Jumpgrid vs POINPY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jumpgrid
Master a cosmic obstacle course by teleporting through deadly hazards. This arcade game demands precision finger control and quick reflexes. Hone your muscle memory to conquer 100 challenging levels and unlock infinite and speedrun modes.
- Precision teleportation gameplay
- 100 unique levels
- Infinite and speedrun modes
- Easy to learn controls
- Original electronica soundtrack
- iCloud sync
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Deftly teleport your way through a deadly cosmic obstacle course in this white-knuckle arcade dodge-em-up! Success requires only a few seconds of precision finger ballet, but touch any of the pulsing hazards and the level instantly resets, ready for you to try again, and again, and again... This is a game about honing your muscle memory until you learn to dance with your fingers! Features: - Skin-of-your-teeth gameplay with easy to learn controls - 100 unique and challenging levels, plus infinite and speedrun modes - An original pulse-pounding electronica soundtrack - Options to adjust game speed and reduce flashing - iCloud sync: keep your progress when switching devices Awards: * Winner, Excellence in Design - Freeplay awards * Honorable mention, Excellence in Design - Independent Games Festival * Finalist - Play by Play awards * App of the Week - Stuff.tv Quotes: "Mobile’s best twitch arcade game" - Craig Grannell, Stuff.tv "A wonderful arcade mash-up that'll make your fingers dance" - Harry Slater, Pocket Gamer "The feeling of playing Jumpgrid is one of those things you won’t really understand until you’ve felt it." - AppUnwrapper "Jumpgrid is soooo goooood" - Zach Gage
POINPY
Bounce upwards, dodging enemies and collecting fruit to feed a hungry beast. Unlock new abilities and modes as you climb higher in this vertical action game. Explore randomly generated areas and master one-handed controls.
- Intuitive one-handed controls
- Bounce and flip mechanics
- Collect fruit for beast's juice
- Dodge adorable baddies
- Unlockable puzzle and endless modes
- Randomly generated areas
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Bounce up, dodge adorable baddies and feed the blue beast that's hot on your heels. A vertical climber from the creator of the award-winning Downwell. Keep going higher and higher because new and more challenging areas await. Earn and unlock abilities that will help you jump into your next run with a better shot at reaching the end. FEATURES Juice 'em up: Use intuitive, one-handed controls to bounce, flip around and grab fruit for the beast's juice. Climb & collect: Evade creatures lurking in randomly generated areas. Collect special abilities like the octobub, which sucks in fruit, and the handy snail clock, which stops time while you ready your next jump. Plus many others! Open new modes: Find a not-so-well-hidden area to unlock the tricky puzzle mode. Complete Poinpy to unlock an endless mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: POINPY at Free against Jumpgrid's $2.99. Jumpgrid's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
POINPY is free to download; Jumpgrid costs $2.99 up front. POINPY sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Jumpgrid asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Jumpgrid against 4.9 for POINPY. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 185 and 153 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Jumpgrid's written reviews are positive against 95% of POINPY's.
Jumpgrid ships an update fortnightly, POINPY every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jumpgrid | POINPY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (185 ratings) | 4.9 (153 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.3% of reviews | 95.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | 153 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Shape Shop Pty Ltd atf Shape Shop Trust | Devolver |
Customer experience
Jumpgrid
POINPY
In-app purchases
Jumpgrid
No in-app purchases
POINPY
- Standard Tip$1.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
- Super Generous Tip!$9.99









