Overpaint vs Nine Race
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
Nine Race
A competitive puzzle game where players slide color panels to match a target arrangement. Challenge friends online or play solo to complete the 3x3 grid. It's a race against time and opponents to solve the puzzle.
- Slide color panels to empty space
- Rearrange 3x3 grid
- Match target panel arrangement
- Online multiplayer mode
- Play against friends
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▼HOW TO PLAY 1. Slide the color panel to the empty space and rearrange it! 2. It is complete if you can line up the central 3x3 9 cells in the same arrangement as the upper target panel! 3. You can also play online against your friends!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nine Race at none against Overpaint's 5. Nine Race also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (83% vs 62%). Overpaint's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (133 vs 22). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Nine Race asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nine Race holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Overpaint has 133 ratings behind it against 22, 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 83% of Nine Race's.
Overpaint ships an update every 5 weeks, Nine Race every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Overpaint | Nine Race |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (133 ratings) | 4.1 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 133 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Landka | TATSUYA MONOI |
Customer experience
Overpaint
Nine Race
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
Nine Race
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
Nine Race
No in-app purchases
