Pintrs vs Smash Runner!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pintrs
A minimalist arcade game where players tap to guide a spinning pointer through a closing ring with a single gap. Precision is key; missing the timing means starting over. It offers instant restarts and a clean design, built for addictive, skill-based challenges.
- One-tap gameplay
- Pure skill-based challenges
- Instant restarts
- Distraction-free design
- Addictive gameplay loop
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Miss once. Start over. A spinning pointer. A closing ring. One tiny gap. That’s it. Tap at the exact moment and slip through. Miss it? Back to zero. It’s fast. It’s brutal. It’s addictive. You’ll tell yourself “just one more try.” You won’t stop. Features: • One-tap gameplay • Pure skill, no luck • Instant restarts • Clean, distraction-free design • Built for obsession How far can you go before you break?
Smash Runner!
Embark on a colorful adventure where you collect layers to grow larger. Become big enough to smash through blocks and experience the satisfying feeling of destroying cubes.
- Collect layers
- Grow bigger
- Smash blocks
- Colorful adventure
- Cube smashing
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Take a step into this colorful adventure. Collect as many layers as you can. You need to get bigger in order to pass over the blocks. You will like this feeling of smashing cubes.
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Verdict
Pintrs and Smash Runner! both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pintrs's written reviews are positive against 22% of Smash Runner!'s. Pintrs also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Smash Runner!'s advantage is ratings volume (14K vs 7) and device support. On price, rating, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Pintrs sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Smash Runner! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pintrs against 4.6 for Smash Runner!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smash Runner! has 14K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Pintrs's written reviews are positive against 22% of Smash Runner!'s.
| Parameter | Pintrs | Smash Runner! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better | 4.6 (14K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 21.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 14K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 283 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Glindemann, Sennoun, Langer GbR | Rollic Games |
Customer experience
Pintrs
Smash Runner!
Bugs and requests
Pintrs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Smash Runner!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes and crashes at higher levels
- Levels not loading or resetting progress
- Unresponsive controls and gameplay issues
Requested features
3 requests- Add an ad-free option
- Improve level progression and difficulty scaling
- Fix stability issues and crashes
In-app purchases
Pintrs
- 300$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- 650$1.99
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- 1000$2.99
- 1500$3.99
Smash Runner!
- Remove Ads$2.99
