Comparison

Swiped vs Candy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Swiped

Engage in a captivating puzzle experience by swiping to create the longest possible chains of matching gems. Utilize special powers and strategic gameplay across multiple challenging modes. Compete globally and master increasingly complex levels.

Highlights
  • Swipe longest gem chains
  • Special powers (Magician & Witch)
  • Four addictive game modes
  • Progressively challenging levels
  • Global player rankings
  • Unlimited levels
Features
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Swipe and make longest chains of similar gems in this challenging puzzle game with exciting special powers. Game Features: - Swiped is a very simple to learn swipe action based game for all touch screen mobile devices. - Each level is progressively challenging and very addictive. - Challenge your skills in 4 game modes with unlimited levels. - Excite Magician & Witch by swiping over them along with similar gem chains. - Compete with thousands of players around the world. Game Play: - Touch and swipe over similar gems to clear them. - In each swipe action, Longer the chain of gems, higher the score you will get. - Use special powers like Magician & Witch to get more points. - Play with strategy to form and swipe longer chains. Swiped Game modes : * CLASSIC : Achieve the target in given time to complete each level. * TIMEATTACK : Tests your raw pattern swiping speed in 1 Min, 5 Min, 10 Min & 30 Min. * SCORE PANIC : Very dynamic fast paced game. * CONTINUOUS : Non stop gem swiping fun. Other Features: - Awesome graphics with fluid animations. - Auto saving & loading supported for all game modes. - Plain Mode option to switch off special items. - All game modes have individual player ranking system based on the highest level/Score achieved. - Your rank naturally improves along with your skill as you play again and again, thats what makes Swiped so addictive. - Unlimited levels! It needs only your skill to crack a new level. Complexity of the game increases progressively from level to level.

About

Candy

Match and shoot colorful candies to clear missions across hundreds of stages. Utilize special magic candies and enjoy unrestricted gameplay. This puzzle game can be played offline and supports multiple languages.

Highlights
  • Match and shoot candies
  • Clear missions
  • Hundreds of stages
  • Magic candies
  • Offline play
  • 14 language support
Features
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Shoot candies to match their colors! Keep shooting so 3 candies are in the same color to clear missions! Experience 500 stages and utilize special Magic Candies! [About the game] - Shoot bubbles in this game to solve simple puzzles! - Play the game without any restriction such as Heart limits! - You can play the game offline and in airplane mode! - This game supports 14 languages.

Screenshots

Swiped4 screens
Candy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Candy at Free against Swiped's $0.99. Candy also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Swiped's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Candy is free to download; Swiped costs $0.99 up front. Candy sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Swiped asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Candy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swiped has 721 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swiped ships an update every 2 months, Candy every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Swiped versus Candy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwipedCandy
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (721 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings721 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB167 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiGold Technologies Private LimitedGamepub

Customer experience

Swiped

All ratings721 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral5.5%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews332 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral8.1%
Negative3.0%

Candy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Swiped

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Gem connections not registering properly
  • Game not compatible with latest iOS versions
  • Scores not updating correctly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to restart individual levels
  • Endless/untimed mode
  • Carry over time from one level to the next
  • More level variety and difficulty scaling

Candy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Swiped

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Candy

One-time10
  • 500 Gold$0.99
  • Candy Claw$0.99
  • Jawbreaker Cannon$1.99
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  • Gumball Machine Gun$2.99
  • 2800 Gold$4.99
  • 6000 Gold$9.99
  • No Ads$9.99
  • 20000 Gold$27.99
  • 35000 Gold$45.99
  • 70000 Gold$84.99

Questions

Is Swiped free?
Swiped costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Candy free?
Candy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Swiped or Candy?
Candy is rated higher. Swiped averages 4.5 out of 5 from 721 ratings, while Candy averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Swiped or Candy have ads?
Candy shows ads; Swiped does not.
Which is updated more often, Swiped or Candy?
Swiped ships an update every 2 months, and Candy every 4 months. Most recently, Swiped was updated on September 28, 2026 and Candy on August 14, 2026.

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