Comparison

loopr vs ColorLiquidSorting

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

Head to head
About

loopr

Solve logic puzzles by shading cells and drawing a single loop. Features daily challenges, hundreds of hand-crafted puzzles, and a weekly gauntlet. Offers smart hints and tracks your progress with stats and streaks.

Highlights
  • Shade cells and draw a loop
  • Daily challenges with difficulty levels
  • Hundreds of hand-crafted puzzles
  • Weekly 'The Gauntlet' puzzle
  • Smart hints system
  • Stats, streaks, and progress tracking
  • Interactive tutorial
Features
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Shade cells. Draw a loop. Solve it with pure logic. loopr is a loop puzzle where arrow clues tell you how many cells to shade, then you draw a single continuous path through everything that's left. If you love Slitherlink, Masyu, or any Nikoli puzzle, this is your next obsession. Based on Yajilin — a classic Japanese grid puzzle originally published by Nikoli and featured in the World Puzzle Championship. Every puzzle has exactly one solution, discoverable through pure logic. No guessing required. DAILY CHALLENGES A fresh puzzle every day at three difficulty levels. Complete all three to keep your streak alive. HUNDREDS OF PUZZLES Easy, Medium, and Hard. Every puzzle is hand-crafted and solvable through logic alone. THE GAUNTLET A massive weekly puzzle that pushes your logic to the limit. One grid. One week. Good luck. SMART HINTS Stuck? Tap an arrow clue to reveal what should be there. No spoilers, no paywall. STATS & STREAKS Track your best times, daily streaks, and personal records. Badges and milestones mark your progress as you improve. LEARN IN UNDER A MINUTE Interactive tutorial and strategy guide get you solving quickly. If you've played Slitherlink or any loop puzzle, you'll pick this up fast. ONE PURCHASE. NO ADS. No ads between puzzles. No subscription. Pay once, play forever. Clean, minimal design with a dark theme. Accessibility options including adjustable text size, high contrast mode, and reduced animations. Perfect for fans of Slitherlink, Masyu, Sudoku, Nonograms, and other Nikoli logic puzzles.

About

ColorLiquidSorting

This minimalist puzzle game offers a pure logic experience without ads or in-app purchases. It guarantees solvable puzzles with a single empty bottle and allows for endless stage generation with customizable difficulty. Share your favorite puzzles with friends using generated codes.

Highlights
  • Guaranteed solvable puzzles
  • No ads or in-app purchases
  • Unlimited stage generation
  • Customizable difficulty
  • Smart puzzle sharing
  • Offline play
Features
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No more unfair dead ends. ColorLiquidSorting is a minimalist, one-time purchase water sort puzzle. Have you ever felt frustrated by free water sort games? “Too many video ads make it hard to focus.” “Some puzzles feel impossible unless I add another empty bottle.” ColorLiquidSorting was made to remove that frustration and let puzzle fans enjoy pure logic. Four things ColorLiquidSorting focuses on: 1. Guaranteed solvability with one empty bottle Every puzzle generated in this app is designed to be solvable with only one empty bottle, without adding extra bottles. There are no unfair dead ends. Solve each puzzle with your own logic and nothing else. 2. No ads. No extra purchases. No video ads. No in-game currency. No stamina systems. No item purchases. Buy once and enjoy every feature as much as you like, whenever you like. 3. Unlimited stage generation There are no fixed preset stages. Set the number of bottles, colors, and other parameters to generate endless puzzles with the difficulty you want. From relaxing beginner-friendly puzzles to brain-twisting challenges, you can play the way you like. 4. Smart puzzle sharing without unnecessary communication Want to share a great puzzle? Want to challenge someone with a difficult one? Just share the generated code or QR code. Other than optional iCloud sync, the app does not use unnecessary external communication. It also works comfortably offline, such as on trains, planes, or anywhere without a connection. Recommended for: - Players tired of ads in free puzzle games - Players frustrated by puzzles that feel designed to push extra purchases - Anyone looking for a brain-training puzzle with customizable difficulty - Anyone who wants to share challenging puzzles with friends Your next challenge is waiting.

Screenshots

loopr4 screens
ColorLiquidSorting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ColorLiquidSorting at 100% against loopr's 75%. ColorLiquidSorting also leads on price ($1.99 vs $3.99). loopr's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

loopr costs $3.99 and ColorLiquidSorting $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

loopr ships an update every 2 weeks, ColorLiquidSorting every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
loopr versus ColorLiquidSorting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterlooprColorLiquidSorting
Price$3.99$1.99 — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeon CrossKoki Narusawa

Customer experience

loopr

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

ColorLiquidSorting

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

loopr

No in-app purchases

None

ColorLiquidSorting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is loopr free?
loopr costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ColorLiquidSorting free?
ColorLiquidSorting costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do loopr or ColorLiquidSorting have ads?
Neither loopr nor ColorLiquidSorting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, loopr or ColorLiquidSorting?
loopr ships an update every 2 weeks, and ColorLiquidSorting every 5 weeks. Most recently, loopr was updated on October 28, 2026 and ColorLiquidSorting on October 29, 2026.

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