Marble Runner vs Paint Bucket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marble Runner
Embark on a home-based adventure to construct intricate marble runs. Solve puzzles by guiding marbles from the starting point to the goal zone across various room environments. Unlock new pieces and vibrant colors to create spectacular runs.
- Build marble runs in home environments
- Multiple room locations
- Variety of classic marble run pieces
- Unlockable colors for spectacular runs
- Unlock special run pieces
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This is an adventure around the home to build a marble run from the start location to the target zone. Can you complete all the levels? - Multiple room locations - Range of classic marble run pieces - Unlock all the colours of the rainbow for a colour run spectacular - Unlock special run pieces to make a cooler marble run.
Paint Bucket
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FIVE GAME MODES Powered by a physically-based pigment mixing model (Kubelka-Munk) instead of simple RGB averaging - colors blend the way they really would on canvas. Classic Mix: Match a target color by adding the right paint drops in the right amounts. Early levels teach simple hue shifts; later levels require finding subtle in-between tones. Guess the Color: Watch a sequence of drops get mixed, then pick the resulting color from four choices. Train your eye for how colors combine. Color Architect: Race against the clock to hit multiple target colors in a row using a shared palette. Tests speed and precision under pressure. Odd One Out: Spot the one tile that's a slightly different shade among a set of near-identical colors. A test of color perception. Capture the Color: Memorize a color shown for a few seconds, then recreate it from memory using hue, saturation, and brightness sliders. See how close your memory really is. FEATURES 800+ hand-designed levels across four mixing modes. Endless procedurally-generated rounds in Capture the Color mode. A smooth difficulty curve that goes from simple color recognition to genuine color-mixing skill. Casual Experience: No accounts or logins required - just pick up and play. Ads only appear between levels, never interrupting your active color-mixing focus. Whether you're a designer sharpening your color sense, an artist studying pigment behavior, or just someone who enjoys a satisfying puzzle, Paint Bucket has a mode for you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Paint Bucket at every 2 days against Marble Runner's fortnightly. Paint Bucket also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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. Marble Runner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Paint Bucket sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Marble Runner ships an update fortnightly, Paint Bucket every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Marble Runner | Paint Bucket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 385 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steven Woods | ONURION BILISIM VE DANISMANLIK LIMITED SIRKETI |
In-app purchases
Marble Runner
- Remove Ads$0.99
Paint Bucket
- 100 Gold$0.49
- 250 Gold$0.99
- 1000 Gold$2.99
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- remove ads$4.99
- Unlimited Energy$9.99
- 10000 Gold$24.99
Questions
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