Paintshot vs Armor Stride
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paintshot
Add color to drawings by shooting balls and collecting drops. Erase lines as needed to complete over 200 hand-drawn levels. Enjoy a messy, colorful art experience.
- Shoot balls to color drawings
- Collect color drops
- Erase lines
- 200+ hand-drawn levels
- Action painting gameplay
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Could you please add some color to our drawings? Just shoot the ball around the paper. Don't worry about the mess. Erase some lines where necessary. And make sure you get all the little color drops. Enjoy. Includes 200+ hand-drawn levels.
Armor Stride
Embark on an endless adventure through a cursed forest, battling monsters and avoiding traps with simple tap or swipe controls. Collect treasures to sell and upgrade your gear as a dark curse relentlessly pursues you. Enjoy a chiptune soundtrack and controller support for an immersive experience.
- Endless procedural levels
- Monster combat
- Trap avoidance
- Treasure collection and selling
- Simple tap/swipe controls
- Controller support
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Sir Stepsalot finds himself trapped in the Cursed Forest! Luckily, he has his trusty sword and bomb pouch to fend off dangerous monsters. He will have to travel deeper into the forest fighting monsters and avoiding traps. He may find treasure along the way to sell to the shopkeeper. Our knight can't stay in place for too long though. There's a dark curse following him! It's probably best to stay away. Features: • Endless, hand-crafted procedural levels • Fight dangerous enemies • Chiptune by RyanAvx • Simple Controls - Use tap/swipe controls or a d-pad to control Sir Stepsalot! • Controller Support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Armor Stride at none against Paintshot's shown. Armor Stride also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Paintshot's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Paintshot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Armor Stride 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 — 4.9 for Paintshot against 5.0 for Armor Stride. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Paintshot's written reviews are positive against 100% of Armor Stride's.
Paintshot ships an update weekly, Armor Stride fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paintshot | Armor Stride |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Christian Schnellmann | Alberto Navarro |
Customer experience
Paintshot
Armor Stride
In-app purchases
Paintshot
- Unlock full game$1.99
Armor Stride
- Remove Ads$4.99
