Comparison

Magic Liquid vs QuadClue

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

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About

Magic Liquid

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Stir up a little magic. Magic Liquid is a cozy color-sort puzzle wrapped in a witch's cauldron. Pour the colored potions from bottle to bottle until each one holds a single color, then tip the finished potion into the bubbling cauldron and watch it blast to life. No timers. No pressure. Just the quiet satisfaction of bringing order to a rainbow of swirling liquids. FEATURES - Endless levels that grow harder as you play - Gorgeous, lifelike liquid that ripples and boils - A magical cauldron that erupts in the color you just sorted - A gentle guided start, easy to learn and hard to put down - Undo your moves with earned backtracks - 100% free, playable offline Pour, sort, brew, repeat.

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QuadClue

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Sixteen squares. Four colors. Every color appears exactly four times. The clues sit along the top and left edges. Each one names a single color and tells you how many of it belong in that line. Nothing is hidden and nothing is random โ€” every puzzle is built to have exactly one answer, and every answer can be reached by reasoning alone. HOW IT WORKS Tap a square to cycle through the colors. Press and hold to pick one straight from the palette. An inner clue points at one row or one column. An outer clue is twice as long, because it covers two rows or two columns at once โ€” and that extra reach is what makes the hardest levels solvable. When a clue is satisfied, its border turns to a dashed line so you can see at a glance what is already accounted for. FIVE DIFFICULTIES Easy, Normal and Hard give you eight clues: one for every row and every column. That is enough to finish on its own. Expert and Master add four outer clues for twelve in total, and they are built so the rows and columns alone leave more than one possibility. You cannot finish without reading the outer clues. WHEN YOU ARE STUCK The hint button does not fill the square for you. It tells you which clue proves the answer, lights up both that clue and the square it points at, and names the color. Press it again and it moves on to the next one. There is no limit, and if you have put a color in the wrong place it will bring you back to it. Undo steps back one move at a time. Clear empties the board without starting a new puzzle. BUILT TO BE READ Every color is a cut gem with its own weight and depth, set on a black onyx tray so the four are easy to tell apart. If you would rather not rely on color, turn on the symbol overlay and each one carries a distinct shape โ€” square, circle, triangle, diamond โ€” outlined so it stays legible on every gem. ALSO INSIDE A timer and a best time for each difficulty, kept separately. Twenty achievements, from your first solved puzzle to clearing every level. Optional daily reminders, morning and evening. Sound and haptics, each with its own switch. Full support for iPhone and iPad. Your records live on your device. No account, no sign-in, and the puzzles are generated on the spot, so you can play with no connection at all.

Screenshots

Magic Liquid4 screens
QuadClue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Magic Liquid at none against QuadClue's shown. Magic Liquid also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). QuadClue's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Liquid ships an update fortnightly, QuadClue every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Magic Liquid versus QuadClue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic LiquidQuadClue
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS18.0 โ€” better26.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size15 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHOURYA SHARMAryuya matsuo

In-app purchases

None

Magic Liquid

No in-app purchases

None

QuadClue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Magic Liquid free?
Magic Liquid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuadClue free?
QuadClue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Magic Liquid or QuadClue have ads?
QuadClue shows ads; Magic Liquid does not.
Which is updated more often, Magic Liquid or QuadClue?
Magic Liquid ships an update fortnightly, and QuadClue every 3 days. Most recently, Magic Liquid was updated on September 30, 2026 and QuadClue on October 2, 2026.

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