Comparison

Paintlet vs Bubble Merge

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

Head to head
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.

About

Bubble Merge

Features
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No timers, no pressure Play one move or fifty. Bubble Merge - Classic waits for you — there's no clock, no energy meter, and no streak guilt-tripping you back. Oddly satisfying merges Drag matching numbers together and watch them combine into bigger ones. The longer the combo, the bigger the score. Endless by design There's no last level to reach and no game over. Keep merging as long as you like and chase a new high score every session. Plays fully offline On a plane, in a tunnel, off the grid? Bubble Merge - Classic runs entirely on your device. No connection required. One-thumb controls Hold a bubble, drag it onto a match, and let go. The whole game plays comfortably with a single thumb. Fair & optional extras Free to play and fun on its own. A one-time tip unlocks themes and removes ads — no pay-to-win, ever.

Screenshots

Paintlet4 screens
Bubble Merge1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bubble Merge at none against Paintlet's 9. Bubble Merge also leads on ads (none vs shown). Paintlet's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. Paintlet sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Bubble Merge asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Paintlet versus Bubble Merge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaintletBubble Merge
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDENIZ ECE KARAAL ISILOGLUTang Software

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
None

Bubble Merge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paintlet free?
Paintlet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bubble Merge free?
Bubble Merge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paintlet or Bubble Merge have ads?
Paintlet shows ads; Bubble Merge does not.
Which is updated more often, Paintlet or Bubble Merge?
Paintlet ships an update fortnightly, and Bubble Merge fortnightly. Most recently, Paintlet was updated on October 19, 2026 and Bubble Merge on October 11, 2026.

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