Comparison

! Exploding Paintballs ! vs Flowers Popper

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

Flowers Popper

Match three or more colorful flowers in a line to clear them and make space for new blooms. Utilize special flower types and color drops to strategize your moves and achieve higher scores. Progress through levels by clearing the grass and advancing your game.

Highlights
  • Match 3 or more flowers
  • Vertical and horizontal line matching
  • Special flower types
  • Color drops for repainting
  • Score progression
  • Clear grass to advance
Features
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Match colorful flowers to remove them and free space for new ones. To remove flowers from the grass, get a group of 3 or more assembled in vertical or horizontal line. To make game more interesting, there are different types of flowers: - Normal Flower, match the same color vertically or horizontally and they will disappear - Flowers with extra color inside, match it with flowers of the same color and new one will grow instead. - Use color drops to repaint flowers. Plan ahead to get more points and progress your score.

Screenshots

! Exploding Paintballs !4 screens
Flowers Popper3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flowers Popper at none against ! Exploding Paintballs !'s 1. Flowers Popper also leads on ratings volume (32 vs 5). ! Exploding Paintballs !'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Flowers Popper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

! Exploding Paintballs ! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flowers Popper has 32 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ! Exploding Paintballs !'s written reviews are positive against 88% of Flowers Popper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

! Exploding Paintballs ! ships an update every 2 months, Flowers Popper every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
! Exploding Paintballs ! versus Flowers Popper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter! Exploding Paintballs !Flowers Popper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better4.4 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings532 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter KramerAndrey Krutikov

Customer experience

! Exploding Paintballs !

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

Flowers Popper

All ratings32 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral12.5%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

! Exploding Paintballs !

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

Flowers Popper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ! Exploding Paintballs ! free?
! Exploding Paintballs ! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flowers Popper free?
Flowers Popper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ! Exploding Paintballs ! or Flowers Popper?
! Exploding Paintballs ! is rated higher. ! Exploding Paintballs ! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Flowers Popper averages 4.4 from 32 ratings.
Do ! Exploding Paintballs ! or Flowers Popper have ads?
Flowers Popper shows ads; ! Exploding Paintballs ! does not.
Which is updated more often, ! Exploding Paintballs ! or Flowers Popper?
! Exploding Paintballs ! ships an update every 2 months, and Flowers Popper every 9 months. Most recently, ! Exploding Paintballs ! was updated on August 20, 2026 and Flowers Popper on June 11, 2026.

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