Comparison

INKS. vs Down in Bermuda

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

INKS.

Experience a fresh take on pinball where each play session becomes a unique work of art. Smash an ink-covered ball across colorful canvases, creating vibrant layers and a visual history of your gameplay. Enjoy over 100 unique tables with perfectly balanced mechanics.

Highlights
  • Artistic pinball gameplay
  • Over 100 unique tables
  • Color-bursting mechanics
  • Visual game history
  • Share levels and scores
  • Tactical challenges
Features
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** App Store Best of 2016 ** ** Apple Design Award Winner 2016 ** From the makers of BAFTA-winning Lumino City comes INKS. INKS updates pinball for a new generation. It combines the joy of pinball with skilful tactical challenges, and allows you to create wondrous works of art as the ball smashes around the canvas. Blocks of colour burst like beautiful fireworks across the surface, building up in vivid layers and recording a visual history of your game as you perfect your score. FEATURES: - Beautiful and elegant design - Over 100 unique tables to play - Perfectly balanced gameplay - Each canvas tells the story of your game - Share your favourite levels and high scores If you're enjoying INKS and want to extend the experience further you can also buy Powerups - slow-mo 'Precision' aim, and the 'Stopper' to prevent you from losing the first precious Gold Ball. “Amazing looking... vibrant, full of life. Are we excited about this.” Pocket Gamer Inspired by artists like Miro, Matisse, Jackson Pollock and Bridget Riley, each table becomes a unique work of art, sculpted by the player as they fire an ink covered ball around the canvas. With State of Play’s creative flare and skill at crafting beautifully elegant gameplay, INKS offers something new: art and gameplay as one, for everyone.

About

Down in Bermuda

Embark on a puzzle-filled adventure as an aviator stranded for decades in the Bermuda Triangle. Solve mysteries, overcome sea creatures, and collect magic orbs to escape six unique islands and find your way home.

Highlights
  • Solve puzzles
  • Uncover mysteries
  • Explore islands
  • Collect magic orbs
  • Crack codes
  • Escape islands
Features
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An unnatural storm leaves an adventurous aviator stranded for decades within the infamous Bermuda. Overcome creatures of the deep and unravel the islands secrets in search for a way back home. Down in Bermuda is a quirky adventure filled with puzzles to solve and mysteries to uncover. Our adventurous aviator Milton finds himself trapped in a time bubble deep inside the Bermuda and needs your help to escape. Crack codes, solve puzzles, collect magic orbs and escape each of the six unique islands, each one leading to the next on a quest for a way back home. From the studio who brought you the suave secret agent adventure Agent A: A puzzle in disguise.

Screenshots

INKS.4 screens
Down in Bermuda4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Down in Bermuda at none against INKS.'s 6. INKS.'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 22 months) and price ($1.99 vs $5.99). On review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

INKS. costs $1.99 and Down in Bermuda $5.99 up front. INKS. sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Down in Bermuda asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

INKS. holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: INKS. has 1.8K ratings behind it against 79, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of INKS.'s written reviews are positive against 69% of Down in Bermuda's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

INKS. ships an update monthly, Down in Bermuda every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
INKS. versus Down in Bermuda: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterINKS.Down in Bermuda
Price$1.99 — better$5.99
Rating4.7 (1.8K ratings) — better4.5 (79 ratings)
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews — better69.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8K — better79
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 22 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#140 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS9.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size443 MB460 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperState of Play GamesYak & co

Customer experience

INKS.

All ratings1,831 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews463 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral11.4%
Negative12.5%

Down in Bermuda

All ratings79 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

INKS.

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Flipper controls not registering properly
  • Game freezes or crashes on certain levels
  • Powerups not working as intended

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more levels and gameplay variety
  • Implement a sandbox or freeplay mode
  • Include background music or sound options
  • Add support for tilt/shake controls

Down in Bermuda

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

INKS.

One-time6
  • VespaFree
  • PlushFree
  • 160 Credits$0.99
Show 3 more
  • 350 Credits$1.99
  • 800 Credits$3.99
  • Infinite Credits$11.99
None

Down in Bermuda

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is INKS. free?
INKS. costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Down in Bermuda free?
Down in Bermuda costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, INKS. or Down in Bermuda?
INKS. is rated higher. INKS. averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Down in Bermuda averages 4.5 from 79 ratings.
Do INKS. or Down in Bermuda have ads?
Neither INKS. nor Down in Bermuda shows ads.
Which is updated more often, INKS. or Down in Bermuda?
INKS. ships an update monthly, and Down in Bermuda every 22 months. Most recently, INKS. was updated on October 14, 2026 and Down in Bermuda on October 15, 2026.

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