Colony vs Cell Expansion Wars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Colony
Engage in addictive puzzling strategy across 50 levels. Place triangular pieces to fill hexagons, trigger chain reactions, and colonize the board. Compete against your device or another player in this turn-based tactical challenge.
- 50 challenging levels
- 1-player and 2-player modes
- Chain reaction bonuses
- Special bonus hexagons
- Resume saved games
- Progressive difficulty
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50 levels of addictive puzzling strategy fun! Play against your device or another player, taking it in turns to place triangular pieces on the board to fill up hexagons. When a hexagon has as many pieces within it as it has hexagons touching it, it explodes and sends its pieces to those hexagons, 'colonising' them and making them your own. Gain bonuses by setting off chain reactions of explosions! Once you've colonised the required percentage of hexagons for that level, you win and advance to the next level. Plan your game wisely, as one wrong move can really turn the tables! Features: - 1-player and 2-player modes - 50 levels! - Hi-scores - Special bonus hexagons - Random boards - Levels grow in difficulty - Resume a saved game - Start at any level you've previously reached in a 1-player game
Cell Expansion Wars
Engage in strategic cellular warfare with simple controls. Defend your cells, counterattack enemy territory, and utilize unique abilities like multiplying tentacles and healing allies. Explore mini-games and compete on leaderboards.
- Simple controls
- Line multiplying cells
- Attacking and defensive cells
- Supportive items
- Unique mini-games
- Achievements and leaderboards
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With the simplest control, players can operate various strategies (Attack, Defense, Heal). Defend your cells from enemy attacks then counterattack to take control of enemies' cells. [Features] - Easy controls - With line multiplying cells, Players can stretch more tentacles. - Attacking cells can give more damage to enemies. - Defensive cells can regain the health of allies cells. - Various supportive items that help players - Various and unique mini-games. - 16 languages supported. - Achievement& leaderboard supported. - Tablet PC devices supported. Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mobirixplayen YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/user/mobirix1
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cell Expansion Wars at Free against Colony's $0.99. Cell Expansion Wars also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.7) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). Colony's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Cell Expansion Wars is free to download; Colony costs $0.99 up front. Cell Expansion Wars sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Colony asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cell Expansion Wars holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cell Expansion Wars has 1.7K ratings behind it against 95, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Colony's written reviews are positive against 59% of Cell Expansion Wars's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Colony ships an update every 5 months, Cell Expansion Wars every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colony | Cell Expansion Wars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.7 (95 ratings) | 4.3 (1.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 59.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 95 | 1.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Haynes | MOBIRIX |
Customer experience
Colony
Cell Expansion Wars
Bugs and requests
Colony
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Cell Expansion Wars
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing issues
- Disappearing cell connections
- Unfair level scaling
- Crashes at certain levels
Requested features
4 requests- Level editor
- Multiplayer mode
- Rewards for completing levels
- Better progression system
In-app purchases
Colony
No in-app purchases
Cell Expansion Wars
- 300 Gold item$2.99
- 500 Gold item$4.99
- 1100 Gold item$9.99
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- 3600 Gold item$29.99
- 6500 Gold item$49.99
- 15000 Gold item$99.99
