Comparison

Loose Ends vs Paintlet

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

Head to head
About

Loose Ends

Features
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Unscrew the bolts and let the wooden pieces fall! In Loose Ends: Puzzle, solve clever physics puzzles by removing screws in the right order. Simple, relaxing, and surprisingly challenging.

About

Paintlet

Engage in a relaxing color sorting puzzle game where you match paint colors and bring order to tubes. With thousands of levels and helpful boosters, it offers a calm yet challenging brain-training experience.

Highlights
  • Relaxing color sorting gameplay
  • 2,000 handcrafted levels
  • Undo, Shuffle, and Extra Tube boosters
  • Daily and welcome rewards
  • Lives system for short sessions
  • Premium themed worlds
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Sort colorful paint tubes in Paintlet, a relaxing color sorting puzzle that blends satisfying moves with light logic and brain training. Match each color, plan every pour, and bring order to every tube. Explore 2,000 handcrafted free levels across the main journey. When a puzzle gets tricky, use Undo, Shuffle, or Extra Tube to keep your solution moving. FEATURES • Relaxing paint and color sorting gameplay • 2,000 handcrafted free tube puzzles • Undo, Shuffle, and Extra Tube boosters • Daily rewards and welcome rewards • Lives system designed for short, satisfying sessions • Premium Museums, Cities, and Countries worlds • Colorful visual effects and hidden, covered, and mixed paint challenges • Play in English, Turkish, Spanish, or Japanese Whether you want a quick logic puzzle or a longer brain-training session, Paintlet offers a calm and colorful challenge. Start sorting the paint and perfect every tube.

Screenshots

Loose Ends3 screens
Paintlet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Loose Ends at none against Paintlet's 9. Loose Ends also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Paintlet sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Loose Ends asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loose Ends ships an update every 5 days, Paintlet fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Loose Ends versus Paintlet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoose EndsPaintlet
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer硕 王DENIZ ECE KARAAL ISILOGLU

In-app purchases

None

Loose Ends

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Paintlet

One-time9
  • Small Coin Pack$1.99
  • Premium Museums$2.99
  • Medium Coin Pack$3.99
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  • Premium Cities$3.99
  • Premium Countries$4.99
  • Large Coin Pack$7.99
  • Limitless Boosters$9.99
  • XL Coin Pack$14.99
  • Combo Coin Pack$19.99

Questions

Is Loose Ends free?
Loose Ends is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paintlet free?
Paintlet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Loose Ends or Paintlet have ads?
Both Loose Ends and Paintlet show ads.
Which is updated more often, Loose Ends or Paintlet?
Loose Ends ships an update every 5 days, and Paintlet fortnightly. Most recently, Loose Ends was updated on October 25, 2026 and Paintlet on October 25, 2026.

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