Comparison

Pinvaders vs Paintblade

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

Head to head
About

Pinvaders

Experience a unique blend of classic pinball and arcade shooter gameplay. Control flippers to launch a ball and defeat invading aliens without a spaceship. Test your reflexes and aim to conquer the invaders.

Highlights
  • Pinball mechanics
  • Invader combat
  • Ball and flipper controls
  • Addictive gameplay
  • Retro arcade fusion
Features
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Pinvaders is a very fun and addictive game. Its a combination of the old Pinball and Invaders games. Fight the Invaders without any spaceship. Use only a ball and the sticks to get them. Can you do it?

About

Paintblade

Features
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Throw knives at a swinging target. Every hit paints a picture: twelve to finish, and five knife styles to collect. A cannon on a rail throws straight up. Above it, a target bar swings left and right, carrying small coloured zones you have to pin. In between, blocker bars slide across the lane, and a knife that hits one rides off the side of the screen, gone. So every throw is a prediction of two moving things at once: will my lane still be clear, and will the zone be over it when the knife arrives? Knives are limited. Every level is on a clock. TWELVE PICTURES TO PAINT - Every ten levels is a chapter, and every chapter is a pixel picture on the floor under your cannon. - Every zone you pin throws its paint onto it. You paint what you hit. - From a duck in sunglasses to a cat in a taco. The ones you have not reached stay secret. - Finish one and it takes over the screen, then joins your gallery. SPARKS AND KNIFE STYLES - Earn sparks for every pin, every level and every finished picture. - Collect five knife styles with them: ember, jade, midnight, frost and gold. - Out of knives or out of time? Spend sparks, or watch an optional ad, to keep going on the same level with more knives or more time. LEVELS AND STARS - Every level you clear is yours for good. Fail one and you go again from that level, never from the start. - Earn up to three stars on every level: three for not wasting a single knife. - Later levels bring more zones, narrower zones, a faster swing, longer blockers, fewer knives and less clock. HOW TO PLAY - Drag to place the cannon, lift your thumb to throw. One hand, the whole game. - Throw early. Lift before the zone reaches your lane, so the knife and the zone arrive together. - Wait for a gap in the blockers. - Three short lessons teach the throw before level 1. A lane, a swing, and how well you read it. Plays offline. Throw your first knife.

Screenshots

Pinvaders4 screens
Paintblade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pinvaders at none against Paintblade's shown. Paintblade's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 15 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pinvaders ships an update every 15 months, Paintblade every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Pinvaders versus Paintblade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinvadersPaintblade
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerilan TETRUASHVILIDevCraft

In-app purchases

None

Pinvaders

No in-app purchases

None

Paintblade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pinvaders free?
Pinvaders is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paintblade free?
Paintblade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pinvaders or Paintblade have ads?
Paintblade shows ads; Pinvaders does not.
Which is updated more often, Pinvaders or Paintblade?
Pinvaders ships an update every 15 months, and Paintblade every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pinvaders was updated on October 13, 2026 and Paintblade on October 25, 2026.

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