIPTION: - The subscriptions are $1.99 weekly with 3 days FREE trial, $6.99 monthly, $49.99 annually. - During your subscriptions, you can get ads free, 30 tokens and 500 coins per day. - You can get 100 tokens at once. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at leat 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen subscription. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - No cancelation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. - You can read privacy policy at http://www.metajoy.io/privacy.html and terms of use at http://www.metajoy.io/tos.html - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that content. *Prices are equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Matrix" determines is the equivalent of the subscription price in$USD. Terms of Service http://www.metajoy.io/tos.html Privacy Policy http://www.metajoy.io/privacy.html Questions? Ask: help@metajoy.io
Color
A digital board game that challenges players to match colors. It offers a simple yet engaging experience for users of all ages. Enjoy a classic game with a colorful twist.
- Digital board game adaptation
- Color matching gameplay
- Simple and engaging mechanics
- Suitable for all ages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Color at 5.0 against Home Cross's 4.4. Color also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Home Cross's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). On price 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
Both are free to download. Home Cross sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Color asks for nothing beyond the download.
Color holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Cross has 2.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Home Cross ships an update monthly, Color every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Home Cross | Color |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.8K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 352 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Metajoy | Ali Asadpoor |
Customer experience
Home Cross
Color
Bugs and requests
Home Cross
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads that won't close or crash the app
- Inconsistent performance across devices
- Puzzles not loading or getting stuck at 85%
Requested features
4 requests- More puzzle packs and difficulty levels
- Option to disable ads or pay a one-time fee
- Undo/redo functionality
- Improved progress tracking and stats
Color
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Home Cross
- Weekly VIP$1.997 Days
- Monthly VIP$6.991 Month
- 1000 Coins$0.99
- Bonus Gift Step 1$0.99
- Daily Gift$0.99
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- 4000 Coins$2.99
- 200 Tokens$2.99
- Daily Gift$2.99
- 400 Tokens$4.99
- 1000 Tokens$9.99
Color
No in-app purchases









