Play Colors vs Open The Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Play Colors
A fun puzzle game where you mix colors to achieve specific shades. Test your color theory knowledge and creativity to solve increasingly challenging levels. Perfect for those who enjoy logic puzzles and a splash of color.
- Color mixing challenges
- Puzzle solving
- Color theory application
- Level-based progression
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Color mixing puzzle! Can you make it right?
Open The Box
Uncover hidden items by unfolding box sides and solving puzzles. Decorate your virtual home with the treasures you discover. A fun and engaging experience for puzzle and decoration enthusiasts.
- Solve box puzzles
- Unfold box sides
- Discover hidden items
- Decorate your house
- Collect items
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What's in the box? Tap to fold the sides, open the box and solve the puzzle. Decorate your house with all the items you find in the boxes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Open The Box at 44% against Play Colors's 16%. Open The Box also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (12.5 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and 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
Both are free to download. Play Colors sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Open The Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Open The Box holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8K and 4.1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Play Colors's written reviews are positive against 44% of Open The Box's.
Play Colors ships an update every 2 weeks, Open The Box every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Play Colors | Open The Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8K ratings) | 4.8 (4.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.6% of reviews | 44.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8K — better | 4.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 15.0 | 12.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 265 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | HOMA GAMES |
Customer experience
Play Colors
Open The Box
User reviews
Play Colors
From 8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Satisfying color mixing
- 🌈 Wide variety of colors
- 🧠 Educational for color theory
- 🕰️ Relaxing gameplay
Room to improve
- 💢 Excessive ads disrupting gameplay
- 🕹️ Repetitive level design
- 🔄 Lack of difficulty progression
- 💰 Ads not fully removed by paid version
Open The Box
From 4.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😍 Best game ever
- 👍 Love it
- 🔥 It's lit
- 👍 Good game
- 🎮 Fun game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Opening game doesn't load
- 🐛 Doesn't work
- 🐛 Bad, can't get in the game
- 🐛 Ads ruin the game
- 🔍 Too easy, needs more challenge
Bugs and requests
Play Colors
Reported bugs
2 issues- Paintbrush functionality issues
- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to create custom color palettes
- More challenging level designs
- Offline play mode
- Additional content and game modes
Open The Box
Reported bugs
3 issues- Opening game shows black/grey screen
- Ads crash the game
- Boxes give duplicate items
Requested features
4 requests- Add more rooms/houses
- Make gems/diamonds easier to obtain
- Add more challenges and harder boxes
- Add a paid ad-free version
In-app purchases
Play Colors
- No Ads$2.99
- Coin Pack$3.99
- Super Pack$5.99
Open The Box
- Remove Ads$2.99
