Comparison

Arrow Mismatch vs Magic Color Tubes

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

Head to head
About

Arrow Mismatch

A casual puzzle game that tests observation and reaction speed. Players match arrow directions to tile labels, with increasing difficulty as levels progress. It's designed for quick, enjoyable brain training.

Highlights
  • Observation skill challenge
  • Reaction speed test
  • Simple, easy-to-learn rules
  • Gradually increasing difficulty
  • Brain-training for active minds
  • Direction recognition and quick judgment
Features
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Arrow Mismatch is a light and enjoyable puzzle game designed to challenge your observation skills and reaction speed. Players need to quickly compare the arrow direction with the word shown on each tile, then find the targets where the direction and label do not match. The rules are simple and easy to learn, making it great for quick casual play. As levels progress, the board becomes larger and the challenge gradually increases, keeping the game fun, focused, and engaging. Arrow Mismatch is also a relaxing choice for older adults who enjoy simple brain-training games. Through direction recognition, quick judgment, and easy tapping controls, the game helps keep the mind active in a casual and enjoyable way.

About

Magic Color Tubes

Engage your mind with a unique puzzle game set in a magic laboratory. Manipulate liquids and light through four distinct crafting mechanics, each with its own challenges and controls. Solve intricate trials and grand brew chains to master the art of potion-making.

Highlights
  • Tube Resonance liquid tuning
  • Spin Split pigment balancing
  • Siphon Relay hose linking
  • Lumen Blend light overlapping
  • Multiple game modes
  • Grand Brew challenge chains
Features
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Magic Color Tubes Magic Color Tubes is a puzzle game about a magic laboratory bench. Nothing is poured from one glass into another. Every potion is coaxed forward with four different crafts, and each craft has its own controls and its own way of going wrong. Tube Resonance asks you to tune liquid levels until each tube sings the right note, then strike the chant in order. Tap high for a bright voice, charge a blow to crack hard crystal, and use two fingers for a chord. Spin Split mounts a mixed tube on a drum: loosen the clump in reverse, hold each pigment in its own speed window, balance the counterweight, and latch the bands before they drift. Siphon Relay is about hoses. Link a source to a target, purge the air, set the intake depth to avoid sediment, then clamp the flow at the exact millilitre. Lumen Blend shines a lamp through coloured draughts so their beams overlap into violet, cyan, or white on a rune canvas. Twenty trials each for Lumen Blend and Siphon Relay, fifteen for Resonance and Spin Split, plus five Grand Brew chains that run all four benches back to back.

Screenshots

Arrow Mismatch3 screens
Magic Color Tubes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Magic Color Tubes at 50% against Arrow Mismatch's 0%. Magic Color Tubes also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Arrow Mismatch's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 2.3). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Arrow Mismatch holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Arrow Mismatch's written reviews are positive against 50% of Magic Color Tubes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arrow Mismatch ships an update every 6 weeks, Magic Color Tubes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Arrow Mismatch versus Magic Color Tubes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArrow MismatchMagic Color Tubes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size234 MB283 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDinh Hieu Nguyen恭俊 张

Customer experience

Arrow Mismatch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Magic Color Tubes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Arrow Mismatch

No in-app purchases

None

Magic Color Tubes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arrow Mismatch free?
Arrow Mismatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Magic Color Tubes free?
Magic Color Tubes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Arrow Mismatch or Magic Color Tubes?
Arrow Mismatch is rated higher. Arrow Mismatch averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Magic Color Tubes averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Arrow Mismatch or Magic Color Tubes have ads?
Both Arrow Mismatch and Magic Color Tubes show ads.
Which is updated more often, Arrow Mismatch or Magic Color Tubes?
Arrow Mismatch ships an update every 6 weeks, and Magic Color Tubes every 2 weeks. Most recently, Arrow Mismatch was updated on November 5, 2026 and Magic Color Tubes on November 6, 2026.

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