Comparison

Swarm Loop vs Coilout

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

Head to head
About

Swarm Loop

Guide your ant swarm to collect matching colored blocks on a pixel map. Complete color puzzles by bringing collected blocks back to your nest. Enjoy satisfying block matching and quick levels anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Ant swarm block collection
  • Color puzzle gameplay
  • Satisfying block matching
  • Smart block hunt challenges
  • Quick levels for on-the-go play
Features
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Jump into a colorful Swarm Loop filled with exciting block hunt challenges. Each nest has its own color, each swarm has a mission, and every block is waiting to be collected! HOW TO PLAY - Send your ant swarm out from the nest and start the hunt! - Each nest has a different color, guide the ants to collect the right color blocks on the pixel map - Once the ants collect the matching blocks, they carry them back to their nest - Clear the map, complete the color puzzle, and enjoy that perfect loop from nest to block and back again! FEATURES - Cute swarms with smooth and satisfying movement - Simple but addictive color puzzle gameplay - Satisfying Color Block Matching on every level - Smart Block Hunt challenges with different colors and layouts - Quick levels that are easy to enjoy anytime, anywhere Start the swarm, hunt the blocks, match the colors, and bring everything back to the nest!

About

Coilout

Features
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Coilout is two games in one: a logic puzzle about sliding snakes off a grid, and a retro arcade snake you can play solo or against a nearby iPhone. ESCAPE Each snake only moves the way it faces. Tap the right one, in the right order, and watch it slide out. Later boards add walls, pressure plates, gates, ice, and wormholes. Thirty campaign levels, hints, undo, and stars for a clean run. CLASSIC SNAKE The old phone game. Eat the dots, grow, don't hit the wall. Pick a maze, grab rare power-ups, or turn on a CPU ghost that hunts the same food. Link Cable lets two nearby iPhones play a face-off on the same board over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. DAILY One generated board a day, the same for everyone. Keep a streak. MAKE YOUR OWN Draw a level in the editor, check that it can be solved, then save it or share a link. Open someone else's link and it lands in your list. ALSO • LCD themes, optional CRT scanlines • Colour-blind marks and a safer palette • iCloud sync for stars, scores, and your levels • Game Center leaderboards and achievements • Optional sound (square-wave blips) No ads. No account required. Play offline except for Game Center, iCloud, and Link Cable.

Screenshots

Swarm Loop4 screens
Coilout4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coilout at none against Swarm Loop's 20. Coilout also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). Swarm Loop's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and device support 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. Swarm Loop sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. Coilout asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swarm Loop ships an update weekly, Coilout daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Swarm Loop versus Coilout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwarm LoopCoilout
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (684 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings684 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size382 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPIXEL KING PTE. LTD.TextWaves Inc

In-app purchases

20 purchases

Swarm Loop

One-time20
  • Starter Bundle$1.99
  • Coin pack 1$1.99
  • Limited Pack$4.99
Show 17 more
  • Daily Deal$4.99
  • Revive Bundle$4.99
  • RemoveAds$5.99
  • Drone Pack$5.99
  • Shuffle Pack$5.99
  • Vacuum Pack$5.99
  • Slot Pack$5.99
  • Special Offer$7.99
  • Coin pack 2$7.99
  • Candy Pass$9.99
  • Small bundle$9.99
  • Coin pack 3$14.99
  • Medium bundle$19.99
  • Ultra bundle$29.99
  • Coin pack 4$29.99
  • Coin pack 5$54.99
  • Coin pack 6$99.99
None

Coilout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swarm Loop free?
Swarm Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coilout free?
Coilout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Swarm Loop or Coilout have ads?
Swarm Loop shows ads; Coilout does not.
Which is updated more often, Swarm Loop or Coilout?
Swarm Loop ships an update weekly, and Coilout daily. Most recently, Swarm Loop was updated on October 24, 2026 and Coilout on October 7, 2026.

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