Pintrs vs Material Shifter
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?
Material Shifter
Transform between balloon and metal forms to navigate challenging levels. Master physics-based gameplay to reach the end of each stage. Enjoy a unique puzzle-platformer experience.
- Switch between balloon and metal forms
- Physics-based gameplay
- Level completion challenges
- Form-shifting mechanics
- Puzzle-platformer genre
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Switch between your balloon form to fly and your metal form to fall and complete all the levels!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pintrs at 100% against Material Shifter's 50%. Pintrs also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Material Shifter's advantage is device support and ratings volume (27 vs 7). On price, 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 Material Shifter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pintrs holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pintrs's written reviews are positive against 50% of Material Shifter's.
| Parameter | Pintrs | Material Shifter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better | 3.9 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 months |
| 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 | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glindemann, Sennoun, Langer GbR | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
Pintrs
Material Shifter
In-app purchases
Pintrs
- 300$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- 650$1.99
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- 1000$2.99
- 1500$3.99
Material Shifter
- Remove Ads$2.99
