Paintshot vs Sloppy Fish
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.
Sloppy Fish
Guide a fish on an endless jumping adventure to join the circus. Master skill-based gameplay with satisfying physics and unique, hand-painted visuals. Unlock new characters as you strive for the highest score.
- Skill-based endless jumping
- Satisfying water physics
- Handmade, paint-inspired visuals
- Unlockable characters
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You’re a fish with one dream: join the circus. Simple to play, challenging to master - how far can you go? Features: - Skill-based endless jumping - Satisfying water physics - Handmade, paint-inspired visuals - Unlockable characters Sloppy Fish is an indie game made by one person. An ad is shown between runs. Please consider purchasing the ad-free upgrade to support my dream to become an indie game developer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sloppy Fish at none against Paintshot's shown. Paintshot's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Paintshot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sloppy Fish sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Paintshot holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paintshot has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Paintshot ships an update weekly, Sloppy Fish fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paintshot | Sloppy Fish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christian Schnellmann | Yotam Frid |
Customer experience
Paintshot
Sloppy Fish
In-app purchases
Paintshot
- Unlock full game$1.99
Sloppy Fish
- Remove Ads$2.99
