Comparison

Endless Shape Stacker vs hue. Paint by Number

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

Head to head
About

Endless Shape Stacker

Features
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This is a small game in which you need to fit shapes in a row in order to get points. The row disappears when it is full. The focus is on simplicity, so you won't find ads, logins, animations - just falling shapes.

About

hue. Paint by Number

This coloring app offers a relaxing experience by allowing users to fill in numbered regions of curated paintings. Enjoy animated fills, zoom capabilities, and local progress saving for a seamless artistic journey on iPhone and iPad.

Highlights
  • Animated paint fills
  • Zoom and pan capabilities
  • Local progress saving
  • Curated library of paintings
  • Auto and pick color modes
  • Find Remaining feature
Features
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hue. is a calm, colorful paint by number app for iPhone and iPad. Pick a painting, tap numbered regions to fill them with color, and watch each artwork come together one satisfying piece at a time. The level library includes 41 curated paintings, from approachable easy pieces to richer hard paintings with hundreds of regions. Easy levels are polished starter paintings with fewer pieces, while hard levels offer detailed scenes for longer, slower coloring sessions. hue. is designed to make detailed paint by number feel comfortable: - Animated paint fills that bloom from your tap - Auto mode for quick coloring with the correct color - Pick mode when you want to choose from the palette yourself - Pinch zoom, pan, landscape support, and extra room around the canvas - Dynamic number labels that stay readable as you zoom - A smart palette that keeps useful colors close at hand - Find Remaining to jump to the nearest unfinished region - Local progress saving and progress-aware thumbnails - A completion sequence with confetti and a source image reveal The app works well on iPhone for quick relaxing sessions and on iPad for spacious painting in portrait or landscape. hue. is intentionally simple and private. There are no ads, no tracking, no analytics, no accounts, no subscriptions, and no in-app purchases. Your painting progress stays on your device.

Screenshots

Endless Shape Stacker3 screens
hue. Paint by Number4 screens

Verdict

The call

Endless Shape Stacker and hue. Paint by Number are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Endless Shape Stacker versus hue. Paint by Number: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEndless Shape Stackerhue. Paint by Number
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (18 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB503 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin RoggeSarah Khosravani

In-app purchases

None

Endless Shape Stacker

No in-app purchases

None

hue. Paint by Number

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Endless Shape Stacker free?
Endless Shape Stacker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is hue. Paint by Number free?
hue. Paint by Number is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Endless Shape Stacker or hue. Paint by Number have ads?
Neither Endless Shape Stacker nor hue. Paint by Number shows ads.

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