Digits vs Watercolors
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digits
Engage your brain with thousands of levels designed to be learned quickly and provide a sense of accomplishment. This game offers a relaxing experience that can make you feel smarter and more confident.
- Thousands of levels
- Quick to learn
- Relaxing gameplay
- Sense of accomplishment
- Brain stimulation
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Learn it in seconds then feel your brain throwing a party. It makes you feel good. keeps you relaxed, and most importantly, it makes you look smart around your friends! With 1,000s of levels you'll be chilling for days. We love Digits and we think you will too, so what are you waiting for? If you have any issues, comments, concerns, or you just want to say hi and show us some love, email us at fun@simplemachine.co
Watercolors
A mind-painting puzzle game where you mix primary colors to fill glowing circles and solve hundreds of challenging levels. Discover new strategies and keep your mind sharp while experiencing the magical feeling of combining colors. Offers multiple game modes to test your skills.
- Color mixing puzzles
- Hundreds of challenging levels
- Multiple game modes (Moves, Time Trial, Challenges)
- Colorblind support
- Mind-sharpening gameplay
- Discover new strategies
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Watercolors: the mind-painting puzzle game. Mix red, yellow and blue to paint your way through hundreds of challenging levels. Fill the glowing circles with the indicated color to complete each puzzle. Just wait and see what happens when you combine all three colors, it might BLOW your mind! Keep your mind sharp and have fun playing with colors. Experience the almost magical feeling of dragging and combining colors! Levels start simple and they progress until your mind is really put to test. And you'll have to discover interesting strategies for completing each puzzle. "A logic puzzle for artists" ~ Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post "A breath of fresh air: a colour-based game that involves playing with blue, yellow and red paints on-screen, combining them where necessary" ~ Stuart Dredge, The Guardian "Watercolors combines your love of color and puzzle games into a challenging and addictive treat" ~ Christine Chan, AppAdvice.com GAME MODES • MOVES: complete each puzzle in as less swipes as possible to get 3 stars for each level • TIME TRIAL: race against the clock and see how fast you can solve the puzzles • CHALLENGES: challenge your friends through game center and see if they've got what it takes Oh, and no worries if you're colorblind. We've got that covered for you as well. Have questions, problems or feedback? Reach out to us at support@watercolorsapp.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Digits at 4.7 against Watercolors's 4.0. Digits also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and review sentiment (95% vs 75%). Watercolors's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Watercolors sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Digits asks for nothing beyond the download.
Digits holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Digits's written reviews are positive against 75% of Watercolors's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digits | Watercolors |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (59 ratings) — better | 4.0 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better | 74.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simple Machine, LLC | ADONIS SOFTWARE SRL-D |
Customer experience
Digits
Watercolors
Bugs and requests
Digits
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Watercolors
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on launch
- Inability to restore purchases
- Free hints not working as expected
- Progress loss after updates
- Compatibility issues with iOS 9
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to skip difficult levels
- Improved save/restore functionality
- Optimization for newer devices
- Better hint system and tutorial
In-app purchases
Digits
No in-app purchases
Watercolors
- 5 hints$0.99
- Colors Frenzy$0.99
- Crazy Grids$0.99
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- Constellations Pack$0.99
- Xmas Pack$0.99
- Pro Pack$1.99
- 20 hints$2.99
- Unlock All Packs$2.99









