Comparison

CICA vs Tintforge

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

Head to head
About

CICA

Restore a magical fairy forest devastated by environmental damage. Engage in gameplay focused on rebuilding and nurturing nature.

Highlights
  • Restore fairy forest
  • Environmental destruction theme
  • Nurture nature gameplay
  • Magical forest setting
Features
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Please restore the fairy forest that has disappeared due to environmental destruction.

About

Tintforge

A relaxing puzzle game where you mix pigments to create target shades. Explore themed worlds with unique color challenges and unlock rewards. Perfect for creative problem-solving and satisfying progression.

Highlights
  • Relaxing color-mixing puzzle
  • Blend pigments to match shades
  • Themed worlds and chapters
  • Stages from simple to advanced
  • Rewards for completion
  • Helpful mixing tools
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Tintforge is a relaxing color puzzle where every stage begins with a target shade and a handful of pigments. Instead of matching tiles or clearing blocks, you create the answer yourself. Add pigment drops, watch them blend across the canvas, and adjust your mix until it matches the target. A little more blue, a softer touch of white, one cleaner ratio — small choices turn into satisfying color discoveries. Travel through themed worlds filled with crafted color challenges, from Studio Basics and Tone Lab to Garden Pigments, Night Palette, Digital Neon, Deep Ocean, and Master Gallery. Each world is divided into color chapters with new palettes, rules, and puzzle twists. Earn stars for accuracy, complete stage sets, restore chapters and worlds with color, and collect rewards that help when a shade is just out of reach. Helpful tools give you ways to compare colors, fix tricky mixes, and keep progressing. Features: - A relaxing color-mixing puzzle experience - Blend pigment drops to match target shades - Themed worlds and color chapters to unlock - Stages ranging from simple mixes to advanced color trials - Star ratings, perfect clears, set rewards, chapter rewards, and world rewards - Special puzzle twists including hidden targets, locked inks, and mystery palettes - Helpful tools for comparing colors, fixing mixes, and solving tricky shades Tintforge is made for players who enjoy calm puzzle games, color matching, creative problem solving, and satisfying progression.

Screenshots

CICA4 screens
Tintforge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CICA at every 2 days against Tintforge's weekly. CICA also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CICA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tintforge sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CICA ships an update every 2 days, Tintforge weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CICA versus Tintforge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCICATintforge
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjuhan kimKyoungsu Kim

Customer experience

CICA

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tintforge

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CICA

One-time1
  • Deco Shop$0.99
5 purchases

Tintforge

One-time5
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Heart Pack$2.99
  • Basic Pack$5.99
Show 2 more
  • Progress Pack$11.99
  • Mega Pack$17.99

Questions

Is CICA free?
CICA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tintforge free?
Tintforge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CICA or Tintforge have ads?
Both CICA and Tintforge show ads.
Which is updated more often, CICA or Tintforge?
CICA ships an update every 2 days, and Tintforge weekly. Most recently, CICA was updated on November 3, 2026 and Tintforge on October 31, 2026.

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