Comparison

Different Color vs Critical

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

Critical

Manage a reactor to prevent it from becoming critical by delivering water. Earn money over time to unlock permanent upgrades and improve your survival capabilities. Invest wisely to extend your runs and uncover secrets.

Highlights
  • Reactor management
  • Incremental income generation
  • Permanent upgrades
  • Research and secrets
  • Survival gameplay
Features
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Stop the reactor from going critical by delivering water. Robots are expensive though, so we use cheap expendable personnel instead. Money earned ramps up incrementally the longer you last. Survive as long as possible to maximize your income! Spend your hard earned cash to unlock permanent upgrades. Invest wisely to make each new run longer than the last. Tons of upgrades to buy, research to be done, and secrets to uncover. Give it a try! The longer you can keep the reactor from exploding, the more money you’ll make. Start small and watch your income grow exponentially as you survive longer and longer. Delay the inevitable cataclysm as long as possible and watch your cashflow go through the roof.

Screenshots

Different Color3 screens
Critical4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Critical at Free against Different Color's $0.99. Critical also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 29 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). Different Color's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Critical is free to download; Different Color costs $0.99 up front. Critical sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Different Color asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Different Color ships an update every 29 months, Critical fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Different Color versus Critical: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDifferent ColorCritical
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.4 (147 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—18.2% of reviews
Number of ratings—147 — better
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDietmar Herbert Schwarz WebersWaffleStack Studio LLC

In-app purchases

None

Different Color

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Critical

One-time10
  • 100 Gems$4.99
  • Starter Pack$9.99
  • Remove All Ads$9.99
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  • 225 Gems$9.99
  • Pro Pack$9.99
  • Pro Pack$14.99
  • New Player Sale$14.99
  • 500 Gems$14.99
  • 800 Gems$19.99
  • 3000 Gems$39.99

Questions

Is Different Color free?
Different Color costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Critical free?
Critical is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Different Color or Critical have ads?
Critical shows ads; Different Color does not.
Which is updated more often, Different Color or Critical?
Different Color ships an update every 29 months, and Critical fortnightly. Most recently, Different Color was updated on November 6, 2026 and Critical on November 3, 2026.

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