Comparison

Overpaint vs Line Up

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

Head to head
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

About

Line Up

Connect dots in the correct order to find the best route, collecting stars along the way. Explore hundreds of levels across five worlds with increasing difficulty, utilizing logical reasoning to solve each puzzle.

Highlights
  • Connect dots in order
  • Collect stars
  • Hundreds of levels
  • Five distinct worlds
  • Gradual difficulty increase
  • Logical reasoning puzzles
Features
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Find out the best route and connect the dots in order until the end of the line, but don't forget to collect the stars at the right time! Play freely hundred levels, beginning with the easiest to the most challenging. Each level has several ways to be solved, use your logical reasoning and try to collect all the stars of each world! Line-Up: Dots! features include: - Free forever. - 5 worlds with different levels of challenges. - 300 levels with gradual increase of challenge. - Connect points, collect stars, enter portals and go in the right direction. - Several different themes for you to release. - Help system for you. - Game Center achievements. - Support for iPhone X's display.

Screenshots

Overpaint4 screens
Line Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Overpaint at 3.8 against Line Up's 3.0. Overpaint also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (133 vs 2). Line Up's advantage is iOS requirement (12 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Line Up sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Overpaint holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Overpaint has 133 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Overpaint ships an update every 5 weeks, Line Up every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Overpaint versus Line Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOverpaintLine Up
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (133 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings133 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB127 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLandkaRodolfo Seabra

Customer experience

Overpaint

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

Line Up

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Line Up

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
3 purchases

Line Up

One-time3
  • 25 hints$0.99
  • 60 hints$1.99
  • Remove ADS$2.99

Questions

Is Overpaint free?
Overpaint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Line Up free?
Line Up is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Overpaint or Line Up?
Overpaint is rated higher. Overpaint averages 3.8 out of 5 from 133 ratings, while Line Up averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Overpaint or Line Up have ads?
Line Up shows ads; Overpaint does not.
Which is updated more often, Overpaint or Line Up?
Overpaint ships an update every 5 weeks, and Line Up every 3 weeks. Most recently, Overpaint was updated on October 12, 2026 and Line Up on October 11, 2026.

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