Hoop Stack vs Water Color Sort
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hoop Stack
Engage in a captivating puzzle experience by sorting and stacking colorful hoops. This game offers a mental challenge that requires strategic thinking and prediction of every move. Enjoy unlimited gameplay with numerous mind-bending levels.
- Sort colorful hoops
- Stack hoops strategically
- Mental challenge
- Unlimited gameplay
- Mind-juggling levels
- Easy to play, hard to master
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Hoop Stack will keep you hooked for hours! Solve the game by sorting colorful hoops. Enjoy the mental challenge as you stack the colorful hoops. Think, strategize and predict every move. It's a brand new addictive easy to play and hard to master game featuring unlimited gameplay. Filled with tons of mind juggling levels, color stack puzzle is everything you are looking for.
Water Color Sort
A relaxing yet challenging puzzle game where you sort colored water into matching cups. With over 2000 levels, it offers endless brain-training fun. Enjoy a simple, addictive experience with intuitive controls.
- Sort colored water into matching cups
- Thousands of unique levels
- Easy one-finger control
- Relaxing brain training
- Unlimited time to play
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- Water Sort is a simple, fun and addictive sort puzzle game. - Your next task is to sort the colored water in the cup until all the colors in the glass are the same. The game is easy to get used to, but it is difficult to become an expert and there are 1000 puzzles to challenge you. - A challenging yet relaxing game to train your brain! --- HOW TO PLAY --- - Touch any glass bottle to pour water into another bottle. The rule is that you can only pour water into another bottle if it is linked to the same color and there is enough space on the glass bottle. - Do your best and don't get stuck. Don't worry, you can always start over at any time. Or use the help to add a new message. --- FEATURES --- - Easy one-finger control. - More than 2000 unique and continuously increasing levels - All free - Unlimited time; You can enjoy Water Sorting Puzzles - Liquid Sorting Puzzles at your own pace!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Water Color Sort at none against Hoop Stack's shown. Water Color Sort also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 29%). Hoop Stack's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (155K vs 29K). On price, rating, 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. Hoop Stack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Water Color Sort sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Hoop Stack against 4.5 for Water Color Sort. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hoop Stack has 155K ratings behind it against 29K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of Hoop Stack's written reviews are positive against 58% of Water Color Sort's.
Hoop Stack ships an update fortnightly, Water Color Sort every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Hoop Stack | Water Color Sort |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (155K ratings) — better | 4.5 (29K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 155K — better | 29K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 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 | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bigger Games | Vnstart LLC |
Customer experience
Hoop Stack
Water Color Sort
User reviews
Hoop Stack
From 155K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Fun and addictive game
- 🎨 Colorful and visually appealing
- 🕹️ Satisfying gameplay
- 🕰️ Good time-waster
Room to improve
- 💢 Excessive ads
- 🤯 Ads interrupt gameplay
- 🚫 Ads even after paying to remove them
- 🔋 Battery draining
- 🤔 Levels get repetitive
Water Color Sort
From 29K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and challenging game
- 💎 Soothing sound effects
- 🎨 Beautiful color visuals
- 🕰️ Keeps you engaged
Room to improve
- 📺 Too many ads
- 🕰️ Slow pouring animation
- 🤔 Inconsistent difficulty progression
- 🔒 Paid version still has ads
Bugs and requests
Hoop Stack
Reported bugs
3 issues- Hoops not moving as intended
- Game freezing or crashing
- Rewards not working properly
Requested features
4 requests- Undo/Redo function
- Hint system
- More challenging levels
- Ability to unlock new hoop designs
Water Color Sort
Reported bugs
2 issues- Certain levels appear to be unsolvable
- Game crashes or freezes occasionally
Requested features
4 requests- Add more container shapes and level variety
- Improve color contrast for color-blind players
- Implement a timer or move counter
- Allow transferring purchases across devices
In-app purchases
Hoop Stack
- Remove All Ads and Banners$2.99
Water Color Sort
- VIP3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Buy 3 hints$0.99
- Undo package 1$0.99
- Coin package 1$0.99
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- Remove ads$1.99
- Unlock All$1.99
- Undo package 2$1.99
- Buy 10 hints$2.99
- Undo package 3$2.99
- Booster Combo package 1$2.99
- Booster Combo package 2$6.99
- Buy 10 hints$9.99
Questions
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