Overpaint vs ston
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Drag-and-drop color matching
- Color mixing by overlapping squares
- 225 unique moving puzzles
- 100 color facts
- Simple and clean design
- Challenging gameplay
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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
ston
This is a minimalist puzzle game with a unique design. It challenges your brain with mind-blowing levels and no time or move limits, allowing for a relaxing experience.
- Mind-blowing levels
- Brain challenge
- Minimalistic design
- Relaxing music and sounds
- No time or move limits
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ston is a mind-blowing minimalistic puzzle game with unique and remarkable design. ston does not have a time or move limits, allowing you to just relax and focus. Your goal is to remove all of the cubes by passing on them. ston is now ready to cook your brain. Are you? Features: ◈ Mind-blowing levels ◈ Challenge your brain ◈ Remarkable minimalistic design ◈ Relaxing, peaceful music and sounds
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ston at 4.3 against Overpaint's 3.8. ston also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Overpaint's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 35%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Overpaint sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. ston asks for nothing beyond the download.
ston holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 133 and 128 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Overpaint's written reviews are positive against 35% of ston's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Overpaint ships an update every 5 weeks, ston every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Overpaint | ston |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (133 ratings) | 4.3 (128 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews — better | 35.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 133 — better | 128 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Landka | Flat Games |
Customer experience
Overpaint
ston
User reviews
Overpaint
From 133 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful color-mixing puzzle concept
- 🎵 Relaxing and enjoyable music
- 😌 No ads or minimal monetization
- 🧩 Engaging puzzle gameplay
- 🎯 Simple yet challenging mechanics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes on startup
- 🐛 Game crashes after closing mid-level
- 🐛 Crashes when running out of lives
- ☝️ Notification center interference on top screen
- ⏸️ Game progress not saved to Game Center
ston
From 128 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and enjoyable gameplay
- 💡 Interesting concept
- 👍 Nice design
- 👍 Good for learning
- 👍 Good customer care
Room to improve
- ❌ Excessive advertisements
- ❌ Ads interrupt gameplay
- ❌ Ads are too long
- ❌ Ads don't have a close button
- ❌ Game crashes frequently
Bugs and 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
ston
Reported bugs
18 issues- Ads don't have a close button
- Game crashes on startup
- Game doesn't open
- Slow movement
- Level 74 freezes
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- Level 73 has a bug
- Level 34 is impossible
- Game resets after update
- Blocks are glitched on level 27
- Settings don't work (music turns on spontaneously)
- Level slider doesn't work
- Game doesn't run on iPhone 6 iOS 10.2
- Game doesn't react to touches after the first round
- Graphics are not accurate
- Some blocks look hollow
- Cannot move up to adjacent blocks
- Game makes noise even when on silent
- Level 34 is mathematically impossible to clear
Requested features
12 requests- Add a timer for ads
- Put ads on a cooldown
- Add hints for difficult levels
- Add a level editor
- Add an online mode
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- Add a save game feature for different devices
- Add a 'move back one space' option
- Add analog controls
- Add a function to pan around the map
- Add new levels
- Fix the issue with the level slider not working
- Add a feedback option to the developer
In-app purchases
Overpaint
- Refill lives$0.99
- Unlock gate$0.99
- +3 moves$0.99
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- Remove ads$0.99
- Lives forever$2.99
ston
No in-app purchases
