Comparison

PaintOut! vs KaijiSoji

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

Head to head
About

PaintOut!

Features
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*App Store "GAME OF THE DAY" in over 60 countries! *BitSummit 7 Spirits Official Selection! A unique mono-color art puzzle game! Relax with some piano, art, and puzzles! - Take an art break! - A unique mono-color puzzle game where you paint over art on the canvas. Aiming for minimalism may even lead to some deep and complex concepts! Enjoy the freedom to find your very own painting style. With simple and stylish graphics, wonderfully light piano sounds, and adorable voices, please enjoy this brand-new style of puzzles unlike anything else!

About

KaijiSoji

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Kaiji-Soji is a wordplay game that explores how humans and AI understand written characters by breaking and creating kanji. By interacting with characters that appear in everyday life, you can experience the structure of kanji and the subtle differences between human perception and AI-based recognition. โ–  Collect Kanji Point your camera at kanji found on street signs, books, or handwritten notes. Recognized characters appear in the in-game plaza, turning familiar text from daily life into objects of play. โ–  Kaiji (Deconstruction) Gradually erase strokes from collected kanji using your finger. After each change, a character recognition AI evaluates whether the kanji is still readable. How much can a character be distorted before it stops being recognized? What visual cues does AI rely on, and how does that differ from human intuition? You can experience these differences directly through play. โ–  Soji (Creation) Create a new single kanji that represents the meaning of a given two-character word. By balancing shape, radicals, and structure, you test whether your creation successfully conveys meaning to others. Fewer strokes result in higher scores, encouraging simplicity and clarity. โ–  Records and Growth Your results are saved as scores, and flowers bloom in the plaza as you play. The plaza itself becomes a visual record of your exploration of characters and meaning. Optimized for iPad: enjoy a comfortable experience on a larger screen.

Screenshots

PaintOut!4 screens
KaijiSoji4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KaijiSoji at none against PaintOut!'s 2. KaijiSoji also leads on ads (none vs shown). PaintOut!'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. PaintOut! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. KaijiSoji asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaintOut! ships an update every 2 weeks, KaijiSoji every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
PaintOut! versus KaijiSoji: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintOut!KaijiSoji
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks โ€” betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size134 MB361 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperROCKET RYOKOToshiro Otsuka

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PaintOut!

One-time2
  • Hint x 9$0.49
  • Ads Off$1.99
None

KaijiSoji

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PaintOut! free?
PaintOut! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KaijiSoji free?
KaijiSoji is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PaintOut! or KaijiSoji have ads?
PaintOut! shows ads; KaijiSoji does not.
Which is updated more often, PaintOut! or KaijiSoji?
PaintOut! ships an update every 2 weeks, and KaijiSoji every 4 months. Most recently, PaintOut! was updated on November 2, 2026 and KaijiSoji on November 5, 2026.

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