! Exploding Paintballs ! vs Guroku
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
! 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.
- Tilt or touch controls
- Physics-based gameplay
- Link and explode colored paintballs
- Realistic explosion sounds
- Game Center leaderboards
- Unlockable levels via IAP
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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.
Guroku
A unique logic puzzle game where players move colored stones on a grid. The objective is to guide each stone to its corresponding target field by strategically maneuvering them. Offers a challenging experience with 245 levels and global leaderboards.
- Unique stone movement mechanics
- 245 challenging levels
- Global leaderboard
- Collect achievements
- Brain exercise
- Simple controls
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Guroku is a puzzle game based on a completely new principle that has made it popular all over the world. ▪ The player moves colored stones around the game grid, which determines the directions in which the stone at a given position can move. ▪ The goal is to get the individual stones on the target field of the same color. ▪ Each time a player moves a stone in a selected direction, that stone does not stop moving until it hits another stone or arrives at a position on the game grid from which it is no longer allowed to move in that direction. ▪ This principle forces players to devise clever solutions, such as strategically placing other stones in such places that the moving stone stops where it is needed. FEATURES ▪Simple controls - just move the stones in the direction you want. ▪Easy to learn the rules, our tutorial in the introductory levels will help you. ▪Even though the rules are simple, the puzzles in the higher levels will be a challenge to solve. The game is especially suitable for those who like to exercise their brain. ▪Compare your performance with other players on the global leaderboard. If you solve a puzzle with fewer moves, you'll get a higher score. See how others are doing. ▪Collect achievements in the Game Center to add variety to your game experience. ▪The game offers a total of 245 levels of varying difficulty. Try to solve them all. ▪Shake your brain, it's not as easy as it may seem! The game is available exclusively on iOS. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Guroku at free against ! Exploding Paintballs !'s free with in-app purchases. Guroku also leads on ratings volume (48 vs 5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). ! Exploding Paintballs !'s advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. ! Exploding Paintballs ! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Guroku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ! Exploding Paintballs ! against 4.8 for Guroku. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guroku has 48 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of ! Exploding Paintballs !'s written reviews are positive against 86% of Guroku's.
! Exploding Paintballs ! ships an update every 2 months, Guroku monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | ! Exploding Paintballs ! | Guroku |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.8 (48 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Kramer | MMXIX.CZ s.r.o. |
Customer experience
! Exploding Paintballs !
Guroku
In-app purchases
! Exploding Paintballs !
- upgrade to play the Additional Levels$0.99
Guroku
- Unlock All Levels$1.99
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