Comparison

Different Color vs Kriegspiel

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

Head to head
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!

About

Kriegspiel

Engage in a strategic board game inspired by Napoleonic warfare. The objective is to capture enemy arsenals by deploying lines of communication and blocking enemy movements on a large game board. Offers online and local multiplayer, as well as AI practice.

Highlights
  • 20x25 game board
  • Capture enemy arsenals to win
  • Deploy lines of communication
  • Block enemy lines
  • Online multiplayer
  • Local multiplayer
  • AI practice mode
  • Level editor
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Inspired by the military theory of Carl von Clausewitz and the European war campaigns of Napoleon, Kriegspiel is a chess-variant played by two opposing players on a 20 x 25 game board. Capture the enemy's Arsenals to win. Deploy your Lines of Communication to keep friendly units in contact. Block enemy lines for strategic advantage. "The surprises of this Kriegspiel seem to be inexhaustible," wrote French Situationist Guy Debord. In Debord's view the game represents the totality of factors at play in wartime maneuvers, what he called "the dialectic of all conflicts." -- Play 2P online against another player -- Play 2P in person on the same device -- Practice against the computer -- Level editor for customizing formations -- Language support for French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, and English Kriegspiel is produced and maintained by Alexander R. Galloway. The game is noncommercial. There are no in-app purchases. No advertisements. No Patreon. No GoFundMe. No monetization of player data. There is literally no possible way to take your money.

Screenshots

Different Color3 screens
Kriegspiel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kriegspiel at Free against Different Color's $0.99. Kriegspiel also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 29 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Kriegspiel is free to download; Different Color costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Different Color ships an update every 29 months, Kriegspiel every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Different Color versus Kriegspiel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDifferent ColorKriegspiel
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.6 (66 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—74.2% of reviews
Number of ratings—66 — better
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB59 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDietmar Herbert Schwarz WebersAlexander Galloway

In-app purchases

None

Different Color

No in-app purchases

None

Kriegspiel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Different Color free?
Different Color costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kriegspiel free?
Kriegspiel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Different Color or Kriegspiel have ads?
Neither Different Color nor Kriegspiel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Different Color or Kriegspiel?
Different Color ships an update every 29 months, and Kriegspiel every 6 months. Most recently, Different Color was updated on October 24, 2026 and Kriegspiel on October 26, 2026.

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