Salmon Roe vs DropColors
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Salmon Roe
Engage in a relaxing and satisfying experience by popping synthetic salmon roe with your finger. Tilt your device to make more eggs appear and track your progress with a simple pause button.
- Pop salmon roe eggs
- Tilt device for more eggs
- Track popped eggs
- Progress saving
- Relaxing gameplay
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Here's a fun little time-waster introducing a new sensation -- popping salmon roe with your finger! Introducing a slightly unusual twist on the typical app! Who knew that popping salmon roe could be so relaxing! The slick graphics and sound effects add to the fun. By the way, you can rest easy knowing that the eggs are synthetic: no real salmon were harmed in the making. How to Play: *Pop as many salmon roe eggs as possible. *Once you've cleared the screen of roe, tip the iPhone or iPod Touch towards you to make more drift in. *Tap the pause button to see how many eggs you've popped in the current round, plus total eggs popped to-date. *Your progress is saved each time you hit the pause button.
DropColors
Test and sharpen your color perception in this falling game. Match falling colors to their corresponding lanes to score points. Compete globally for the highest score in this simple yet challenging color matching experience.
- Color matching gameplay
- Increasing difficulty levels
- Global ranking system
- Simple swipe and tap controls
- High score pursuit
- Time-passing game
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Sharpen your color sense and find the same color! ◯ Game Description This is a Falling game, matching the same color from five different colors with falling colors. As the Level goes up, it gets harder and harder. Master your sense of color and aim for a high score! ◯ How to play Let's find out what color it falls in and drop it to the same color! As the level increases, the colors become harder to see. If you make a mistake, you lose a heart. The game is over when you run out of hearts. Incorrect color, you can check at the end! There is also a ranking system, so you can compete with your rivals around the world for the best score! [Methods of Operation] ・Falling colors can be swiped to move the lanes. ・Tapping the lanes can make them fall instantly. ◯ Characteristics ・Easy to play in your spare time, the game of falling objects ・Just a simple rule to match colors ◯ Recommend it to such people. ・People who have a great sense of color ・People who like to experiment with color sense ・People who like to play games for high scores ・People who are looking for an app to pass the time ・People who want to play the game without thinking ・People who want to play completely free. ◯ Price Completely free ※ There is no charge for this service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DropColors at 100% against Salmon Roe's 48%. Salmon Roe's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Salmon Roe holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Salmon Roe's written reviews are positive against 100% of DropColors's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Salmon Roe ships an update every 3 months, DropColors every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Salmon Roe | DropColors |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masakazu Yonehara | Noriyuki Ikeya |
Customer experience
Salmon Roe
DropColors
In-app purchases
Salmon Roe
No in-app purchases
DropColors
No in-app purchases









