Count How Many vs Paper Mines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Count How Many
Test your counting speed and focus in this arcade game. Drag to rotate and count 3D shapes, with increasing difficulty as you progress. Compete globally or with friends on leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Rotate and count 3D shapes
- Increasing difficulty
- Global leaderboards
- GameCenter friend challenges
- 12 unique achievements
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Flex your counting speed and your focus in Count How Many. Drag across the screen to rotate and count the 3D shapes you see on the screen as fast as you can. Get rewarded for your speed, but make one mistake, and it's Game Over. Can you Count How Many? The more rounds you beat, the more objects you'll have to count. Soon enough, shapes will be moving or fading in and out of the screen, making it even more difficult to count the right number. Test your counting ability against the world in the global leaderboards. Or, get personal and challenge your GameCenter friends. Compete to find out if they can beat your score or match your achievements. See if you can get all 12 unique GameCenter achievements!
Paper Mines
Navigate a mine cart through a handcrafted paper world with challenging, randomly generated levels. Test your reaction time and reflexes in this skill-based downhill ride with minimalistic soundscapes.
- Skill-based gameplay
- Handcrafted paper diorama
- Randomly generated levels
- Minimalistic sound design
- Day and night cycle
- Multiple landscape styles
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Paper Mines is a very difficult skill game that puts your reaction time to the test. You control a mine cart through a charming paper diorama made of more than 400 handmade parts. Paper Mines is a casual game. There is no story, just buckle up and go. GAMEPLAY You’re steering a mine cart down alpine slopes and through dark mines. Steering the mine cart is simple. You can brake, duck your head and hang on to ropes. The game uses a random generator to create a new world for every ride. Each ride is unique and you have to react fast because you never know what’s coming next. The game is difficult! There are no checkpoints. If you hit an obstacle, you have to start your ride all over again. In level one, the landscape only consists of small hills and valleys. But each level adds additional landscape elements to the world. With each level the world becomes more complex and challenging, yet also more beautiful. The acoustics are minimalistic and relaxing. No music, just the rattling of the wheels, the tweeting of the birds, the chirping of the crickets and the noise of a warm summer breeze. Paper Mines is a premium game and without ads or in-app purchases. You just pay once and you can play as often, as long and anywhere you want. Play Paper Mines and enjoy a unique and challenging ride! FEATURES - 20 levels - Landscape made of more than 400 handmade parts - A new and randomly generated world for each round - Real physical movement - Minimalistic sound - Day and night cycle - Four landscape styles (Paper, Wood, Gray Paper, Silhouette) - Three levels of difficulty - Paper Mines is a premium game without ads or in-app purchases
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Paper Mines at none against Count How Many's shown. Paper Mines also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Count How Many ships an update every 9 months, Paper Mines every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Count How Many | Paper Mines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.1 — better | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gianluca Capraro | Graphonium Unternehmergesellschaft haftungsbeschraenkt |
Customer experience
Count How Many
Paper Mines
In-app purchases
Count How Many
No in-app purchases
Paper Mines
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Count How Many free?
Is Paper Mines free?
Do Count How Many or Paper Mines have ads?
Which is updated more often, Count How Many or Paper Mines?
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