Comparison

POINPY vs Dartwords

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Dartwords

Guess a secret word in this unique conversational word game. Receive personalized clues based on your guesses and compare your progress with friends. Enjoy a daily puzzle and a calming design to help you relax.

Highlights
  • Conversational clue system
  • Daily unique puzzles
  • Play with friends
  • Archive of past puzzles
  • Calm and relaxing design
Features
Currently charting
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Darty’s thinking of a secret word. Can you guess what it is? Dartwords is a word game that feels like a conversation! Guess anything you can think of while Darty, the talking dart, gives you clues. Talk it out! Darty gives you personalized clues based on what you guess. A new puzzle every day! Everyone gets the same puzzle, see how you compare. Play with friends! See what words they guessed to figure out the answer. Calm & relaxing design A beautifully crafted experience to help you unwind. Archive Play previous puzzles anytime.

Screenshots

POINPY4 screens
Dartwords4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dartwords at daily against POINPY's every 2 weeks. Dartwords also leads on chart position (#94 vs unranked). POINPY's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (280 vs 25). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. POINPY sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Dartwords sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for POINPY against 5.0 for Dartwords. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POINPY has 280 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of POINPY's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dartwords's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

POINPY ships an update every 2 weeks, Dartwords daily. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
POINPY versus Dartwords: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPOINPYDartwords
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (280 ratings)5.0 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings280 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#94 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB117 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDevolver Digital, Inc.The Game Band

Customer experience

POINPY

All ratings153 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.3%

Dartwords

All ratings25 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

POINPY

One-time3
  • Standard Tip$1.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
  • Super Generous Tip!$9.99
5 purchases

Dartwords

One-time5
  • Animal KingdomFree
  • Transit$0.99
  • Medieval$2.99
Show 2 more
  • Haunted House$4.99
  • Launch Collection$5.99

Questions

Is POINPY free?
POINPY is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dartwords free?
Dartwords is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, POINPY or Dartwords?
Dartwords is rated higher. POINPY averages 5.0 out of 5 from 280 ratings, while Dartwords averages 5.0 from 25 ratings.
Do POINPY or Dartwords have ads?
Neither POINPY nor Dartwords shows ads.
Which is updated more often, POINPY or Dartwords?
POINPY ships an update every 2 weeks, and Dartwords daily. Most recently, POINPY was updated on November 7, 2026 and Dartwords on November 6, 2026.

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