Comparison

Hoplite vs Different Color

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

Head to head
About

Hoplite

Engage in challenging turn-based tactical combat on small maps. Strategize your moves carefully to overcome procedurally generated levels and unlock upgrades. Compete with friends on leaderboards and test your skills in daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Turn-based tactical movement
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Quest mode with upgrades
  • Challenge mode with daily challenges
  • Leaderboard rankings
  • Hard but fair gameplay
Features
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"Blanket recommendation for this one." - Pocket Tactics (5 stars) "It's very simple to learn, but there's a huge amount of depth to the game" - Touch Arcade (5 stars) Hoplite is a turn-based strategy game focusing on tactical movement around small maps. This game is designed to be hard, yet fair. You'll need to think before you act if you hope to win. Every move counts! Quest Mode: • Make strategical choices to upgrade your abilities as you dive deeper into the underworld. • Earn achievements and unlock access to new upgrades. • Procedurally generated levels give a new experience every play. • Challenge your friends and see how you rank on the leaderboard. Challenge mode: • Jump straight into the action with a randomized set of upgrades. • Try to beat the daily challenge or play predetermined challenges at two difficulty levels.

About

Different Color

Features
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Find the circle with a different color than the others. Each level has 10 games to play and gives you 3 lives, so you can make some mistakes in finding the different color. Making more than 3 wrong selections, will send you back one level! Each game comes with a different color. Each new level adds more circles and makes it more difficult to find the only circle that has a different color. There is no limit in levels to reach, the only limit is by the difficulty to select the circle, as they are getting smaller and smaller as you advance in the levels. Bigger screens like iPad or iPhone 6 plus, are allowing more levels. Have fun and enjoy!

Screenshots

Hoplite3 screens
Different Color3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hoplite at every 3 months against Different Color's every 29 months. Hoplite also leads on chart position (#131 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.6). Different Color's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On ads, 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

Hoplite costs $3.99 and Different Color $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hoplite ships an update every 3 months, Different Color every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Hoplite versus Different Color: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHopliteDifferent Color
Price$3.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.7 (787 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings787 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 29 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#131 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB1 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDouglas CowleyDietmar Herbert Schwarz Webers

Bugs and requests

Hoplite

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on launch with certain OS versions
  • Agility upgrade not functioning properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More game modes or levels
  • Customization options for the character
  • Landscape mode support
  • Ability to start at higher levels

Different Color

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hoplite

No in-app purchases

None

Different Color

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hoplite free?
Hoplite costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Different Color free?
Different Color costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hoplite or Different Color have ads?
Neither Hoplite nor Different Color shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hoplite or Different Color?
Hoplite ships an update every 3 months, and Different Color every 29 months. Most recently, Hoplite was updated on September 23, 2026 and Different Color on September 21, 2026.

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