Holidays 2 vs Play Colors
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Holidays 2
This app offers four festive educational games designed to enhance memory, concentration, and cognitive skills in young children. It includes classic games like Connect Four and Slide Puzzle, along with unique challenges, all within a safe, ad-free, and privacy-focused environment.
- Connect Four game
- Slide Puzzle with adjustable difficulty
- Bubble Shooter game
- Toy-Code hidden object game
- Selectable holiday themes (Easter, Halloween, Christmas)
- Enhances memory and concentration
- Privacy-focused with no ads or in-app purchases
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Holidays 2: Four festive educational games to stimulate memory, concentration and cognitive skills in bright children aged 4-7. The 4 games in this great spring app are: • CONNECT FOUR: Play against either the computer or a friend. • SLIDE PUZZLE: Put the pieces in the right order again. Choose 3x3, 5x3 or 5x4 puzzle pieces. • BUBBLE SHOOTER: Bring together 3 or more presents of the same color. • TOY-CODE: Find the places where the 4 hidden toys are. AWESOME FEATURE: Parents can select their children's favorite holiday in the settings: Easter, Halloween or Christmas. All THREE holidays come in this single app - NO extra charges, NO ads and NO in-app purchases! While playing all these games in addition to having fun your children are developing and reinforcing all kinds of skills, including: • An understanding of object permanence • Spatial and bilateral awareness • Logic and problem solving • Persistence • Independent play And you don’t have to worry about your children playing independently with my apps because I take their privacy and online safety very seriously. My apps include: • no in-app purchases • no links to websites outside the app • no ads • no data collection or tracking • no social media sharing For detailed information on our privacy policy, visit http://bit.ly/spielzeug_privacy ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE As a MOMs with Apps member, we follow the Know what's inside best practices for kids’ apps ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– I also value your feedback so please email your comments or questions to spielplatz@janessig.com
Play Colors
A fun puzzle game where you mix colors to achieve specific shades. Test your color theory knowledge and creativity to solve increasingly challenging levels. Perfect for those who enjoy logic puzzles and a splash of color.
- Color mixing challenges
- Puzzle solving
- Color theory application
- Level-based progression
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Color mixing puzzle! Can you make it right?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Play Colors at Free against Holidays 2's $2.99. Play Colors also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Holidays 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) 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
Play Colors is free to download; Holidays 2 costs $2.99 up front. Play Colors sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Holidays 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Holidays 2 ships an update every 4 months, Play Colors every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Holidays 2 | Play Colors |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 15.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 265 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jan Essig | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD |
Bugs and requests
Holidays 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Play Colors
Reported bugs
2 issues- Paintbrush functionality issues
- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to create custom color palettes
- More challenging level designs
- Offline play mode
- Additional content and game modes
In-app purchases
Holidays 2
No in-app purchases
Play Colors
- No Ads$2.99
- Coin Pack$3.99
- Super Pack$5.99
