Candy Crush Saga vs Happy Color by Numbers Game

How do Candy Crush Saga and Happy Color by Numbers Game compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Candy Crush Saga	Happy Color by Numbers Game
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	hard	easy
Ad intensity	high	high
In-app-purchase pressure	high	medium
Typical session	variable	variable
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.8 / 5
Ratings count	3,956,196	3,365,076
Reviews say	What players like Addictive core match-3 gameplay with escalating difficulty Free to play with offline support Daily rewards and time-limited events for engagement Common complaints Aggressive ad placement and hard-to-close ad windows causing accidental clicks Pay-to-win mechanics with removed ad-based rewards after updates Technical bugs including crashes, freezing, and broken iPad UI	What players like Calming and meditative for anxiety/ADHD Vast library of pictures including Disney content Satisfying animated playback on completion Common complaints Excessive ads interrupt coloring mid-session Ads pop up and open browser tabs without permission Touch sensitivity issues requiring multiple taps

Candy Crush Saga — Match-3 puzzle game where you blast candies through thousands of levels while navigating aggressive monetization and intrusive ads. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure) Happy Color by Numbers Game — A relaxing color-by-numbers game with 40,000+ pictures designed to calm anxiety and ADHD through meditative coloring. (rated easy difficulty, high ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-07-10. Last updated 2026-07-10.