Comparison

The Impossible Guessing Game vs Overpaint

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

Head to head
About

The Impossible Guessing Game

A deceptively simple yet challenging guessing game that tests your decision-making skills. It's designed to be easy to learn but difficult to master, offering a unique test of wit. Good luck!

Highlights
  • Simple gameplay
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Decision-making test
  • Unique game concept
Features
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The simplest and yet the most impossible game ever! Good luck!

About

Overpaint

This game challenges you to match colored squares with circles by dragging and dropping. Create new colors by overlapping squares. It offers a relaxing yet engaging puzzle experience with unique levels and interesting color facts.

Highlights
  • Drag-and-drop color matching
  • Color mixing by overlapping squares
  • 225 unique moving puzzles
  • 100 color facts
  • Simple and clean design
  • Challenging gameplay
Features
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Overpaint is all about color in motion. The goal is simple: drag-and-drop the squares over the matching circles to clear them. To make new colors just overlap the 3 squares. Seems easy, right? You have all the time yet each move counts… Observe the colorful moving patterns and sharpen your skills. Join the color fun! • Free to play • 225 unique moving puzzles • 100 curious color facts • Simple and clean design: less is beautiful! • Easy to play but tricky to master • Drag the squares by their corners and cover the circles • Play at your own pace: think twice, slide once • Challenge your friends and beat their scores • Purchasable lives and moves (optional) Enjoy mixing colors with Overpaint! "Overpaint app is addictive in a colorful way" – Examiner "...an edutaining, artistic puzzler all about color and how it amazingly meshes" - AppAdvice "Overpaint takes 3 colors and makes a tremendous puzzle game" - AppAttack "All the fun and none of the mess" - IdTapThat Featured in the AppStore worldwide - "Best New Games" Find out more: www.landka.com Send your feedback: hello@landka.com

Screenshots

The Impossible Guessing Game1 screens
Overpaint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Impossible Guessing Game at none against Overpaint's 5. The Impossible Guessing Game also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Overpaint's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 29%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 21 months). On price, rating, ads 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. Overpaint sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. The Impossible Guessing Game asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Impossible Guessing Game holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 133 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of The Impossible Guessing Game's written reviews are positive against 62% of Overpaint's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Impossible Guessing Game ships an update every 21 months, Overpaint every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
The Impossible Guessing Game versus Overpaint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Impossible Guessing GameOverpaint
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (27 ratings) — better3.8 (133 ratings)
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews61.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27133 — better
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGammaLateral LLCLandka

Customer experience

The Impossible Guessing Game

All ratings27 ratings
Positive74.1%
Neutral7.4%
Negative18.5%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral4.8%
Negative66.7%

Overpaint

All ratings133 ratings
Positive68.4%
Neutral9.0%
Negative22.6%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive61.9%
Neutral12.7%
Negative25.4%

Bugs and requests

The Impossible Guessing Game

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Overpaint

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes immediately after pressing play button
  • App crashes when closing mid-level and reopening
  • App crashes after running out of hearts/lives
  • Level 45 yellow bar doesn't reach far enough
  • Level 66 yellow cannot cover bottom circle
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  • Level 69 yellow doesn't extend sufficiently
  • Level 103 yellow screen blocks dot resolution
  • Level 167 impossible to complete on iPhone 6 due to screen proportions
  • Dragging colors from top triggers notification shade instead
  • Game progress resets despite Game Center sync
  • Color dragging drops without proper placement
  • Incorrect color mixing information in tutorials

Requested features

8 requests
  • More levels beyond current maximum
  • Undo move functionality
  • Ability to earn lives through gameplay
  • Larger interaction area away from notification shade
  • Seamless level transitions
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  • Continuous background music loop
  • No life requirement for replaying completed levels
  • Faster app transitions and loading

In-app purchases

None

The Impossible Guessing Game

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Overpaint

One-time5
  • Refill lives$0.99
  • Unlock gate$0.99
  • +3 moves$0.99
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  • Remove ads$0.99
  • Lives forever$2.99

Questions

Is The Impossible Guessing Game free?
The Impossible Guessing Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Overpaint free?
Overpaint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Impossible Guessing Game or Overpaint?
The Impossible Guessing Game is rated higher. The Impossible Guessing Game averages 4.0 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Overpaint averages 3.8 from 133 ratings.
Do The Impossible Guessing Game or Overpaint have ads?
Neither The Impossible Guessing Game nor Overpaint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Impossible Guessing Game or Overpaint?
The Impossible Guessing Game ships an update every 21 months, and Overpaint every 5 weeks. Most recently, The Impossible Guessing Game was updated on October 9, 2026 and Overpaint on October 23, 2026.

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