Paint Bucket vs Compass Post
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — 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
Navigate the globe by finding cities using a compass. Fly real routes, earn miles, and compete with friends. Utilize jokers to overcome challenging destinations and unlock new content.
- Global city navigation with a compass
- Real flight route simulation
- 700 levels with progressive difficulty
- Jokers for assistance on tricky cities
- Daily routes and friend challenges
- Leaderboards and achievements
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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 • 700 levels. Each target becomes your next starting city. • Within 5° is a Perfect landing. Keep hitting to multiply your points. • Three misses end the run. Close the app any time; your run is saved. JOKERS FOR TRICKY CITIES • Call the Tower, Binoculars, Sextant and Spare Stamp. • A daily gift restocks jokers you've run out of. DAILY ROUTE AND CHALLENGES • A new daily route every day: everyone flies the same 700 cities, and your first flight is free. • Challenge friends with a link: they fly your exact route, and the route's board shows who flew it best. • 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). Business Class is an optional auto-renewable subscription (monthly with a free first week for new subscribers, or yearly). Payment is charged to your Apple ID; it renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and you can manage it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Paint Bucket at 15.0 against Compass Post's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Paint Bucket sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Compass Post sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Paint Bucket ships an update every 2 days, Compass Post every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paint Bucket | Compass Post |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 15 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
- Business Class · Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Business Class · Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Starter Pack$1.99
- Special pack$2.99
- Polar Route set$2.99
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- Night Mail set$2.99
- Golden Age set$3.99
- Flight Pass$4.99
- Promotion pack$7.99
- Captain's Pack$7.99









