Comparison

Timber Color vs Commons Arcade

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

Head to head
About

Timber Color

A relaxing coloring game where you fill in cozy houses, gardens, and interiors by tapping colors into numbered spaces. It offers a gentle, rhythmic escape with detailed illustrations that evoke a sense of peace and home.

Highlights
  • Color cozy houses and cottages
  • Fill peaceful gardens and outdoor spaces
  • Bring interiors to life
  • Relax with number-guided coloring
  • Detailed illustrations
Features
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There are days I want less from the world. Less noise. Less speed. Less brightness that doesn’t warm anything. So I open Timber Color. And a little house waits for me. Sometimes it’s a cottage with ivy near the door. Sometimes a kitchen with morning light across the floorboards. Sometimes a garden path, a porch swing, a room that looks like it knows how to keep a secret. I follow the numbers, tap the colors into place, and the scene slowly settles into itself. That’s the whole rhythm. Easy to learn. Gentle to return to. A coloring game made of homes, corners, windows, lamps, quilts, flower boxes, and the quiet feeling that someone has just stepped into the next room. Timber Color lets you: - Color cozy houses and countryside cottages - Fill peaceful gardens and charming outdoor spaces - Bring warm interiors to life with simple tap-to-color play - Relax with clear number-guided coloring The pleasure is in the details: painted shutters, worn wood, a cup on the windowsill, a glow behind the curtains. Each illustration feels like a place you could step into and stay longer than you meant to. For anyone who loves cozy living, home décor, peaceful mornings, country houses, and quiet creative rituals, Timber Color offers a small, steady escape. A few minutes after work. A slow Saturday with coffee. A late evening when the day has finally stopped asking things of you. Somewhere between game and daydream, the rooms fill in. The garden comes back. The windows brighten. And for a moment, so do I. Welcome Home...

About

Commons Arcade

Enjoy a curated collection of classic and original games on your iPhone and iPad. Play offline with no ads, accounts, or purchases. Save your progress and personal bests across multiple titles.

Highlights
  • Collection of classic and original games
  • Offline play
  • Saved progress and personal bests
  • No ads, accounts, or purchases
  • Open source
Features
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A collection of thoughtfully made games for iPhone and iPad. Play Solitaire, Brick Breaker, 2048, Minesweeper, Cornerwise, Sudoku, Traffic Jam, and Tic-Tac-Toe. Play on your own or share a game on one device. Pick up where you left off, with saved progress and personal bests. Free and offline. No ads, accounts, purchases, or tracking. Open source. Built together.

Screenshots

Timber Color4 screens
Commons Arcade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Commons Arcade at none against Timber Color's shown. Commons Arcade also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Timber Color's advantage is ratings volume (2.2K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Commons Arcade holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timber Color has 2.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timber Color ships an update every 3 weeks, Commons Arcade every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Timber Color versus Commons Arcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimber ColorCommons Arcade
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.2K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB5 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBLACKWHALE ENTERTAINMENT LIMITEDOsphor Labs LLC

Customer experience

Timber Color

All ratings2,248 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative4.8%

Commons Arcade

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Timber Color

No in-app purchases

None

Commons Arcade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timber Color free?
Timber Color is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Commons Arcade free?
Commons Arcade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timber Color or Commons Arcade?
Commons Arcade is rated higher. Timber Color averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.2K ratings, while Commons Arcade averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Timber Color or Commons Arcade have ads?
Timber Color shows ads; Commons Arcade does not.
Which is updated more often, Timber Color or Commons Arcade?
Timber Color ships an update every 3 weeks, and Commons Arcade every 2 weeks. Most recently, Timber Color was updated on October 19, 2026 and Commons Arcade on October 10, 2026.

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