Comparison

Perception! vs Chromatch

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

Head to head
About

Perception!

Features
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Test your focus, memory, and reaction speed in this fast-paced tile challenge. Youโ€™re given a board of tiles. Each tile has a shape, a colour, and a specific action โ€” tap, hold, or swipe. Tiles start inactive. One tile becomes the newest active target. Your job is simple: Find the newest active tile and perform the correct action. Every correct move activates the tile permanently. Then all tiles flash at once, and a new target is selected. The change is subtle. You must rely on sharp attention and fast reflexes to spot it. The board fills up. The speed increases. One mistake ends the run. Core Features - Shape and colour recognition - Tap, hold, and swipe mechanics - Reaction-time scoring system - Subtle visual change detection - Infinite progression - Randomized board layouts - High score challenge Accuracy matters. Speed matters. Focus matters. This is a game of attention under pressure. Train your memory. Improve your reaction time. Push your high score.

About

Chromatch

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A color shows up on screen with six color options underneath. You have about a second to compare them directly. After that the color fades and you're going off memory. How well you see color and how well you remember it, both at the same time. If you pick the exact color you get 100%. The longer your streak, the more each pick is worth. The first rounds are pretty forgiving but the color appears for less time, the options start looking almost identical, and picks that were fine before start ending your run. The scoring uses Delta E, same formula Pantone uses to compare colors. TWO MODES Classic. One life. You keep going until a pick is too far off. Rush. Timer starts at 20s. Good picks add time, bad picks eat it. How much time you get back depends on how accurate you were. There are 8 tiers, Bronze to Grandmaster. You also build a signature color from every color you've matched. No two players end up with the same one. PLAY WITH OTHERS Daily Challenge. Seven rounds, one shot, a fresh color set every day. Keep a streak going and climb the global board. Friend duels. Real-time 1v1, round by round. No friend around? Play a bot. Leaderboards for daily, monthly and all-time, world and friends. Solo play works fully offline, no account needed. Sign in with Apple or Google if you want duels, leaderboards and your progress synced across devices. No ads, ever.

Screenshots

Perception!3 screens
Chromatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Chromatch at none against Perception!'s shown. Perception!'s advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Perception! ships an update every 6 days, Chromatch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Perception! versus Chromatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPerception!Chromatch
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size53 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimothee de RaucourtMario Prieta

In-app purchases

None

Perception!

No in-app purchases

None

Chromatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Perception! free?
Perception! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chromatch free?
Chromatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Perception! or Chromatch have ads?
Perception! shows ads; Chromatch does not.
Which is updated more often, Perception! or Chromatch?
Perception! ships an update every 6 days, and Chromatch fortnightly. Most recently, Perception! was updated on September 8, 2026 and Chromatch on September 16, 2026.

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