Backyard Paintball vs Spike It
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backyard Paintball
Engage in real-time PvP multiplayer battles in dynamic tournament-style maps. Coordinate with your team, strategize your movements, and aim for victory on the field.
- Real-time PvP multiplayer
- Dynamic tournament-style maps
- Strategic navigation
- Team coordination
- Dominate the field
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Backyard Paintball is a PvP multiplayer game. Challenge yourself and other players in dynamic tournament-style maps. Navigate through strategic locations, perfect your team coordination, and dominate the field to emerge victorious.
Spike It
Experience the traditional Japanese skill game of Kendama on your phone. Master a wide variety of tricks with realistic physics. Discover new challenges and spread the love for this unique game.
- Realistic Kendama physics
- Wide variety of tricks
- Traditional Japanese skill game
- Discover new challenges
- Made by players for players
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Play Kendama, the traditional Japanese skill game now in you phone. Made by players to spread Kendama love. Tricks so far: spike, cups, earthturns, stalls, juggs, ken flips, 1 2 3 turns, lunars, lighthouses, tama grip flips, swaps, tosses, and some other tricks to discover.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spike It at 4.7 against Backyard Paintball's 4.0. Spike It also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (86% vs 58%). On price, ratings volume, 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. Backyard Paintball sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Spike It asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spike It holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Backyard Paintball's written reviews are positive against 86% of Spike It's.
Backyard Paintball ships an update weekly, Spike It daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backyard Paintball | Spike It |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (48 ratings) | 4.7 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.9% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.7 GB | 210 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Hall | Nil Bellmunt |
Customer experience
Backyard Paintball
Spike It
In-app purchases
Backyard Paintball
- 1000 Coins$1.99
- 5000 Coins$4.99
- 10000 Coins$9.99
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- 25000 Coins$19.99
Spike It
No in-app purchases
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