Comparison

! Exploding Paintballs ! vs Kata Puzzle

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

Kata Puzzle

An original and addicting puzzle game where you complete grids with available pieces. It challenges your visual and spatial intelligence, memory, and problem-solving skills through over 40 levels of increasing difficulty. Suitable for both adults and children, it offers hours of fun and reflection.

Highlights
  • Over 40 levels
  • Visual and spatial intelligence training
  • Memory enhancement
  • Color blind mode
  • Hours of reflection and fun
  • Over 90 different pieces
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Kata Puzzle is an original and addicting puzzle game. The objective is to complete a grid with the available pieces. Progress through increasingly difficult levels and show your friends your talent. Kata Puzzle is fun to play because it focuses on working your visual and spatial intelligence as well as your memory as the levels increase in difficulty. Kata Puzzle is a game for adults and children. - Over 40 levels and more to come - Several hours of reflections and fun - Over 90 different pieces - Easy and (very) complex grids await you - A color blind mode If you like to exercise your brain, find solutions to puzzles, taunt your loved ones when you have successfully completed a level then do not wait any longer, join us and become the first of your friends to complete all the levels, finally only if you feel able !

Screenshots

! Exploding Paintballs !4 screens
Kata Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ! Exploding Paintballs ! at 4.8 against Kata Puzzle's 3.4. ! Exploding Paintballs ! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Kata Puzzle's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 and Kata Puzzle sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

! Exploding Paintballs ! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ! Exploding Paintballs !'s written reviews are positive against 88% of Kata Puzzle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

! Exploding Paintballs ! ships an update every 2 months, Kata Puzzle every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
! Exploding Paintballs ! versus Kata Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter! Exploding Paintballs !Kata Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better3.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter KramerHB Media

Customer experience

! Exploding Paintballs !

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

Kata Puzzle

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

! Exploding Paintballs !

One-time1
  • upgrade to play the Additional Levels$0.99
3 purchases

Kata Puzzle

One-time3
  • Small Help$0.99
  • Complete level solution$2.99
  • Pack 1$3.99

Questions

Is ! Exploding Paintballs ! free?
! Exploding Paintballs ! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kata Puzzle free?
Kata Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ! Exploding Paintballs ! or Kata Puzzle?
! Exploding Paintballs ! is rated higher. ! Exploding Paintballs ! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Kata Puzzle averages 3.4 from 7 ratings.
Do ! Exploding Paintballs ! or Kata Puzzle have ads?
Kata Puzzle shows ads; ! Exploding Paintballs ! does not.
Which is updated more often, ! Exploding Paintballs ! or Kata Puzzle?
! Exploding Paintballs ! ships an update every 2 months, and Kata Puzzle every 6 weeks. Most recently, ! Exploding Paintballs ! was updated on November 6, 2026 and Kata Puzzle on November 3, 2026.

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