Comparison

Taploom vs OneMoveCat

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

OneMoveCat

Features
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Just move one cat. Sounds simple? Think again. Move a cat to an empty space or swap two cats to solve each puzzle in a single move. 1,000 PUZZLES, 7 TYPES OF CHALLENGE Explore mirror symmetry, point symmetry, three cats in a line, matching pairs and more. Check the illustrated rules while you play. COLLECT 24 CATS Start with two cats. Unlock new friends after clearing 3 puzzles, 20 puzzles, and every 50 puzzles thereafter. Your new cats join future puzzles. Read about their names, personalities and favorite things in the cat collection. A HINT WHEN YOU NEED IT Watch a video ad for a hint about which cat to choose. PLAY IN 9 LANGUAGES Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French and German. Change your language in Settings. Take a little break and find your next move with the cats. Contains ads.

Screenshots

Taploom4 screens
OneMoveCat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Taploom at none against OneMoveCat's shown. OneMoveCat's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Taploom ships an update every 3 weeks, OneMoveCat daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Taploom versus OneMoveCat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaploomOneMoveCat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB150 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCylandea Systems LLCTakeru Ito

In-app purchases

None

Taploom

No in-app purchases

None

OneMoveCat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Taploom free?
Taploom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OneMoveCat free?
OneMoveCat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Taploom or OneMoveCat have ads?
OneMoveCat shows ads; Taploom does not.
Which is updated more often, Taploom or OneMoveCat?
Taploom ships an update every 3 weeks, and OneMoveCat daily. Most recently, Taploom was updated on October 16, 2026 and OneMoveCat on October 31, 2026.

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