POINPY vs Fivefold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Fivefold
A Sudoku-like puzzle game where the rules evolve with each challenge. Engage your deductive reasoning with unique number-placement logic and dynamic rule sets. Offers a satisfying mental workout for puzzle enthusiasts.
- Sudoku-inspired gameplay
- Dynamic rule changes per puzzle
- Pure deduction logic
- Daily puzzles
- Multiple grid sizes
- Ad-free experience
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Fivefold is a Sudoku-inspired game where the rules change every puzzle. Fill the grid through pure deduction, combining familiar number-placement logic with new rules. It's a game that will never stop giving you those satisfying "Aha!" moments. Enjoy the daily puzzle with your morning coffee, or play a quick, easy puzzle while you're waiting for an appointment. When you're ready, you can move to harder puzzles, like our large 7x7 puzzles that'll give your brain a real workout. We kept Fivefold simple. There are no ads interrupting you, no in-game currencies, and no tricks to keep you playing. The game comes with a ton of free puzzles, and if you want even more, you can buy a puzzle pack. That’s it! We made Fivefold because we love puzzles too. We hope it makes your brain work just a little bit harder, and we hope that you'll enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed making it! - Matt & Owen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: POINPY at free against Fivefold's free with in-app purchases. POINPY also leads on ratings volume (280 vs 5). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. POINPY sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Fivefold sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for POINPY against 5.0 for Fivefold. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POINPY has 280 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | POINPY | Fivefold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (280 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 280 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 218 MB | 149 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Devolver Digital, Inc. | Milkbag Games |
In-app purchases
POINPY
- Standard Tip$1.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
- Super Generous Tip!$9.99
Fivefold
- Puzzles: Volume 1$4.99









