Paint Bucket vs Compass Post
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Paint Bucket
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FIVE GAME MODES Powered by a physically-based pigment mixing model (Kubelka-Munk) instead of simple RGB averaging - colors blend the way they really would on canvas. Classic Mix: Match a target color by adding the right paint drops in the right amounts. Early levels teach simple hue shifts; later levels require finding subtle in-between tones. Guess the Color: Watch a sequence of drops get mixed, then pick the resulting color from four choices. Train your eye for how colors combine. Color Architect: Race against the clock to hit multiple target colors in a row using a shared palette. Tests speed and precision under pressure. Odd One Out: Spot the one tile that's a slightly different shade among a set of near-identical colors. A test of color perception. Capture the Color: Memorize a color shown for a few seconds, then recreate it from memory using hue, saturation, and brightness sliders. See how close your memory really is. FEATURES 800+ hand-designed levels across four mixing modes. Endless procedurally-generated rounds in Capture the Color mode. A smooth difficulty curve that goes from simple color recognition to genuine color-mixing skill. Casual Experience: No accounts or logins required - just pick up and play. Ads only appear between levels, never interrupting your active color-mixing focus. Whether you're a designer sharpening your color sense, an artist studying pigment behavior, or just someone who enjoys a satisfying puzzle, Paint Bucket has a mode for you!
Compass Post
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One compass. The whole world. You stand in one city and the ticket names another. Spin the compass toward it, lock your heading and watch your plane fly the real route across the globe. The Earth is round, so every city has two right answers: the short way along the great circle, or the long way around. Both score in full. HOW IT PLAYS โข 700 levels. Each target becomes your next starting city. โข Within 5ยฐ is a Perfect landing. Keep hitting to multiply your points. โข Three misses end the run. Close the app any time; your run is saved. JOKERS FOR TRICKY CITIES โข Call the Tower, Binoculars, Sextant and Spare Stamp. โข A daily gift restocks jokers you've run out of. DAILY ROUTE AND CHALLENGES โข A new daily route every day: everyone flies the same 700 cities, and your first flight is free. โข Challenge friends with a link: they fly your exact route, and the route's board shows who flew it best. โข Weekly and all-time Game Center leaderboards, plus achievements. AN AIRMAIL WORLD Paper maps, boarding-pass tickets, rubber stamps and a passport page for every run. Plays in English and Turkish. Passports start a run and refill over time. Miles earned in flight buy passports, unlimited play and jokers in Duty Free; miles and packs are also available as optional in-app purchases. Map data: Natural Earth (public domain).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Compass Post at none against Paint Bucket's shown. Paint Bucket's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Paint Bucket sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Compass Post sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Paint Bucket ships an update every 2 days, Compass Post every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paint Bucket | Compass Post |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days โ better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ONURION BILISIM VE DANISMANLIK LIMITED SIRKETI | CAGLAR SERDAR |
In-app purchases
Paint Bucket
- 100 Gold$0.49
- 250 Gold$0.99
- 1000 Gold$2.99
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- remove ads$4.99
- Unlimited Energy$9.99
- 10000 Gold$24.99
Compass Post
- 100 Miles$0.99
- Starter Pack$1.99
- 550 Miles$4.99
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- Captain's Pack$7.99
- 1,200 Miles$9.99
- 2,600 Miles$19.99
- 7,000 Miles$49.99
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