Overpaint vs Shape And Hue
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
Shape And Hue
A relaxing puzzle game where you swap tiles to match hues and reveal shapes. Offers over 100 levels and an endless mode for continuous play. Challenge yourself with larger boards.
- Tile swapping gameplay
- Hue matching puzzles
- Shape revelation
- Over 100 levels
- Endless mode
- Large board challenges
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Simple, relaxing puzzle game. Swap tiles, match hues or lines, reveal shapes. If 100 levels are not enough, you can play endless mode. If you are looking for challenge, try solving largest boards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shape And Hue at 4.9 against Overpaint's 3.8. Shape And Hue also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (86% vs 62%). On price, ratings volume, 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. Shape And Hue asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shape And Hue holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 133 and 157 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Overpaint's written reviews are positive against 86% of Shape And Hue's.
| Parameter | Overpaint | Shape And Hue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (133 ratings) | 4.9 (157 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 133 | 157 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Landka | Michal Gorny |
Customer experience
Overpaint
Shape And Hue
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
Shape And Hue
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
Shape And Hue
No in-app purchases
