Push the Circles vs ColorFold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Push the Circles
A tactical puzzle game where players stack rings of the same color to achieve high scores. Unlock new levels by reaching point milestones and strategically use special rings to maximize your score.
- Tactical ring stacking gameplay
- Three unlockable difficulty levels
- Score-based level progression
- Increasing ring values with superposition
- Special silver and joker rings
- Dynamic field filling with new rings
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Push the Circles is a tactical high score game with 3 different levels. Activation as follows: - Level „Easy“ is activated immediately. - Level „Medium“ will be unlocked upon scoring 10,000 points in Level „Easy“. - Level „Complex" will be unlocked upon scoring of 100,000 points in the level „Medium“. Rules: Rings of the same color have to be vertically or horizontally placed on each other. While no rings of a different color can be skipped, only empty fields can be skipped. The value of a ring increases with the number of superposed rings. The start value of a ring is 1. When superimposing the values of the start and end ring are added, the value of the starting ring is doubled. The value of a ring can increase to max. 10,000 points. After each move, the field is filled with rings again: Ring value 0 - 6: no new ring Ring value 7- 15: 1 new ring Ring value 16-31: 2 new rings Ring value 32-63: 3 new rings Ring Value 64: 100 - 5 new rings Ring value > 100: No new ring Where the field is filled from left to right and from bottom to top with rings random color. With higher score and more tactical options also free combinable silver and joker rings will appear.
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 price: Push the Circles at Free against ColorFold's $0.99. Push the Circles also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (67% vs 46%). ColorFold's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (183 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Push the Circles is free to download; ColorFold costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Push the Circles 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Push the Circles's written reviews are positive against 46% of ColorFold's.
Push the Circles ships an update every 7 months, ColorFold every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Push the Circles | ColorFold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (183 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 46.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 183 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dirk Schulz-Judith | Martin Pluisch |
Customer experience
Push the Circles
ColorFold
Bugs and requests
Push the Circles
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
Push the Circles
No in-app purchases
ColorFold
No in-app purchases
