Comparison

PathPix Zen vs Overboss

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

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About

PathPix Zen

Solve logic puzzles by drawing colored paths that connect pairs of numbers. The length of each path must match the number it connects. Complete puzzles to reveal miniature pictures and receive inspiring quotes.

Highlights
  • 99 beautiful puzzles
  • Advanced Levels section
  • Draw colored paths
  • Connect numbered pairs
  • Reveal miniature pictures
  • Receive inspiring quotes
Features
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Relaxing and addictive! PathPix Zen has 99 beautiful puzzles, including an Advanced Levels section with 12 special challengers. Draw bright, bold lines of color to make paths connecting pairs of colored numbers. The length of each path must equal the numbers you are connecting. Finish solving to see the miniature picture that you have created. As an extra reward you get a quote related in some way to the picture. Witty or wise, it will give you a little something to think about as you go on to the next puzzle. ****************** Not sure which PathPix to buy? Here's the lineup: There are many different PathPix apps for your iPhone and iPad. All puzzles are different. ---PATHPIX LITE: Wondering if PathPix is for you? Start here. It's free! ---PATHPIX: Hooked? This is the next step, with 189 graduated levels, ranging from small, easy puzzles to large, advanced level puzzles. ---PATHPIX PRO: Are you an expert? Looking for a LOT of puzzles? Then PathPix Pro is for you, with 320 puzzles ranging from Medium difficulty to Extreme. ---PATHPIX ZEN: Relaxing and addictive! 99 beautiful puzzles, including an Advanced Levels section with 12 special challengers. ---PATHPIX JOY: Keep smiling! 99 puzzles = many happy hours of PathPix fun. Small to large, easy to advanced - you'll find it all here. ---PATHPIX MAGIC: Magic of all kinds! 99 puzzles, small to huge, easy to advanced.  ---PATHPIX LAUGH: Lots more puzzles to tickle your funnybone. 202 puzzles, each with a silly joke or quote related to the puzzle picture. Small to large, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BOO: Silly - spooky - scary - fun! 99 puzzles for Halloween and other dark nights.  ---PATHPIX XMAS: 99 puzzles with a Christmas theme to get you in the mood for the holidays. Whether you are looking for sentiment or silliness, you will find it here. ---PATHPIX LOVE: All you need is love! 99 puzzles, easy to advanced. ---PATHPIX MAX: Some of the biggest PathPix puzzles ever. 114 GIANT-sized puzzles, over a million squares total! ---PATHPIX ART: MAXimum fun - 150 HUGE puzzles based on famous paintings, including the biggest PathPix puzzles ever made. ---PATHPIX THANKS: 99 puzzles for Thanks Giving. Easy to Expert. ---PATHPIX EDGE: Live on the edge! None of these puzzles are rectangular. 180 puzzles, all different shapes, from teeny to gigantic, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX ALICE: The original Alice comes to life as you puzzle your way through 42 truly gigantic, colorful, and FUN illustrations for Lewis Carroll's masterpiece novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Puzzles are based on the classic Tenniel illustrations. Complete book included.  ---PATHPIX TIME: 99 forward-looking puzzles to welcome the New Year and beyond. Small to large, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX HEX: PathPix with a difference: the paths wander about on a grid of 6-sided cells (hexagons) . Warning: twisty paths make for tricky puzzles! 179 puzzles, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BUBBLE: Classic PathPix on special grids with squares and rectangles of different sizes. Paths can be wild and wacky. The theme is Water, oceans to raindrops. 160 puzzles, easy to expert. PathPix Zen is based on the PC game "PathPix" by Kris Pixton and KpixGames.

About

Overboss

Embrace your inner villain in this retro-style board game. Strategically draft terrain tiles, gather powerful monsters, and construct your ultimate dungeon to claim the title of OVERBOSS.

Highlights
  • Retro-inspired board game
  • Draft terrain tiles
  • Recruit monsters
  • Build your dungeon
  • Become the OVERBOSS
Features
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Become a villain in this retro-inspired board game. Draft terrain tiles, recruit monsters, build your dungeon, and become the OVERBOSS!

Screenshots

PathPix Zen4 screens
Overboss3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PathPix Zen at 95% against Overboss's 43%. PathPix Zen also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PathPix Zen costs $0.99 and Overboss $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PathPix Zen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PathPix Zen has 84 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of PathPix Zen's written reviews are positive against 43% of Overboss's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PathPix Zen versus Overboss: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathPix ZenOverboss
Price$0.99 — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (84 ratings) — better3.9 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews94.5% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings84 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 27 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB628 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKris PixtonGoblinz Studio SAS

Customer experience

PathPix Zen

All ratings84 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive94.5%
Neutral4.1%
Negative1.4%

Overboss

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

Bugs and requests

PathPix Zen

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crash issue
  • Numbers fuzzy on retina display

Requested features

8 requests
  • More PathPix games
  • Bring back erase and start over option
  • Update for 2nd Generation iPod touch
  • More updates/levels
  • Music
Show 3 more
  • Sound in paid version
  • iPad HD version
  • Another PRO version

Overboss

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PathPix Zen

No in-app purchases

None

Overboss

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PathPix Zen free?
PathPix Zen costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Overboss free?
Overboss costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PathPix Zen or Overboss?
PathPix Zen is rated higher. PathPix Zen averages 5.0 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Overboss averages 3.9 from 8 ratings.
Do PathPix Zen or Overboss have ads?
Neither PathPix Zen nor Overboss shows ads.

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