IMPOSSIBLE ROAD vs POINPY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
Navigate a thrilling, minimalist arcade experience where precise control is key to survival. Guide a vessel down a dynamic track, scoring points for each gate passed. Master the art of risk and reward to climb the leaderboards.
- Minimalist arcade gameplay
- Risk and reward scoring
- Rollercoaster-like tracks
- Hair-pin bends and jumps
- Universal app support
- Game Center leaderboards
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IMPOSSIBLE ROAD is a pure, minimal arcade game about risk, reward, and rollercoasters. "9/10" - Edge Online Game of the Week - PocketGamer Guide THE VESSEL down the roller coaster-like track at speed, scoring for each gate you make it through. Navigate hair-pin bends, jumps, banked curves and adverse camber in the quest for the perfect line. And when you learn how to cheat the game, and you discover that it is rewarded not punished, the leaderboards will belong to you. - Universal app, for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch. - 3D Touch support (3D Touch compatible device required) - Support for iOS controllers and some other arcade control peripherals. - 4 colour themes - Original minimal techno soundtrack. - Game Center leaderboards. - Challenge your friends to beat your score. [Controls] Touch the left side of the screen to turn left, touch the right side of the screen to turn right. Touch your score to show the Quick Restart button. [Credits] Design, coding, art and audio - Kevin Ng @gradiance Play testing and feedback - the wonderful people of @GameDevEd: Andy Durdin @adurdin Trevor Fountain @doches Aaron Dron @tinyblob Jonathan Brodsky @jonbro Paul Scott Canavan @abigbat Gillian Patterson NAE TWITTER Andy Watson @andywatson00 Peter Van Der Watt @tenebrious Ian Usher @FatConan Ben Newbon @bennewbon Gavin Jones @aotumedia Kayleigh Boyd @Silverlynxcat
POINPY
Bounce upwards, dodging enemies and collecting fruit to feed a hungry beast. Unlock new abilities and modes as you climb higher in this vertical action game. Explore randomly generated areas and master one-handed controls.
- Intuitive one-handed controls
- Bounce and flip mechanics
- Collect fruit for beast's juice
- Dodge adorable baddies
- Unlockable puzzle and endless modes
- Randomly generated areas
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Bounce up, dodge adorable baddies and feed the blue beast that's hot on your heels. A vertical climber from the creator of the award-winning Downwell. Keep going higher and higher because new and more challenging areas await. Earn and unlock abilities that will help you jump into your next run with a better shot at reaching the end. FEATURES Juice 'em up: Use intuitive, one-handed controls to bounce, flip around and grab fruit for the beast's juice. Climb & collect: Evade creatures lurking in randomly generated areas. Collect special abilities like the octobub, which sucks in fruit, and the handy snail clock, which stops time while you ready your next jump. Plus many others! Open new modes: Find a not-so-well-hidden area to unlock the tricky puzzle mode. Complete Poinpy to unlock an endless mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: POINPY at 95% against IMPOSSIBLE ROAD's 44%. POINPY also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.9 vs 4.1). IMPOSSIBLE ROAD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#125 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
POINPY is free to download; IMPOSSIBLE ROAD costs $2.99 up front. POINPY sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. IMPOSSIBLE ROAD asks for nothing beyond the download.
POINPY holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 739 and 153 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of IMPOSSIBLE ROAD's written reviews are positive against 95% of POINPY's.
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD ships an update every 3 weeks, POINPY every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IMPOSSIBLE ROAD | POINPY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (739 ratings) | 4.9 (153 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.7% of reviews | 95.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 739 — better | 153 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #125 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | WONDERFUL LASERS | Devolver |
Customer experience
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
POINPY
Bugs and requests
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on high scores
- Left turn input issues
- Unresponsive controls
Requested features
5 requests- Difficulty settings
- Customizable ball/track colors
- Tilt-based controls
- Longer gameplay sessions
- Checkpoint system
POINPY
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
No in-app purchases
POINPY
- Standard Tip$1.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
- Super Generous Tip!$9.99









