Comparison

Taploom vs Water Loop Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

Taploom

A minimalist puzzle game where you tap tiles to create color ripples that drain the board. Plan your moves to chain reactions and solve each level efficiently. Features hand-crafted levels, a daily puzzle, and an endless mode.

Highlights
  • Minimalist ripple puzzle gameplay
  • 55 hand-crafted levels
  • Daily and endless puzzle modes
  • Built-in level editor
  • Three-star scoring system
  • One-handed play
Features
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Tap a tile. Watch the color ripple outward. Drain every tile on the board. ColorDrain is a minimalist puzzle game built around one simple idea: every tap sends a wave through the grid. Plan your taps, chain the reactions, and clear each board in as few moves as possible. HOW IT PLAYS You have a board of empty tiles. Each tap fills the tapped tile and ripples outward through its neighbors. Tiles, walls, mirrors, and other obstacles shape where the color can go. Your goal is to fill the entire board, and your score depends on how cleanly you do it. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Most puzzle games ask you to match. ColorDrain asks you to plan. The same board can be solved in five taps or twenty, and finding the elegant solution feels like solving a tiny machine. FEATURES • 55 hand-crafted levels across 11 themed rows • A fresh daily puzzle, the same seed for every player worldwide • Endless mode with seeded levels you can replay • A built-in level editor for designing and saving your own puzzles • Three-star scoring rewards efficient solutions • Built one-handed for iPhone, fully portrait, no ads, no IAP A GROWING TOOLBOX Each row of levels introduces a new tile that changes how the ripple flows: • Amplifiers boost a tap into a long beam • Mirrors bend rays around corners • Bombs detonate when filled, taking neighbors with them • Teleporters warp the ripple to their partners on the same heading • Frozen barriers thaw under bomb blasts • Canals carry rays across long distances • Prisms burst light in all four directions • Locked tiles open only when surrounded • Infection tiles spread on their own once seeded • Heart tiles are the final puzzle: protect them, route around them, or finish them last BUILT FOR THE DEVICE Every action has a haptic. Every fill has a sound. Tap placement is precise enough to play with one thumb on the bus, and slow enough to think through on the couch. No accounts. No tracking. No internet required.

About

Water Loop Puzzle

Features
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Zen Loop is a quiet puzzle about one simple idea: close the loop. Rotate each tile until every line meets its neighbour and the path becomes a single unbroken loop. No timer, no pressure — just you and the pattern. HOW IT PLAYS - Tap a tile to rotate it - Connect every end until the loop closes - Levels grow from four-tile warm-ups to dense, satisfying grids - Hints when you want them, never forced WHY YOU'LL STAY - Ink-and-paper art with bamboo, blossom and a red seal - Plays fully offline - Daily bonus, missions and a lucky wheel - Medals for perfect, hint-free solutions A puzzle for winding down rather than winding up.

Screenshots

Taploom4 screens
Water Loop Puzzle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Taploom at none against Water Loop Puzzle's 4. Taploom also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Water Loop Puzzle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Taploom asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Taploom versus Water Loop Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaploomWater Loop Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCylandea Systems LLCAnastassiya Shugaley

In-app purchases

None

Taploom

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Water Loop Puzzle

One-time4
  • 1,000 Coins$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • 5,500 Coins$3.99
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  • 12,000 Coins$7.99

Questions

Is Taploom free?
Taploom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Water Loop Puzzle free?
Water Loop Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Taploom or Water Loop Puzzle have ads?
Water Loop Puzzle shows ads; Taploom does not.
Which is updated more often, Taploom or Water Loop Puzzle?
Taploom ships an update every 3 weeks, and Water Loop Puzzle every 3 weeks. Most recently, Taploom was updated on October 31, 2026 and Water Loop Puzzle on October 31, 2026.

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