Water Sort app icon Color-sort puzzle · iPhone

Pour, match, and clear the glow.

Every vial holds a stack of glowing color. Tap to pour one into another — same color only — and clear each vial down to a single glowing hue. No ads. No account. No sign-up.

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Water Sort gameplay — glowing color vials mid-pour

What's inside

A puzzle with an actual glow-up

Easy to pick up, satisfying to master — Water Sort is a pick-up-and-pour puzzle you can play in short bursts.

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Pour to sort
Tap a vial to lift it, tap another to pour. Colors only stack on a matching top color — plan your pours.
A glow for every clear
Every vial you fully sort bursts with light — not just the end of the level. There's a payoff every few moves.
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Streaks
Clear vials back-to-back to build a streak. Undo resets it, so a clean run actually means something.
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99 hand-tuned levels
A puzzle path that actually ramps — from a two-bottle warm-up to boards with mystery and wrapped bottles, each with a star rating to chase.
Undo & restart
Misjudge a pour? Undo it. Want a clean slate? Restart the puzzle instantly — no penalty for experimenting.
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Private by default
No ads, no ad trackers, no account, no sign-up. Your progress stays on your device.
Mystery & wrapped bottles
Later levels hide colors behind fog or wrap a bottle entirely — tap to peek before you commit to a pour.
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Pick up where you left off
Step away mid-puzzle and your board is exactly as you left it next time — nothing resets.
Support

How can we help?

Water Sort is a quick, glowing puzzle game — but if something isn't working or you have a question, here are the common ones. Can't find your answer? Email us; we read every message.

How do I play?
Tap a vial to lift its top color, then tap another vial to pour it in. You can only pour onto an empty vial or one whose top color matches. Clear every vial down to a single solid color (or empty) to solve the puzzle.
How many levels are there?
99 hand-tuned puzzles you unlock in order, each with a star rating based on how few moves you use. Later levels add fog-hidden and fully wrapped bottles to keep things interesting.
If I quit mid-puzzle, do I lose my progress?
No — leave a level from the pause menu or home button and it's exactly as you left it when you come back, moves and all. Nothing resets unless you tap Restart yourself.
How does Undo work?
Tap Undo to reverse your last pour — you can undo as many moves as you've made in the current puzzle. Undoing resets your current streak, but your best streak ever is unaffected.
What's the streak counter?
Each time a pour fully clears a vial (sorts it down to one solid color), your streak goes up. Clear several in a row without undoing to build a bigger streak — your best is saved on the main menu.
Are my progress and stats saved?
Yes. Your unlocked levels, star ratings, best streak, and settings are saved locally on your device. There's no account, and none of it is ever uploaded.
Does Water Sort need an internet connection?
No — once a level is unlocked it is playable with no connection at all, so you can play in airplane mode. (Buying the unlock itself needs a connection, because Apple processes it.) The only things Water Sort sends over a network are an anonymous crash report when the app crashes and a count of how the unlock screen is used; see the privacy policy.
Are there ads or energy timers?
No ads, and no energy timers or lives to wait on — play as long as you like, whenever you like. There's no account or sign-up either.
How do I turn haptics (vibration) on or off?
Use the Haptics toggle on the main menu. Your choice is remembered for next time.
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Privacy Policy

Your privacy, simply explained

Last updated: August 25, 2026. This policy applies to the Water Sort iOS application published by Mark Utility Labs.

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Short version: Water Sort has no accounts and no ads, and your progress and settings stay on your device. What does leave the app is anonymous and technical: a crash report when the app crashes, and a count of how the unlock screen is used. No ads, no advertising identifiers, no tracking you across other apps or websites, and no sale of your data, ever.

1. What data the app handles

Water Sort is a single-player game. The only data it creates is your gameplay state: which levels you've unlocked, your star ratings, your best streak, and your settings (such as the haptics toggle). That's it — there's no profile, no contact info, and no usage history.

2. How it's stored

This data is saved locally on your device using the app's on-device storage. It never leaves your phone, is never transmitted, and is not backed up to any server we control. Deleting Water Sort removes this data from your device completely.

3. Crash reports (Firebase Crashlytics)

Water Sort uses Firebase Crashlytics, a service run by Google, to report crashes automatically so bugs get found and fixed. When the app crashes, a report goes to Google containing the device model, the iOS and app version, the technical details of the crash, and a random identifier Firebase generates for your installation of the app. That identifier is not your name, your email, or your Apple ID; delete and reinstall the app and it changes. A crash report never contains your progress, your star ratings or your settings.

4. Anonymous usage counts (Firebase Analytics)

When Water Sort shows its unlock screen, it counts a short list of events through Firebase Analytics, also from Google: that the screen was shown, which layout was shown, and that an unlock completed. These events carry no personal content — none of your progress, your star ratings or your settings, no name, no contact details. Water Sort never attaches your identity to them; Firebase records them against the same kind of per-install identifier described above. They exist so we can tell whether the unlock screen works, and for nothing else.

5. Unlocking Water Sort

Apple handles the transaction itself. Mark Utility Labs never sees or stores your card details, billing address, or Apple ID password.

Your unlock is kept on your device, in the iOS Keychain. If you unlock the whole collection of Mark Utility Labs apps at once, that record is also kept in your own iCloud, using Apple's CloudKit, so it follows your Apple Account to a new device. It is stored in your private iCloud database, not somewhere we can browse. Water Sort does not ask you to sign in to anything, and nothing about your purchase is sent to Google.

6. What is NOT collected

It's worth being explicit about the absences:

7. Who processes your data

Google (Firebase) receives crash reports and the anonymous usage counts. Apple handles the transaction, and keeps the all-apps unlock record in your own private iCloud database. There are no other recipients.

8. Permissions

Water Sort requests no special permissions. It uses the system haptics (vibration) engine for in-game feedback, which does not require a permission prompt and reveals nothing about you.

9. Children's privacy

Water Sort is suitable for all ages and is not directed specifically at children under 13. It does not knowingly collect personal information from children, and it never asks anyone, of any age, for a name, an email address, or any other identifying detail.

10. Changes to this policy

If this policy ever changes, we'll update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Continued use of the app after a change means you accept the updated policy.

11. Contact us

Questions about this policy or your privacy? Please contact us at:

Mark Utility Labs
Email: mark@vibecode.review

Terms of Use

The short, plain-English terms

Last updated: August 15, 2026. These terms cover the Water Sort iOS application published by Mark Utility Labs.

Short version: Water Sort runs on your device, needs no account, and shows you no ads. Play it however you like.

1. Using the app

Water Sort is published by Mark Utility Labs for your personal use. It needs no account and no sign-up, it shows no advertisements, and your progress stays on your device.

2. Purchases

Some features are unlocked by an in-app purchase. Any purchase is a one-time, non-consumable unlock — there is no subscription, nothing renews, and you are not charged again for what you have already unlocked. Purchases are processed by Apple through the App Store rather than by Mark Utility Labs, and refunds are handled by Apple under its standard App Store refund process at reportaproblem.apple.com.

3. Use your own judgment

Water Sort is provided as a convenience tool. Software can contain mistakes, so for anything critical please confirm against an authoritative source. Mark Utility Labs is not liable for losses arising from use of the app.

4. No warranty

The app is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose.

5. Acceptable use

Please don't reverse engineer, resell, or pass the app off as your own. That's the whole list.

6. Changes to these terms

If these terms change, we'll update the "Last updated" date above. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated terms.

7. Contact us

Questions about these terms? Please contact us at:

Mark Utility Labs
Email: mark@vibecode.review

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