Comparison

Powder Game vs Underline

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Powder Game

Explore a physics sandbox where you can simulate the interactions of various elements like water, fire, and gunpowder. Witness unique reactions and emergent phenomena as different 'dots' collide and influence each other.

Highlights
  • Physics simulation with powder elements
  • Over 30 different dot variations
  • Simulate element reactions
  • Explosion effects
  • Plant growth simulation
Features
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Imagine the cool phenomenon when the wind blows the falling leaves. This game physics simulates the phenomenon with powder (dots)! You can choose more than 30 different variations of the dot. Water, fire, oil, gunpowder, metal, seed, birds, Ant and more. The various reactions when in hit with a dot and a dot. The explosion on hit with fire and gunpowder. Trees grow when in hit with the seed and sand.

About

Underline

Features
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Underline is a metro builder set in real cities. Pick a city and draw lines across it. Every station you place sits somewhere real, and the passengers who use it are where people actually live and work — the map is built from real population and employment data, so demand isn't invented. Put a station where nobody is, and nobody rides. Choose how each stretch gets built. Tunnel under expensive ground, run elevated, or stay on the surface where there is room. Set how often trains run and how long they are, then watch people find their way across your network — and watch the crowding when you have got it wrong. • 35 cities across five continents, from London to Tokyo to São Paulo • Demand modelled from real population and employment data • Tunnel, elevated and surface track, each with its own cost • Ridership, crowding, revenue and running costs tracked day by day • 110 commissions to complete, from straightforward to genuinely hard • No account, no ads, no tracking, and it works entirely offline Five cities — one on each continent — are free, along with fifty of the commissions. A single payment unlocks every other city, the commissions set in them, and unlimited budget if you would rather just build.

Screenshots

Powder Game4 screens
Underline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Powder Game at none against Underline's 1. Powder Game also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Underline's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Underline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Powder Game asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Powder Game versus Underline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowder GameUnderline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB815 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDAN-BALLHarry Attenborough

Bugs and requests

Powder Game

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • View feature not working as expected
  • Occasional freezing or crashing
  • Inconsistent player/fighter behavior
  • Saved creations sometimes disappearing

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more elements and materials
  • Increase pixel/dot limit or make it unlimited
  • Implement a save/load system for creations
  • Add more player/fighter customization options
  • Introduce new gameplay modes or challenges
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  • Improve visibility of glass and other transparent elements

Underline

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Powder Game

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Underline

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$4.99

Questions

Is Powder Game free?
Powder Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Underline free?
Underline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Powder Game or Underline have ads?
Powder Game shows ads; Underline does not.

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