Overpaint vs Square1
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
Square1
Navigate challenging 2D levels as a square, launching yourself to reach the flag. Master precise taps and angles to achieve the fewest launches possible and avoid falling off the map.
- Physics-based launching mechanics
- Tap-to-launch projectile system
- Minimize taps for high scores
- Avoid falling off the map
- Improve personal records
- Minimalist 2D graphics
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You are a square that needs to reach the flag at the end of each level, but you have to get there by launching yourself! Tap anywhere on the screen to launch a projectile that explodes once it hits a platform. This explosion can launch your player to the flag. Your goal is to achieve this in as few taps as possible. Oh, and don't fall off of the map! Improve your personal records by tapping at the perfect angle and time every level!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Square1 at 4.5 against Overpaint's 3.8. Square1 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (88% vs 62%). Overpaint's advantage is ratings volume (133 vs 24). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Overpaint sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Square1 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Square1 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Overpaint has 133 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Overpaint's written reviews are positive against 88% of Square1's.
Overpaint ships an update every 5 weeks, Square1 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Overpaint | Square1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (133 ratings) | 4.5 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 133 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Landka | Springtown Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
Overpaint
Square1
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
Square1
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Square1
No in-app purchases
