POINPY vs Doodle Stick
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.
Doodle Stick
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The character runs. You draw the world. Doodle Stick is a hand-drawn platform game built on one idea: you do not steer the hero. He runs forward on his own. Your job is to draw. Every pencil line becomes part of the level - a ramp, a bridge, a floor, a wall - and he can use it straight away. Draw under him before he falls. Bridge a gap. Sketch a ramp up a wall. Erase what is not working. And when he has had enough, snap one of your lines off as a stick and fight. DRAW THE LEVEL WHILE YOU PLAY Drag a finger to draw. Lines are solid from the first moment, before you lift your finger, so you can catch a falling hero in mid-air. - Shallow lines become floors and ramps - Steep lines become walls - Small lips are stepped over automatically - A short line beside the hero becomes a stick - You can erase your own lines whenever you like There is no ink meter. Draw as much as you need. A HERO WITH A TEMPER He runs by himself, hops small obstacles, and you can set his pace or turn him around. Leave him stuck too long and he loses patience: he tears a line off the page for a weapon, smashes blocks, and grabs creatures to throw them. He can fire pencil shots at any time. The fighting is exaggerated and cartoon-style, with no blood. 28 HAND-DRAWN WORLDS Twenty-eight sketchbook worlds, drawn in pencil on paper. Twenty-four take their scenery, creatures and landmarks from places around the world - Egypt, Japan, China, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico, the Netherlands, France, the United States, Switzerland, Iceland, Italy, Greece, India, Norway, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Romania, Spain, Nigeria and Turkiye - before a final Dragon Castle. Two change the rules rather than the view: Deep Sea turns movement into swimming, and A4 Pixel Brawl plays out on a sheet of ruled paper against blocky pixel monsters. SINGLE PLAYER Three hearts. Lose one to a fall or a creature; lose all three and the run is over. Collect coins, bump prize blocks, defeat creatures and reach the finish banner to score. Every hundred coins wins a heart back. WORLD MULTIPLAYER A real-time arena for 2 to 10 fighters on one shared map, using the same drawing mechanic. A line you draw appears on everyone's screen; erase it and it goes for everyone. - Create a room and set its size and how many computer opponents join - Share the six-character code with friends, or pick a room from the lobby - Fight free-for-all, or take the blue or red side - partners cannot hurt each other - Three hearts each; damage comes from the stick, pencil shots, thrown blocks and thrown players - Respawn after a short pause with a moment of protection - Send short messages, spoken aloud by the device in one of six voices Computer opponents are clearly labelled and keep a room lively when it is quiet. PLAY WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT The game is fully playable without signing in. Signing in with Google, Apple or an email address is optional, and exists so your progress survives a reinstall or a new device - linking keeps everything you have already made. You can delete your account and its data from inside the app at any time. SAFETY Names, room names and messages are screened before they are sent. Every room has a safety panel: report a player, choose why, and block them. Blocking hides their character, drawings and messages at once, and can be undone. Reports are reviewed within 24 hours. NO ADS, NO PURCHASES, NO TRACKING No advertising, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no analytics and no third-party trackers. The app asks for no camera, microphone, photo, location or contacts permission. Plays on iPhone and iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Doodle Stick at none against POINPY's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Doodle Stick asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | POINPY | Doodle Stick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (274 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 95.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 274 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 218 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Devolver Digital, Inc. | DNA TECHBASE SRL |
In-app purchases
POINPY
- Standard Tip$1.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
- Super Generous Tip!$9.99
Doodle Stick
No in-app purchases









