! Exploding Paintballs ! vs Elves and Dwarves
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.
Elves and Dwarves
Guide an Elf and a Dwarf to survival in a world filled with falling rocks. Tap to make them jump and avoid obstacles. Enjoy addictive pixel art gameplay and climb the leaderboards.
- Tap-to-jump controls
- Obstacle avoidance gameplay
- Pixel art graphics
- Leaderboard competition
- Single-player survival
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Dodge every single rock, jump as much as you can and achieve higher glory! In a world where an Elf and a Dwarf are fighting to stay alive, only you can help them survive! Dodge every single rock, jump as much as you can and achieve higher glory! Just tap on the side of the Elf and on the side of the Dwarf to make them jump and avoid the obstacles. With amazing pixel art graphics and a simple but addictive gameplay, you're gonna be fascinated by the Elves and Dwarves's world. Prepare yourself, jump at the right moment and dominate the leaderboards!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ! Exploding Paintballs ! at 4.8 against Elves and Dwarves's 4.0. ! Exploding Paintballs ! also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 43 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Elves and Dwarves's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Elves and Dwarves asks for nothing beyond the download.
! Exploding Paintballs ! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ! Exploding Paintballs ! has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
! Exploding Paintballs ! ships an update every 2 months, Elves and Dwarves every 43 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | ! Exploding Paintballs ! | Elves and Dwarves |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 43 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Peter Kramer | Marcos Morais |
Customer experience
! Exploding Paintballs !
Elves and Dwarves
In-app purchases
! Exploding Paintballs !
- upgrade to play the Additional Levels$0.99
Elves and Dwarves
No in-app purchases
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