DOODLE SQUARES vs Extra Color
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DOODLE SQUARES
Navigate a world of hazards, collecting green squares and fruits for score boosts and power-ups. Unlock new themes as you play and compete for the top spot on the leaderboard.
- Score collection
- Hazard avoidance
- Fruit power-ups
- Theme unlocking
- Leaderboard competition
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Jump into DOODLE SQUARES, our labor of love and an addictive arcade gem. It's simple, fun, and completely free. Your task? Help DOODLE navigate through a world filled with hazards. Avoid the red SQUARES at all costs and collect green ones to boost your score. And keep an eye out for fruits—they're not just healthy; they give you awesome POWERUPS to make survival a tad easier and push those high scores even higher. The more you play, the cooler the THEMES you unlock, making each session unique. Got competitive friends? Show them who's boss by dominating the GameCenter leaderboard.
Extra Color
Tap to change colors and match them with obstacles to score points and increase speed. Unlock heroes, complete missions, and enjoy a unique soundtrack in this challenging arcade game.
- Fast-paced color matching gameplay
- Offline play supported
- Endless and mission modes
- Over 90 heroes to unlock
- Over 90 missions to complete
- Minimalistic art style
- Unique soundtrack
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Every tap is a color change. Every color change is a point. Every point is a speed up and a difficulty increase. You must follow the color on each obstacle to remove it and survive! Main features: - fast, enjoyable gameplay - fully playable offline - endless and missions modes - over 90 heroes to unlock - over 90 missions to complete - minimalistic art style - unique music - achievements - leaderboards - fully playable in offline mode Extra Color is a minimalistic arcade color changing indie game where enjoyable gameplay meets merciless difficulty, unique missions, different heroes to unlock and level up system. Extra Color contains original synthwave / synthpunk / coldwave / 80's / vaporwave soundtrack. Be the best, enjoy Extra Color!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Extra Color at 5.0 against DOODLE SQUARES's 3.9. Extra Color also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). DOODLE SQUARES's advantage is ratings volume (477 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On price, ads, 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. DOODLE SQUARES sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Extra Color sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Extra Color holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DOODLE SQUARES has 477 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of DOODLE SQUARES's written reviews are positive against 100% of Extra Color's.
DOODLE SQUARES ships an update every 2 months, Extra Color every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DOODLE SQUARES | Extra Color |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (477 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 477 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MobX GmbH | Evil Indie Games |
Customer experience
DOODLE SQUARES
Extra Color
Bugs and requests
DOODLE SQUARES
Reported bugs
2 issues- Compatibility issues with iOS 5
- Crashes on startup for some users
Requested features
4 requests- New game modes or themes
- Achievements or leaderboards
- Option to disable music while keeping sound effects
- Improved performance on older devices
Extra Color
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DOODLE SQUARES
- Boogers Theme$0.99
- Space Theme$0.99
- Unlock all themes!$0.99
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- Jewels Theme$0.99
- Aqua Theme$0.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
Extra Color
- 1000 Extra Color Credits$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- 3000 Extra Color Credits$1.99
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- 5000 Extra Color Credits$2.99
Questions
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