Fluxx vs Swatch This
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fluxx
Experience a chaotic and fun card game where rules and objectives constantly change. Play with friends or AI, online or offline, and adapt to new rule and action cards that shake up gameplay. This award-winning game offers a unique challenge for card game enthusiasts.
- Offline and Online Play
- Human and AI Opponents
- In-game Chat
- Pass-and-play Multiplayer
- Asynchronous Multiplayer Support
- Friend Invites
- Player Stats
- Tutorial
Read full descriptionHide full description
Playdek and Looney Labs team up to bring this amazingly fun card game to mobile devices. Fluxx fuses its chaotic and fun game play with offline and online features that fans have come to love in Playdek games! Featuring New Rule cards that change the rules of the game and Action cards that create chaos. Even the object of winning the game changes during play, as players swap out one Goal card for another. The Fluxx card game has earned the Mensa Select Award for games that meet Mensa’s high standards of originality, playability and design. Features: - Offline and Online play for 2-4 players - Human and AI opponents - In-game Chat - Pass-and-play Multiplayer - Full asynchronous support for multiplayer online games - Invite your friends to play online games - Online player stats - Tutorial Recommended for iPhone 6 and later; iPad 5th Generation and later; iPad Mini 2 and later; iPod Touch 6th Generation; iOS 11 and later. **AN INTERNET CONNECTION AND PLAYDEK ACCOUNT ARE REQUIRED FOR ONLINE PLAY** Per our Terms of Service, you must be 13 years old or older to use the Playdek online games service.
Swatch This
A multiplayer game where players invent creative names for real paint swatches. Compete with friends or strangers to guess the official color names and earn points. Offers various game modes for different playstyles.
- Invent creative color names
- Guess real paint swatch names
- Online turn-based multiplayer
- Private matches with friends
- Pass & Play mode
- Pen & Paper mode
Read full descriptionHide full description
Swatch This is a color naming game for 2-8 players, featuring real, outrageous paint swatches. Real-life paint colors aren’t just called yellow or pink or blue, they’re much more evocative and fun. So a yellow-gold might be “Sunny Side Up,” a bright pink “Sweet Sixteen,” or a blue “Fountain.” In Swatch This you’ll create your own color names, as serious or silly as you want. The other players in the match are making up names too, so at the end everyone will try to pick out the real name from the made-up ones. Guess the right name and you'll get points — fool another player and you’ll get more! Swatch This features multiple game modes. - Online turn-based multiplayer: play a Quick Match with a random opponent, or a private match with 1-7 friends - Pass & Play: play on a single device by taking turns - Pen & Paper: play on a single device by writing color names on paper, like a board game There are no consumable in-app purchases. Play unlimited matches in all game modes for free. If you enjoy the game, please consider buying the Palette Pack to permanently unlock many more color swatches.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Swatch This at every 2 months against Fluxx's every 6 months. Fluxx's advantage is ratings volume (548 vs 68) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Fluxx sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Swatch This sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Fluxx against 4.1 for Swatch This. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fluxx has 548 ratings behind it against 68, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Fluxx's written reviews are positive against 54% of Swatch This's.
Fluxx ships an update every 6 months, Swatch This every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fluxx | Swatch This |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (548 ratings) — better | 4.1 (68 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 53.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 548 — better | 68 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 234 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Playdek, Inc. | Radio Silence |
Customer experience
Fluxx
Swatch This
Bugs and requests
Fluxx
Reported bugs
8 issues- Email verification for online account does not arrive
- 4 player bug
- Online play needs to be revamped
- Got Wonky On Last Update
- Notch
Show 3 moreShow fewer
- Verification
- Options
- Needs an option to disable sound
Requested features
13 requests- More versions please
- MOAR!!!!
- Chat and other stuff
- Hoping For More Versions!
- Needs landscape mode
Show 8 moreShow fewer
- Needs an update badly
- Needs better AI
- Needs more support and addition of other games
- Needs Bluetooth games
- Needs Creepers and Surprises
- Needs to be able to sort cards
- Needs to slow down
- Needs to allow deleting completed games
Swatch This
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fluxx
- Creeper Pack$0.99
- Zombie Fluxx$1.99
Swatch This
- Palette Pack$1.99









