Comparison

! Exploding Paintballs ! vs Mahjong Empires

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

Head to head
About

! Exploding Paintballs !

A tilt-sensitive arcade game where players link and explode colored paintballs. Compete with friends on leaderboards for high scores and unlock more levels through in-app purchases. Experience realistic physics and varied explosion sounds.

Highlights
  • Tilt or touch controls
  • Physics-based gameplay
  • Link and explode colored paintballs
  • Realistic explosion sounds
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Unlockable levels via IAP
Features
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!Exploding Paintballs! is a tilt-sensitive arcade game with paintballs that float (blue and green) and paintballs that sink (red and yellow). When certain color combinations of paintballs touch they link together and, when the link is complete, explode with a loud realistic explosion noise. The color combinations that will explode vary with each Level. The Game Center records various scores on Leaderboards such as number of Levels completed, number of explosions, best times for certain Levels and best times for all Levels combined. Compete with your Game Center Friends to see who can make the most explosions or who can get 10 explosions on one or all Levels the fastest. Gravity is adjusted by tilting the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Alternatively, !Exploding Paintballs! can respond to touch moves rather than tilt. The exploding noise differs for the different color combinations that explode (e.g. gunshots, crashes, bombs). The sound can be turned off or made into a vibration. There are 8 free Levels - 4 with walls and 4 without walls. An In App Purchase expands the number of Levels to 66 - 33 Levels with walls and 33 Levels without walls. !Exploding Paintballs! is based on a kinetic simulation using the device's accelerometer and realistic principles of physics (buoyancy, inertia, viscosity, Hooke's Law and color confinement). For accuracy and stability it uses a half step modification to Euler's Algorithm as described by Feynman (Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1, Ch. 9, P. 5) and Cromer (Am. J. Phy. 49, 455 (1981)). The screen shots below are: 1) Free Level 1 - Red-Blue. A red-blue combination is shown exploding. 2) The Levels Table. The 4 free Levels are shown together with the Best Times and maximum number of Explosions. 3) Free Level 2 - Red-Blue, Yellow-Green. A red-blue (yellow-green for iPad) combination is shown exploding. 4) Free Level 3 - Blue-Yellow-Green. Some partial combinations are shown linked and one blue-yellow-green is shown exploding. 5) Free Level 4 - Red-Green-Green-Loop. Some partial combinations for the loop are shown linked and one red-green-green-loop is shown exploding.

About

Mahjong Empires

Experience a unique 3D mahjong puzzle game with thousands of levels. Test your eyesight and logic by eliminating tiles in magnificent architectural structures. Rotate the multi-angle view to find matching pairs and progress through challenging stages.

Highlights
  • Innovative 3D levels
  • Multi-angle rotation
  • Hint system
  • Architectural design
  • Partition elimination
  • Automatic saving
Features
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The original and imposing architecture is made up of thousands of cubes which opens the new legend of eliminating game. A magnificent and unique architecture stands upright in the vast expanse, the player can crush the architecture by parts, and it’s passed when all tiles are eliminated on the board. Innovative mahjong 3D solid pairing game which is not only test your eyesight and mental,it has Mahjong,Plants,Mysterious symbol three patterns for you to choose,meanwhile it can train your spatial reasoning and logical thinking ability. Over 400 levels,it’s fun and help you to kill the time. It also can help you to spend the spare time whenever. As for the puzzle game, this must be one of the necessary collection games. Game Features # Innovation & variety level # Rotate multi-angle # Hints # Featured architectural craft, unprecedented # Area locked, partition eliminated # Automatically saving function

Screenshots

! Exploding Paintballs !4 screens
Mahjong Empires4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ! Exploding Paintballs ! at 4.8 against Mahjong Empires's 3.2. ! Exploding Paintballs ! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months). Mahjong Empires's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. ! Exploding Paintballs ! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mahjong Empires asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

! Exploding Paintballs ! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

! Exploding Paintballs ! ships an update every 2 months, Mahjong Empires every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
! Exploding Paintballs ! versus Mahjong Empires: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter! Exploding Paintballs !Mahjong Empires
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better3.2 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings510 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter KramerGempro Technology Inc.

Customer experience

! Exploding Paintballs !

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mahjong Empires

All ratings10 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

! Exploding Paintballs !

One-time1
  • upgrade to play the Additional Levels$0.99
None

Mahjong Empires

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ! Exploding Paintballs ! free?
! Exploding Paintballs ! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mahjong Empires free?
Mahjong Empires is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ! Exploding Paintballs ! or Mahjong Empires?
! Exploding Paintballs ! is rated higher. ! Exploding Paintballs ! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Mahjong Empires averages 3.2 from 10 ratings.
Do ! Exploding Paintballs ! or Mahjong Empires have ads?
Mahjong Empires shows ads; ! Exploding Paintballs ! does not.
Which is updated more often, ! Exploding Paintballs ! or Mahjong Empires?
! Exploding Paintballs ! ships an update every 2 months, and Mahjong Empires every 14 months. Most recently, ! Exploding Paintballs ! was updated on October 2, 2026 and Mahjong Empires on September 22, 2026.

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