Comparison

Emerald Smash vs Water Sort

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

Head to head
About

Emerald Smash

Features
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Emerald Smash is a polished memory matching game built around sparkling gems, quick levels, and clever board challenges. Memorize the gem layout, reveal matching pairs, build combos, and beat your best time. Later levels add larger boards, stricter move goals, helpful mascot hints, and bomb tiles that reward careful play. Why players come back: - Fast memory puzzles designed for short sessions - Level progression with rising difficulty - Colorful gem art, music, haptics, and satisfying effects - Mascot hints when you need a smart nudge - Game Center support for scores and achievements Train your memory, sharpen your focus, and clear every sparkling board.

About

Water Sort

A relaxing color sorting puzzle game where you pour liquids between tubes until each tube contains a single color. Offers over 200 levels, daily challenges, and unlockable skins. Play offline with no timers or lives.

Highlights
  • Color liquid sorting gameplay
  • Over 200 challenging levels
  • Daily challenges and streaks
  • Offline play support
  • Unlockable color skins
  • Undo and hint options
Features
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Sort the colors. Clear your mind. Water Sort is a calm color sort puzzle. Pour liquid between glass tubes until every tube holds a single color: tap a tube to lift the color sitting on top, tap another tube to pour it in. Easy to learn in seconds, genuinely tricky once twelve colors are on the board. HOW IT PLAYS - Tap a tube to pick up the color on top - Tap a second tube to pour, which works only if that tube is empty or already shows the same color - Clear the level when every color sits in a tube of its own - Stuck? Undo a pour, take a hint, or open up the board with an extra tube WHAT IS INSIDE - 200+ levels that grow from relaxing to brain-bending, with fresh ones always ready beyond that - A Daily Challenge with a streak worth keeping, separate from the level ladder - Fully offline: solve on a plane, on the subway, anywhere with no signal - 5 undos and 3 hints on every level - Dead-end detection tells you the moment a restart is faster than another pour - 10 color-liquid skins that reskin the whole board, unlocked by clearing levels - Soft water sounds and gentle haptics on every pour, both switchable off EVERY LEVEL IS SOLVABLE, AND THAT IS CHECKED Every level is run through an in-app solver before you ever see it. A shuffle that cannot be solved is thrown out and generated again, never shipped to you. If you do pour yourself into a corner, the game says so with a clear banner instead of letting you struggle in silence. 10 SKINS TO UNLOCK Spa, Sunset, Ocean, Forest, Berry, Candy, Royal, Mono, Lagoon and Sand. Each one reskins the tubes, the background and every color on the board, and each is earned by clearing levels rather than bought. ONE PURCHASE, NO MORE ADS Water Sort is free with ads: a banner on the menu and in a level, plus an occasional interstitial between levels. A single Remove Ads purchase takes both away for good on this device. There is no subscription and nothing else to buy. Rewarded video for an undo refill or an extra tube stays available afterward, entirely by choice. CALM, NOT COMPETITIVE No timer counting down, no lives to lose, no way to fail a level permanently. A wedged board is always one restart from a fresh, solvable shuffle. This is a sort puzzle for winding down, not for chasing a leaderboard. Play in 33 languages, picked from the in-app menu independently of your device language. Your progress stays on your device. Terms of Use: https://miladapps.pro/terms Privacy Policy: https://miladapps.pro/privacy Questions or feedback: https://miladapps.pro/contact

Screenshots

Emerald Smash4 screens
Water Sort4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Emerald Smash at none against Water Sort's 1. Emerald Smash also leads on ads (none vs shown). Water Sort's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. Water Sort sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Emerald Smash asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emerald Smash ships an update every 7 months, Water Sort weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Emerald Smash versus Water Sort: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmerald SmashWater Sort
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDAMIAN WITKOWSKIMilad Atef

In-app purchases

None

Emerald Smash

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Water Sort

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$7.99

Questions

Is Emerald Smash free?
Emerald Smash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Water Sort free?
Water Sort is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Emerald Smash or Water Sort have ads?
Water Sort shows ads; Emerald Smash does not.
Which is updated more often, Emerald Smash or Water Sort?
Emerald Smash ships an update every 7 months, and Water Sort weekly. Most recently, Emerald Smash was updated on October 28, 2026 and Water Sort on October 29, 2026.

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