Play Colors vs Vending Sort
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?
Vending Sort
Engage in a fun and addictive puzzle game where you organize items within a virtual vending machine. Exercise your brain with challenging yet relaxing levels, sorting items into their correct slots with simple one-finger controls.
- Sort items into vending machine slots
- One-finger control
- Multiple unique levels
- Challenging yet relaxing gameplay
- Restart levels anytime
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Vending Sort is a fun and addictive puzzle game! Try to sort the items inside of a vending machine. A challenging yet relaxing game to exercise your brain! HOW TO PLAY: • Tap any item to put it to another slot. • Sort items into groups. • The rule is that you can only put the item to another slot if it is start with the same item and there’re enough space on the slot. • Try not to get stuck - but don’t worry, you can always restart the level at any time. • Make the vending machine perfectly organized! FEATURES: • One finger control. • Multiple unique levels • FREE & EASY TO PLAY.
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Verdict
Play Colors and Vending Sort are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 Vending Sort sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Play Colors against 4.7 for Vending Sort. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8K and 9K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 16% of Play Colors's written reviews are positive against 22% of Vending Sort's.
Play Colors ships an update every 2 weeks, Vending Sort fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Play Colors | Vending Sort |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8K ratings) | 4.7 (9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.6% of reviews | 22.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8K | 9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 265 MB | 228 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | Rollic Games |
Customer experience
Play Colors
Vending Sort
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
Vending Sort
From 9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🍪 Cool and easy to play cookies
- 🕹️ Fun game
- 🎨 The colors are cool
- ⭐ This is the best game I have ever had
Room to improve
- 💰 Rigged to make you spend more money
- 🔒 Requires internet connection
- 🛑 Impossible levels without paying
- 🕰️ Limited moves on every level
- 🤖 Annoying ads in the middle of gameplay
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
Vending Sort
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game stuck on certain levels
- Unresponsive controls
- Lost progress and unlocks after update
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to skip difficult levels
- Use earned cash to buy extra moves or slots
- Auto-restock vending machines
- More challenging levels
- Bring back the city feature
In-app purchases
Play Colors
- No Ads$2.99
- Coin Pack$3.99
- Super Pack$5.99
Vending Sort
- Shuffle Pack$1.99
- No Ads$2.99
- Shuffle Pack Advanced$2.99
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- Undo Pack Advanced$2.99
- Starter Pack$2.99
- Piggy Bank$2.99
- Starter Offer Limited$2.99
- No Ads Bundle Offer Limited$3.99
- Mayor Offer Limited$4.99
- Fun Pack$7.99
- No Ads Bundle$7.99
- Big Bundle$8.99
- Advanced Pack$9.99
- Mega Bundle$14.99
Questions
Is Play Colors free?
Is Vending Sort free?
Which has better reviews, Play Colors or Vending Sort?
Do Play Colors or Vending Sort have ads?
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