Comparison

Pixel Hive vs Paint Maint 3D

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Hive

Engage in a relaxing 3D puzzle game where you direct swarms of colored bees to deconstruct pixel sculptures. Plan your hive releases strategically to manage limited slots and clear each level.

Highlights
  • Harvest matching pixel blocks with colored bee swarms
  • Deconstruct 3D pixel sculptures piece by piece
  • Manage limited hive waiting slots
  • Rotate sculptures to find colors
  • Plan with upcoming hive queue
  • Utilize power-ups like magnet and freeze
Features
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Welcome to Pixel Hive, a puzzle game where swarms of busy bees take apart colorful 3D pixel sculptures, one block at a time. Every level starts with a finished sculpture floating above your hives: a juicy watermelon, a desert pyramid, and many more. Your job is to pick the right hive and release its bees. Each hive holds a swarm of one color, and its bees fly out to harvest only the blocks that match. As the blocks disappear, the sculpture melts away until nothing is left. But there's a catch. A hive whose bees still have blocks to collect flies back and parks in a waiting slot. Slots are limited. Fill them all and the level is over. Success means reading the sculpture, choosing hives in the right order, and keeping the swarm moving without clogging the hive. Rotate the sculpture to spot hidden colors, plan ahead with the hives coming up in your queue, and use power-ups like the magnet, the fan, and the freeze ray when the pressure builds. As you progress, sculptures grow bigger, colors multiply, and every choice matters more. Features - Send colored bee swarms to harvest matching pixel blocks - Take apart beautiful 3D pixel sculptures piece by piece - Manage limited waiting slots before the hive fills up - Rotate sculptures to find the colors you need - Plan around a queue of upcoming hives - Powerful boosters: magnet, fan, extra slot, and freeze - Simple one-tap controls with real puzzle depth - Hundreds of levels with growing size and color variety - Relaxing visuals and satisfying block-by-block clearing Pick your hives, manage the swarm, and clear every pixel in Pixel Hive.

About

Paint Maint 3D

Features
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Send the right colors, fill the shapes, and clear the entire tube! Tap the colorful boxes at the bottom to send them onto the conveyor. When a box opens, colored liquid beads are released and move along the track. If the color matches the active shape on the tube, they are launched toward it and begin filling it. Each shape needs a certain amount of the correct color to be completed. Once a shape is fully filled, it disappears, the tube moves forward, and the next shape becomes active.

Screenshots

Pixel Hive4 screens
Paint Maint 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Paint Maint 3D at none against Pixel Hive's shown. Paint Maint 3D also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Hive ships an update every 3 days, Paint Maint 3D daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Pixel Hive versus Paint Maint 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel HivePaint Maint 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB214 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperPlayoneer LTD3A YAPIM VE YAZILIM DANISMANLIK LIMITED SIRKETI

In-app purchases

None

Pixel Hive

No in-app purchases

None

Paint Maint 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixel Hive free?
Pixel Hive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paint Maint 3D free?
Paint Maint 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixel Hive or Paint Maint 3D have ads?
Pixel Hive shows ads; Paint Maint 3D does not.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Hive or Paint Maint 3D?
Pixel Hive ships an update every 3 days, and Paint Maint 3D daily. Most recently, Pixel Hive was updated on October 16, 2026 and Paint Maint 3D on September 26, 2026.

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