Colony B vs Quantum 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Colony B
Contribute to scientific research by collecting and growing microbes in a fast-paced puzzle game. Unlock badges to learn about microorganisms and help analyze data for a citizen science project.
- Collect and grow microbes
- Fast-paced puzzle gameplay
- Unlock learning badges
- Contribute to scientific research
- Citizen science participation
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Unravel the secrets of microscopic life! Colony B is a mobile game developed at McGill University that allows you to contribute to research on microbes. Collect microbes and grow your colony in a fast paced puzzle game. Unlock badges to learn about microbes living inside our body. The results are used to analyze data from the American Gut project based at University of California San Diego. Play Colony B and become a citizen scientist!
Quantum 3
An educational match-3 game that blends fun gameplay with quantum physics concepts. Players match quarks to build subatomic particles and learn about fundamental physics mysteries. It's a great introduction to particle physics for all ages.
- Match-3 gameplay
- Learn quantum physics
- Build subatomic particles
- Explore fundamental physics
- Puzzle-solving mechanics
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Quantum 3 is an educational match-3 game for all ages where fun meets quantum physics! Build subatomic particles, learn about the mysteries of fundamental physics and deploy antimatter to clear the way! You'll match and swap quarks to make (and learn about) the baryons you need for each objective. Puzzle out the quantum properties of color, flavor and spin. So get in there and start your quantum-venture! Quantum 3 is puzzle-matching at its finest and a great intro to the world of particle physics! The game is free-to-play with no in-app purchases. The game is developed at Michigan State University by the Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab and is funded under grant PHY 1653405 by the National Science Foundation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Quantum 3 at 100% against Colony B's 25%. Quantum 3 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4). Colony B's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 16 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Quantum 3 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Colony B's written reviews are positive against 100% of Quantum 3's.
Colony B ships an update every 3 weeks, Quantum 3 every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colony B | Quantum 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diga Design | Brian Winn |
Customer experience
Colony B
Quantum 3
In-app purchases
Colony B
No in-app purchases
Quantum 3
No in-app purchases
