Comparison

Color Oil vs SwitchDraw

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

Head to head
About

Color Oil

Fill the entire game board with a single color by strategically tapping buttons to change cell colors. Aim to complete each puzzle within a limited number of moves and collect all stars for a challenge. Enjoy relaxing gameplay with soothing sound effects.

Highlights
  • Fill board with single color
  • Limited move challenges
  • Collect stars for levels
  • Water sound effects
  • Easy and hard levels
  • iCloud sync
  • Relaxing gameplay
Features
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In Color Oil, your task is to fill the board with the same color. The game starts in the cell labeled S. Tap the buttons on the bottom to change the color of cell to match the surrounding cells. Do this repeatedly until all cells are of the same color. You should complete each level in a limited number of steps, which is displayed in the top right corner. Try to collect all three stars for each level. It is not as easy as you think! Main features: - Water sound effects - Easy and Hard levels - Sync to iCloud - Relaxing gameplay

About

SwitchDraw

Transform random squiggles into imaginative drawings. Play solo offline or challenge friends online by sharing and transforming their squiggles. Save, animate, and export your creations.

Highlights
  • Squiggle to drawing transformation
  • Offline single-player mode
  • Online multiplayer with friends
  • Save and export drawings
  • Redraw animation playback
  • Friend list and blocking
Features
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SwitchDraw is a drawing game that can be appreciated by everyone regardless of age or skill level. It’s all about your imagination. Start your game with a squiggle. SwitchDraw can generate one automatically or you can draw your own. Then the challenge is to turn that squiggle into a drawing. If you see something in the squiggle, give your imagination the test! Play offline by yourself, with your partner or send and receive squiggles online with your friends anywhere. Finished drawings can be saved in your gallery. If you’re playing online, your drawings will be saved in your gallery and your friend's gallery. Choose any drawing from there to watch the redraw animation, export it to your camera roll or delete it. Search for friends by email or username and build your friends list to play online. Block players you disagree with. The amount of fun you’ll have playing SwitchDraw is outrageous. But, you’ll also discover that the more you play the sharper your imagination gets.

Screenshots

Color Oil4 screens
SwitchDraw4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SwitchDraw at none against Color Oil's 5. SwitchDraw also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months). Color Oil's advantage is ratings volume (49 vs 12) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Color Oil sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. SwitchDraw asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SwitchDraw holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Color Oil's written reviews are positive against 100% of SwitchDraw's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Oil ships an update every 12 months, SwitchDraw every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Color Oil versus SwitchDraw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor OilSwitchDraw
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (49 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings49 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyWorks SoftwareSWITCHDRAW LLC

Customer experience

Color Oil

All ratings50 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative2.8%

SwitchDraw

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Color Oil

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Levels reset after closing the game
  • Game crashes after opening
  • App crashes before loading
  • Progress lost after glitch/reinstall
  • Game freezes and crashes after level 4
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  • Levels reset after closing the app

Requested features

7 requests
  • More levels
  • New levels
  • More jokers/help
  • Updates with new levels
  • More variations in gameplay
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  • Tournament feature with points
  • Tip per level

SwitchDraw

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Color Oil

One-time5
  • Solutions for 3 levels$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Solutions for 10 levels$1.99
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  • Unlock All Packages$1.99
  • SUPER PACK$2.99
None

SwitchDraw

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Color Oil free?
Color Oil is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SwitchDraw free?
SwitchDraw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Color Oil or SwitchDraw?
SwitchDraw is rated higher. Color Oil averages 4.5 out of 5 from 49 ratings, while SwitchDraw averages 5.0 from 12 ratings.
Do Color Oil or SwitchDraw have ads?
Both Color Oil and SwitchDraw show ads.
Which is updated more often, Color Oil or SwitchDraw?
Color Oil ships an update every 12 months, and SwitchDraw every 3 months. Most recently, Color Oil was updated on October 23, 2026 and SwitchDraw on October 23, 2026.

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