PaintOut! vs NullByte
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
PaintOut!
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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!
NullByte
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NullByte is a lean, text-driven hacking strategy game. Start with a single machine, turn it into a feared cyber-weapon, and climb a global leaderboard of the world's best hackers. No spinning loot wheels, no endless number-go-up. Every upgrade is a deliberate, timed decision - closer to a classic browser strategy game than to an idle tapper. Your upgrades keep running while the app is closed. BUILD YOUR SYSTEM ⢠Upgrade seven core components - CPU, GPU, bandwidth, firewall, OS, RAM, storage - along an exponential cost curve. ⢠Every component pulls its weight: attack power, defense, passive income, or storage capacity. ⢠One upgrade slot per component. Pick your order carefully. RESEARCH PROGRAMS ⢠Hardware is just raw capacity. Programs turn it into real firepower. ⢠Cracker, Exploit Kit, Patch Manager, IDS, Vault, Crypto Miner - six programs, one global research slot. ⢠A rock-paper-scissors layer: Exploit Kit punches through defenses, while IDS and Patch Manager shut it down. ⢠Vault locks away a slice of your balance, shielding it completely from raids. ⢠A smaller, well-tuned rig can beat a bigger, neglected one - within fair, capped limits. ATTACK REAL PLAYERS ⢠Pick targets straight off the global leaderboard, or fight a rotating crew of generated NPC hackers. ⢠Attacks are asynchronous: no live lobbies, no waiting on opponents. Launch it and check back. ⢠Win and you take a share of the target's credits. Lose and it costs you the same amount - raiding is a real risk, not a free roll. ⢠Lose on defense and you get a 4-hour protection window. DON'T GO DARK ⢠Long inactivity opens security holes that weaken your defense against raids. ⢠Install a Day-Zero Patch to seal them shut. ⢠Sign in with Game Center - no separate account, no password. ⢠Server-authoritative combat: every PvP outcome is decided on the backend, never the client. Become the best hacker in the world. One upgrade at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NullByte at none against PaintOut!'s 2. NullByte also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PaintOut! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. NullByte asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | PaintOut! | NullByte |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | ā |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ROCKET RYOKO | Behnke |
In-app purchases
PaintOut!
- Hint x 9$0.49
- Ads Off$1.99
NullByte
No in-app purchases









