POINPY vs Grid Wave
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.
Grid Wave
A satisfying block puzzle game where you drag pieces onto a board to clear rows and columns. Compete for high scores, complete handcrafted levels, and tackle daily challenges. Power-ups and cosmetic unlocks add strategic depth.
- Drag-and-drop block placement
- Clear rows and columns
- Endless, Campaign, and Daily Challenge modes
- Power-ups like Bomb and Line Blast
- Global leaderboards and weekly leagues
- Unlock cosmetic themes and boosters
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Grid Wave is a satisfying block puzzle: drag pieces onto a 6×6 board, clear full rows and columns, and chase your best score. Simple to learn, hard to put down. Every placement matters. Chain combos, build streaks, and watch the board light up when multiple lines clear at once. THREE WAYS TO PLAY Endless Classic high-score mode with adaptive difficulty. Terrain waves shake up the board, gem cells reward smart clears, and the challenge keeps climbing. Campaign 30+ handcrafted levels, then infinite procedurally generated puzzles. Clear lines, hit score targets, collect gems, and earn up to 3 stars per level. Daily Challenge One shared puzzle for the whole world, every day. One attempt. Build your streak and see how you stack up. CLIMB THE LEADERBOARDS Set a username and compete on global leaderboards. Join weekly leagues, climb ranks, hit milestones, and see where you stand against players worldwide. POWER UP YOUR RUN Charge your power bar by clearing lines, then unleash Bomb, Line Blast, and Rainbow tiles to turn a tough board around. Collect gems in every mode to unlock cosmetic themes, equip boosters for Endless runs, and access bonus gem levels in Campaign. BUILT FOR QUICK SESSIONS • Drag-and-drop pieces with a live ghost preview • Satisfying clear animations, haptics, and sound • Global leaderboards and weekly leagues • First-run tutorial — learn in under a minute • Missions and weekly gem hunts to keep you coming back • Portrait play, dark mode, offline-friendly FREE TO PLAY Grid Wave is free to download and play. Optional ads appear at natural break points. Remove interstitial ads forever with a one-time Ad Free + purchase — plus free undo and hint every run, instant reward claims, and 150 gems to start. Rewarded ads remain available for optional revives and bonus gems. No account required. No login. Just play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: POINPY at none against Grid Wave's shown. POINPY also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (153 vs 1). Grid Wave's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 Grid Wave 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 — 4.9 for POINPY against 5.0 for Grid Wave. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POINPY has 153 ratings behind it against 1, 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 Grid Wave's.
POINPY ships an update every 2 weeks, Grid Wave every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | POINPY | Grid Wave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (153 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 153 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 218 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Devolver | VIskara Innovation Private Limited |
Customer experience
POINPY
Grid Wave
In-app purchases
POINPY
- Standard Tip$1.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
- Super Generous Tip!$9.99
Grid Wave
- Ad Free Plus$4.99









