! Exploding Paintballs ! vs Life
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.
Life
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A life game where you can enjoy changing the pattern with simple rules. 1 . If there are exactly three living cells adjacent to a dead cell, the next generation will be born. 2 . If there are two or three living cells adjacent to a living cell, they will survive in the next generation. mode 'Random1', 'Random2', 'Random3', 'Blinker', 'Toad', 'Beacon', 'Pulsar', 'Octagon', 'Galaxy', 'Hertz oscillator', 'Clock', 'Shuttle', 'Penta decathlon', 'Line1', 'Line2', 'Square1', 'Square2', 'Glider', 'Diamond', 'Lightweight spaceship', 'Middleweight spaceship', 'Heavyweight spaceship', 'Flotilla1', 'Flotilla2', 'Gosper glider gun', 'New gun', 'Simkin glider gun', 'Ping-pong', 'Puffer train1', 'Puffer train2', 'Puffer train3', 'Puffer train4', '5x5', 'Diehard', 'R-pentomino', 'Acorn', 'Edit', * There is also an edit mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Life at none against ! Exploding Paintballs !'s 1. Life also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). ! Exploding Paintballs !'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. ! Exploding Paintballs ! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Life asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ! Exploding Paintballs ! | Life |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Kramer | E-ONLINESERVICE |
In-app purchases
! Exploding Paintballs !
- upgrade to play the Additional Levels$0.99
Life
No in-app purchases
Questions
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