POINPY vs INKT
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.
INKT
A hand-drawn action roguelite where players control a hero with one thumb, using movement to dodge and stillness to attack. Build unique runs with upgrades, master distinct heroes, and explore diverse worlds. Earn in-game currency to improve heroes and unlock customizations.
- One-thumb movement and automatic attacks
- Four unique heroes
- Four distinct worlds
- Run-defining upgrades
- Permanent hero progression
- Unlockable cosmetics
- Optional rewarded ads
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INKT is a hand-drawn action roguelite where movement is your defense and stillness is your attack. Guide your hero with one thumb. Stop to charge and fire, move to dodge, and paint your way through rooms packed with strange enemies, sharp choices, and huge bosses. BUILD A DIFFERENT RUN Choose upgrades after every room. Combine projectiles, damage, speed, protection, and powerful evolutions into a build that changes how every run feels. MASTER FOUR HEROES Unlock four distinct heroes, each with their own weapon, rhythm, upgrade pool, and hand-crafted world. EXPLORE FOUR WORLDS Fight across ink, fire, print, and overgrown paper landscapes. Push through 60 rooms, defeat evolving bosses, and continue into High Score mode. KEEP GROWING Earn ink by playing to improve your heroes and unlock a large collection of visual customizations. NO FORCED ADS INKT never interrupts a run with mandatory advertising. Rewarded ads are always optional. Features: - One-thumb movement and automatic charged attacks - Four heroes with unique combat styles - Four visual worlds with distinct enemies and bosses - Run-defining upgrades and evolutions - Permanent hero progression - Dozens of unlockable cosmetics - Optional premium skins and ink packs - Offline core gameplay How far can you paint?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: POINPY at none against INKT's shown. POINPY also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (274 vs 1). INKT's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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 INKT sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. 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 INKT. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POINPY has 274 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
POINPY ships an update every 2 weeks, INKT every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | POINPY | INKT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (274 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 274 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 218 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Devolver Digital, Inc. | Noa De Clercq |
In-app purchases
POINPY
- Standard Tip$1.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
- Super Generous Tip!$9.99
INKT
- IRON SKIN$2.99
- JAR OF INK$3.99
- TIN SLING$3.99
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- HALO PRISM$3.99
- KING SLING$3.99
- GLASS PRISM$3.99
- KING BLOT$3.99
- HORNS THORN$3.99
- STRAW THORN$3.99
- BARREL OF INK$8.99









