Comparison

Color Ripples vs Dots'n Boxes

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

Head to head
About

Color Ripples

A brain-teasing puzzle game where you flip tiles to match a target pattern. Each flip affects adjacent tiles, requiring strategic thinking to solve increasingly difficult levels. Features a sandbox mode for custom puzzles.

Highlights
  • Tile flipping puzzle mechanics
  • Strategic thinking required
  • 50 challenging levels
  • Sandbox mode for custom puzzles
  • Tutorial for beginners
  • Space theme
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****Summary**** Color Ripples is a simple and rewarding brain teaser puzzle game. Flip tiles until the game board matches the goal board, and beware the color ripples! Tapping a tile doesn't just flip it to the next color, but also the adjacent ones. On a 2x2 board, a single move will flip 3 of the 4 tiles! Color Ripples requires your brain to calculate multiple consequences of a single action at once. Levels that can be solved in a single move prove incredibly difficult to complete. Simple foundational rules that allow for challenging brain teasers is a staple of Color Ripples, and many other great puzzle games. **** Game Features **** - Tutorial to learn the basics - Sandbox mode allows you to choose board width, height, and colors and generates a random puzzle - 50 Levels of increasing difficulty - speed and efficiency required! - Space theme (more to come) ****Coming Soon**** As independent developers, we have more ideas than time! The future of Color Ripples is a multi-game environment tied together by the unique board tile flipping mechanism. Future versions will include new color themes, larger game boards, and much more. We're excited to continue expanding Color Ripples with a variety of game modes and customization features. Enjoy!

About

Dots'n Boxes

Features
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Dots & Boxes — Simple Rules. Real Strategy. The classic Dots & Boxes game gets a competitive twist. Take turns drawing lines between dots and complete boxes to claim them. But not every box is worth the same — each box has its own point value, making every move a strategic decision. Choose how you play: • Online — Compete against real players in live matches. • 2 Players — Challenge a friend on the same device. • VS AI — Test your strategy against multiple AI difficulty levels. Plan your moves, avoid giving away valuable boxes, build chains, and turn the board to your advantage. Completing a box gives you another move, so one smart play can change the entire match. Features • Fast, turn-based strategy gameplay • Real-time online multiplayer • Multiple AI difficulty levels • Local two-player mode • Different point values for each box • Online leaderboard • Simple rules with plenty of strategic depth Draw lines. Capture boxes. Score more points. Control the board.

Screenshots

Color Ripples4 screens
Dots'n Boxes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Color Ripples at none against Dots'n Boxes's shown. Color Ripples also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Color Ripples versus Dots'n Boxes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor RipplesDots'n Boxes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeatherwood Systems, LLCMurat Erdem Bostancioglu

In-app purchases

None

Color Ripples

No in-app purchases

None

Dots'n Boxes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Color Ripples free?
Color Ripples is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dots'n Boxes free?
Dots'n Boxes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Color Ripples or Dots'n Boxes have ads?
Dots'n Boxes shows ads; Color Ripples does not.

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