Colony B vs Loop Bloom
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!
Loop Bloom
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Rotate tiles, connect the circuit, restore the flow, and bring every bloom to life. **Loop Bloom is a relaxing circuit and logic puzzle game** built for quick breaks, satisfying solves, and thoughtful brain-teasing challenges. Rotate connected tiles, complete each path, power every flower, and solve the entire board. Every puzzle begins as a connected circuit waiting to be restored. Study the paths, rotate the tiles into place, and find the solution that makes every bloom light up. Play at your own pace, tackle a fresh Daily Circuit, progress through handcrafted puzzle levels, or challenge yourself to solve faster and in fewer moves. Whether you enjoy relaxing puzzles, logic games, tile puzzles, brain teasers, or connection games, Loop Bloom offers a calm and satisfying challenge that's easy to learn and rewarding to master. PLAY FOUR WAYS • Daily Circuit — solve Easy, Medium, and Hard challenges that refresh every day. • Circuit Run — progress through 50 single-solution levels with fragile tiles, thorn walls, and paired Bloom Gates. • Time Run — bloom the board before the clock reaches zero. • Move Run — finish before your move budget runs out. BUILT FOR FOCUSED PLAY • One-tap controls • Optional guided tutorial • Undo, hints, and reset tools • Local best times, move counts, and progression • Native haptic feedback and share sheet • Works offline • No ads, no account, no in-app purchases, and no tracking Find the circuit. Restore the flow. Make the whole garden bloom.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Colony B at 7.0 against Loop Bloom's 15.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
Colony B ships an update every 3 weeks, Loop Bloom fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colony B | Loop Bloom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diga Design | Kasiga Innovations Inc |
In-app purchases
Colony B
No in-app purchases
Loop Bloom
No in-app purchases









