Comparison

Gridbage vs Color Brick Blast

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

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About

Gridbage

This app reinvents the classic card game cribbage by blending its scoring traditions with the strategic depth of poker. Players place cards onto a grid, with each row and column scoring like a cribbage hand. It offers multiple AI difficulty levels and a unique mode to test pure skill.

Highlights
  • Grid-based cribbage scoring
  • Poker-like strategic decisions
  • Four AI difficulty levels
  • Duplicate Card mode for skill testing
  • Offline and online multiplayer
  • Traditional cribbage scoring elements
Features
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Gridbage is a bold reinvention of the classic card game cribbage — blending the deep strategy of hold'em poker with the beloved scoring traditions of cribbage. If you've ever loved cribbage but wanted more decisions, more skill, and more ways to outsmart your opponent, Gridbage was built for you. How It Works Each player is dealt eight (8) cards. You'll discard two (2) into the crib — then place five (5) cards one at a time onto a unique grid game board, keeping one (1) card as your hold card. Every row and column is a cribbage hand waiting to be scored. The center "turn" card is shared by everyone. When all cards are placed, the Cut card is revealed, and every line scores just like cribbage (3 Grid cards, 1 Hold card, 1 Cut card) — fifteens, pairs, runs, flushes, and nobs all count. Highest total wins. The strategy runs deep. Every card you place blocks a lane for your opponent while opening one for yourself. The grid rewards forward thinking, hand reading, and knowing exactly what your five (5) cards holds. Four Difficulty Levels • Beginner — "I know a little cribbage..." The AI makes mistakes and gifts you scoring cards in the crib. A great way to learn without getting crushed. • Intermediate — "I picked a bad week to...stop playing beginner." The AI plays smart half the time and gives you a fighting chance the other half. • Expert — "To the Pain..." The AI plans ahead, and plays to win. No gifts. No mercy. • Ludicrous Speed — "Surely you can't be serious." The AI learns as it goes along. Pure computational carnage. Duplicate Card Mode Play the same cards your AI opponent plays — and find out once and for all whether you're actually better, or just lucky. Duplicate Card mode deals identical hands to both players across multiple matched sets, then shows you a full comparison breakdown at the end. Pure skill. No excuses. Cribbage Board Scoring Track Watch your pegs race around a beautifully rendered oval cribbage board. Skunks and double skunks are tracked. Every point counts — right up to 121. Built for Cribbage Players Gridbage honors everything cribbage players love — the scoring, the language, the crib, the cut, the pegboard — while adding a layer of spatial strategy that makes every hand feel new. • U.S. Patent D976,328 (unique board game design) • No ads. No in-app purchases. • Full privacy — no data collected, no tracking, no analytics. • Works completely offline yourself or on-line vs. friends head-to-head. Visit us at www.gridbage.com

About

Color Brick Blast

A vibrant puzzle game that combines resource management with physics-based chain reactions. Strategically select colors to shatter matching bricks and create satisfying cascades. Conquer hundreds of unique levels with a balance of relaxation and logic.

Highlights
  • Physics-based chain reactions
  • Resource management
  • Strategic color selection
  • Hundreds of unique levels
  • Satisfying brick shattering
  • Relaxing puzzle experience
Features
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Dive into Color Brick Blast, a vibrant and addictive new puzzle experience designed to relax your mind and challenge your brain! Unlike traditional brick breakers or simple color sort games, Color Brick Blast blends deep resource management with highly satisfying, physics-based chain reactions. Your objective is simple yet strategic: select the correct hue to activate and shatter matching bricks on the board. Once triggered, the blocks burst into a cascade of colorful pieces, filling your collection system below. The twist? Your available color pool is strictly limited. To conquer the increasingly complex grids, you must think a step ahead, plan your color sequences carefully, and maximize your collection efficiency. One smart move can set off an entire cascade of destruction! Whether you want to unwind after a long day or give your logic skills a quick workout, Color Brick Blast offers the perfect balance of relaxation, strategy, and progression. Tap, shatter, and clear your way through hundreds of unique levels. Download now and start your colorful puzzle journey!

Screenshots

Gridbage4 screens
Color Brick Blast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Color Brick Blast at Free against Gridbage's $0.99. Color Brick Blast also leads on ratings volume (200 vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). Gridbage's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Color Brick Blast is free to download; Gridbage costs $0.99 up front. Color Brick Blast sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Gridbage asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gridbage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Color Brick Blast has 200 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gridbage ships an update every 10 days, Color Brick Blast every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Gridbage versus Color Brick Blast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGridbageColor Brick Blast
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.6 (200 ratings)
Positive reviews—16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2200 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#94 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB294 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew GlassmanAMOBEAR PTE. LTD

Customer experience

Gridbage

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

Color Brick Blast

All ratings200 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral9.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Gridbage

No in-app purchases

15 purchases

Color Brick Blast

One-time15
  • Gold 1$1.99
  • Starter$1.99
  • Fail Offer 1$3.99
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  • Fail Offer 2$5.99
  • Remove ads$6.99
  • Gold 2$7.99
  • Small Bundle$9.99
  • Fail Offer 3$9.99
  • Gold 3$13.99
  • Fail Offer 4$14.99
  • Medium Bundle$19.99
  • Fail Offer 5$19.99
  • Fail Offer 6$29.99
  • Gold 4$33.99
  • Big Bundle$35.99

Questions

Is Gridbage free?
Gridbage costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Color Brick Blast free?
Color Brick Blast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gridbage or Color Brick Blast?
Gridbage is rated higher. Gridbage averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Color Brick Blast averages 4.6 from 200 ratings.
Do Gridbage or Color Brick Blast have ads?
Neither Gridbage nor Color Brick Blast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gridbage or Color Brick Blast?
Gridbage ships an update every 10 days, and Color Brick Blast every 4 days. Most recently, Gridbage was updated on October 3, 2026 and Color Brick Blast on October 14, 2026.

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