Bicolor vs Symbol Link
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bicolor
A minimalist puzzle game with 240 handmade levels, each featuring only two colors. Test your skills with this unique and visually striking challenge.
- Minimalist design
- 240 handmade levels
- Two-color puzzles
- Challenging gameplay
- Beautiful visuals
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50% off Bicolor for a limited time as part of the App Store Indie Games promotion! --------------------------------------- App Store Best of 2014! --------------------------------------- Bicolor is a beautiful and minimalist puzzle game featuring 240 handmade levels. Each of them is made of only two colors! Are you ready for this new challenge?
Symbol Link
This puzzle game challenges you to connect matching symbols with a single path. It features a vast number of puzzles and challenges, with unique mechanics like autolinks and an advanced scoring system. Designed by the creator of Tetris, it offers stylish visuals and audio.
- 1650 puzzles
- 300 challenges
- 3 puzzle packs by Tetris author
- Autolinks feature
- Advanced score system
- Hints and guides
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TETRIS® 40 YEARS: This game designed by Tetris® creator. Symbol Link designed by Tetris author Alexey Pajitnov is a novel take based on a well-known Number Link and Flow game mechanics. !!! Any in-game purchase makes the game ads-free !!! Solve puzzles pairing up matching symbols with a single path. Team up with your iPhone or iPad artificial intelligence to score points by drawing autolinks – two symbols automatically connected when definite path between them exists. Main Symbol Link features: •1650 puzzles; •300 challenges of 5 different types; •3 puzzle packs braincrafted by Tetris author Alexey Pajitnov; •Stylish visuals, music and sound effects. Go higher with unique Symbol Link features: •Puzzle boards of hundred different sizes and shapes; •Autolinks to save your time but challenge you more; •Advanced score system thoroughly measuring every move you play and quality of final solution; •Hints and guides displaying previous solutions to assist your play. Link to gameplay video: http://youtu.be/eb1Ic1G_ZLw Link to game page at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/symlink
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Symbol Link at Free against Bicolor's $1.99. Bicolor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (98% vs 66%). On in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Symbol Link is free to download; Bicolor costs $1.99 up front. Bicolor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Symbol Link sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bicolor holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bicolor has 1.2K ratings behind it against 63, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Bicolor's written reviews are positive against 66% of Symbol Link's.
Bicolor ships an update every 2 months, Symbol Link every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bicolor | Symbol Link |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.5 (63 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.6% of reviews — better | 65.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 63 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 1Button SARL | ANDREY NOVIKOV |
Customer experience
Bicolor
Symbol Link
User reviews
Bicolor
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addictive and fun gameplay
- 🎨 Elegant and minimalist design
- 💡 Unique and innovative concept
- 🧠 Challenging puzzles that make you think
- 🎮 Simple and intuitive controls
Room to improve
- 🤔 Some puzzles can be too difficult
- 🔁 Lack of new levels/content updates
- 🔍 Unclear instructions for certain mechanics
Symbol Link
From 63 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🧩 Innovative puzzle mechanics with auto-complete feature
- 🎨 Beautiful minimalist design and UI
- 🎵 Soothing music and sound design
- 😌 Relaxing and engaging gameplay
- 🧠 Challenging and thought-provoking puzzles
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive full-screen ads
- 💰 Ads appear after nearly every level
- 🎯 Ads positioned over continue/restart buttons causing accidental clicks
- ❌ Ad removal purchase doesn't work properly
- 📖 Unclear game instructions and mechanics
Bugs and requests
Bicolor
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Chapter/level progression bugs
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to save/resume progress
- Hint system or tutorial improvements
Symbol Link
Reported bugs
8 issues- App freezes on tutorial/how-to screen with unresponsive controls
- Settings menu freezes on iPhone 5
- App force quits unexpectedly
- Occasional line freezing during gameplay
- Accidental App Store redirects from ad clicks
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- Ad removal in-app purchase not functioning
- Notification center alerts appearing despite being disabled
- Hint button too small and easily triggered accidentally
Requested features
10 requests- Add more free puzzle packs
- Implement ad-free version with reasonable pricing
- Provide clearer in-game tutorials and instructions
- Add difficulty ratings for puzzle packs before purchase
- Include confirmation dialog before using hints
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- Add ability to purchase hints
- Improve hint button placement to avoid accidental clicks
- Add volume sliders for sound effects
- Reduce frequency of ads or limit to banner ads only
- Add Chromecast support
In-app purchases
Bicolor
- Pack of 10 Paint Buckets$0.99
Symbol Link
- Pack of 12 Hints$1.99
- Alexey's Pack II$1.99
- Alexey's Pack III$1.99
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- Puzzle Pack IV$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Puzzle Pack V$1.99
- Puzzle Pack VI$1.99
