Color Catch · Memory Chess
How the game works, and how to reach a human.
Color Catch is a memory game with a wooden round board. Colored pegs are shown for a few seconds, then they all turn face-down. Roll the die, it lands on a color, and tap the peg you think is that color. Play against the computer, or pass one iPhone or iPad around for two or three players. It is free to download and play, works offline, has no ads, and needs no account. One optional purchase unlocks the bigger boards, Owl and 3 players.
With the "Bonus turn on a match" rule switched on (the default, as in the original rulebook), you keep rolling while you keep matching.
| Small | 4×4 — 16 pegs. Good for little players. |
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| Classic | 5×5 — 25 pegs. The default. |
| Big | 6×6 — 36 pegs. |
| Huge | 5×8 — 40 pegs. Best on iPad. |
Tap the speaker button on the home screen, or open the gear icon and switch "Sound" off. The game never plays anything on launch, and the sounds are only a soft tick on a flip and a chime on a match. Your choice is remembered.
Yes. Open the gear icon and switch on "Shapes on pegs". Each color then carries its own shape — circle, triangle, square, star, heart, diamond — on the peg cap and on the die face, so you can play by shape alone. The six colors are the Okabe-Ito palette, chosen to stay distinguishable under all common types of color blindness. If you have "Differentiate Without Color" switched on in iOS Accessibility settings, shapes turn on by themselves.
They differ in how much of the board they remember and how fast they forget it.
| Bunny | Forgets a lot, and tracks only a few pegs. Good for little players. |
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| Fox | Remembers about half the board. A fair match for most people. |
| Owl | Remembers nearly everything and rarely slips. You will have to concentrate. |
All three sometimes slip to a neighbouring peg, the way a person does. Choose the tier under "Computer" in settings.
Everything the game remembers — settings, avatars, board size, difficulty and game records — is stored only on your device, so there is nothing to restore from a server and no account to sign back into. Deleting the app clears all of it, and reinstalling starts you fresh with the defaults. Detailed stats such as wins per tier and streaks are planned for a later update.
No. Color Catch plays entirely on your device, on a plane or anywhere else. Online play between devices may come in a future update.
No ads, ever. Since version 1.2 the Small and Classic boards, Bunny and Fox, and 2-player games are free, and one optional in-app purchase (Unlock everything) adds the Big and Huge boards, Owl, 3 players and anything added later. There is also an optional tip jar in Settings; tips unlock nothing. Every purchase asks a quick grown-ups-only math question first, and payments are handled by Apple — the app still collects no data.
No. If you first downloaded Color Catch (or Peg Recall) before version 1.2, everything stays unlocked for you, automatically. If it ever doesn't, open Settings → Unlock everything → Restore purchase, or write to us.
Open Settings → Unlock everything → Restore purchase, signed in with the same Apple Account.
Write to ravibitspilani@gmail.com. Please say which device you are on (iPhone or iPad), your iOS version, and what happened. Bug reports and suggestions are both very welcome.