Project Alnilam vs ColorFold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Project Alnilam
An abstract puzzle game where players must guide all green items to the exit. Items move together but have unique behaviors, requiring strategic thinking within a limited number of steps. Features 60 mind-bending levels.
- Abstract and atmospheric gameplay
- Mindbending puzzles
- Unique item behaviors
- Limited step challenges
- 60 included puzzles
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Project Alnilam is an abstract, atmospheric, mindbending puzzle. Prepare your braincells! Get all the green items to the exit! All items move together, but they have different behaviour. Some of them helps, some of them hinders movement. Warning: you have a limited number of steps! 60 puzzles included.
ColorFold
Engage your mind with a unique puzzle experience where you strategically fold and move colored ribbons. Solve intricate levels by filling checkpoints with the correct colors, utilizing special mechanics like overlapping, barriers, and mirrored ribbons. This game offers a challenging yet rewarding experience for puzzle enthusiasts.
- Folding and moving colored ribbons
- Filling checkpoints with correct colors
- Utilizing barriers and overlapping ribbons
- Special mechanics like mirrored ribbons, one-way gates, and tunnels
- 200 handcrafted levels
- Universal app with iCloud saves
- Taptic Engine support
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ColorFold is a puzzle game that's all about folding and moving coloured ribbons - sounds easy, right? Move the ribbons in order to fill all checkpoints with the right color. Overlap ribbons, use barriers as a strategic advantage or use the mirrored ribbon, which copies your moves, to make it to the very end. Or use the new oneway-gates and tunnels to complete all levels. But I don't want to spoil it all - check it out for yourself, especially if you're into challenging puzzles! Features: - 200 handcrafted levels - Universal app with iCloud saves - Taptic Engine support - no ads - no in-app purchases Happy folding!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Project Alnilam at 100% against ColorFold's 46%. Project Alnilam also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.3). ColorFold's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 67 months) and ratings volume (183 vs 4). 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
Project Alnilam is free to download; ColorFold costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Project Alnilam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ColorFold has 183 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Project Alnilam's written reviews are positive against 46% of ColorFold's.
Project Alnilam ships an update every 67 months, ColorFold every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Project Alnilam | ColorFold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.3 (183 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 46.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 183 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 67 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SmartCode | Martin Pluisch |
Customer experience
Project Alnilam
ColorFold
Bugs and requests
Project Alnilam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ColorFold
Reported bugs
18 issues- Line drawing/control often hangs or stutters
- Undo function unreliable
- Individual solutions not accepted
- Obstacles (one-way gates, tunnels) don't work as intended
- Gray line can be drawn when blue line is blocked
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- Levels repeat or don't unlock properly
- Ribbons get stuck, forcing level restarts
- Level 69 (and others) seem impossible due to bugs
- Transport icon bug in level 90
- Ghost images when backing up a color
- Blocks getting stuck when running over/under starting place
- Ribbon doesn't follow finger when under another ribbon
- Ribbon segment left on grid
- Cannot pick up end of finished ribbon to backtrack
- Level 0 and 1 not completable
- Incorrect color ribbon dragged over same square before correct one
- New rules introduced without explanation
- When multiple ribbons cross the same square, incorrect color first prevents completion
Requested features
6 requests- Add more levels
- Improve tutorial or instructions
- Add a 'moves used' counter with star rating
- Add one-direction roads
- Add bridge/tunnel mechanics (cannot turn)
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- Add more color contrast options
In-app purchases
Project Alnilam
No in-app purchases
ColorFold
No in-app purchases
