Comparison

Overpaint vs Pathi

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

Pathi

Guide a ball to its goal by strategically placing, dragging, and rotating various shapes. This minimalist 2D physics puzzle game offers over 80 levels of brain-training challenges that can be played offline and for free.

Highlights
  • Drag, rotate, and place shapes
  • Modify gravity
  • Use portals and launchers
  • Avoid obstacles
  • Over 80 levels
  • Offline play
Features
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PATHI – ABSTRACT & MINIMALIST LOGIC PHYSICS BALL DROP PUZZLE Do you love the challenges of the brain physics puzzles in which you need to guide balls from one spot to another? Tired of complex 3D puzzles, and want a minimal abstract puzzle in 2D that you can also play offline? Meet Pathi – the new physics line path puzzle in which you need to guide the ball by placing, dragging, and rotating shapes. Play this relaxing puzzle game offline for free and test your physics drop puzzle logic skills in 100 levels. How long can you go? Can you pass all levels in this mind-teaser ball path logic puzzle? Play this minimalist 2D physics based puzzle NOW FOR FREE and with NO WIFI! ◆ BRAIN TRAINING MADE FUN & RELAXING Drag, rotate, and place blocks to find the right path to the goal. Drop the ball and use many different level components to fill the path and achieve your goal: modify gravity, use portals, avoid obstacles and play with physics in abstract minimalist graphic levels! Watch out, there are blocks with thorns that can destroy the ball. ◆ WIDE CHOICE OF PHYSICS PUZZLE BLOCK TYPES Use many different block types to draw the path you try to complete and send the ball to the goal. In this gravity draw physics line game there are different ways to complete the level. Experiment using your logic to find the best ball path! Use these block types to complete the physics logic puzzles: - Rect: use it to complete a route or avoid obstacles - Spring: launch the ball in the direction you want! - Launchers: rotates by some degrees and then launches the ball. There are 3 different types of launchers with different angles! - Moving Platform: moves around allowing you to cover greater distances - Gravity modifier: changes gravity in any direction you want! Play upside down or sideways to complete the brain puzzle - Breakable rect: a rect that explodes after being hit! - Moving rect: well it's just a moving rect that goes upside down...use your imagination to decide how to take advantage of this! ◆ 80+ COGNITIVE PHYSICS PUZZLE LEVELS Our ball puzzles currently feature 80+ line physics puzzle levels. Test your physics logic solving skills and relax with the 2D physics puzzle gameplay and graphics. Cool fact: All the physics puzzle levels will be always available offline and for free, so you will never have to pay anything! ◆ FEATURES OF PATHI – DROP BALL PHYSICS LOGIC PUZZLE ● Play in 80 different levels! And many more will arrive in the future! ● Play always for free and offline! Excellent choice if you are in search for no wifi puzzle games to play offline. ● Abstract and minimalist graphics with pastel colors ● Drag, drop, and rotate the different types of blocks ● Modify gravity, teleport using portals, avoid obstacles, and much more! ● Experiment using physics to complete the levels ● Complete the puzzle game in different ways drawing different paths ● Train your brain using logic and physics-based puzzles Now it’s time to challenge your brain with a new physics cognitive game. Train focus, sharpness, problem-solving daily while having fun in your leisure time. ► Download Pathi and show that you are the physics puzzle guru with high intelligence. --- PERFECT FOR: - kids and adults that love minimal puzzle logic games - anyone looking for relaxing brain training - anyone looking for fun offline logic puzzles CONTACT If you have any queries regarding our ball path physics puzzle please send them to seriouspeoplegames@gmail.com. Till then relax and enjoy playing this brain-teasing puzzle quest.

Screenshots

Overpaint4 screens
Pathi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pathi at 4.6 against Overpaint's 3.8. Pathi also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 133) and review sentiment (71% vs 62%). Overpaint's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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 Pathi sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pathi holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pathi has 1.2K ratings behind it against 133, 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 71% of Pathi's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Overpaint ships an update every 5 weeks, Pathi every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Overpaint versus Pathi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOverpaintPathi
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (133 ratings)4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1331.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB133 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLandkaZigrid Shehu

Customer experience

Overpaint

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

Pathi

All ratings1,213 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.9%
Negative20.6%

User reviews

Overpaint

From 133 App Store ratings

What 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

Pathi

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 💡 Challenging yet satisfying puzzles
  • 🚀 Bug-free and smooth performance
  • 👍 Good value for money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 💰 Intrusive ads between levels
  • 🤔 Exploitable game mechanics
  • 🕰️ Levels can be too easy or too short

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

Pathi

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not loading or getting stuck on loading screen
  • Progress not saving properly between sessions
  • Controls not working as intended, especially with Apple Pencil

Requested features

4 requests
  • Level editor or custom level creation
  • More advanced or harder levels
  • Checkpoint system to save progress
  • Improved controls and responsiveness

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
2 purchases

Pathi

One-time2
  • No Ads$1.99
  • Special Offer!$2.99

Questions

Is Overpaint free?
Overpaint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pathi free?
Pathi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Overpaint or Pathi?
Pathi is rated higher. Overpaint averages 3.8 out of 5 from 133 ratings, while Pathi averages 4.6 from 1.2K ratings.
Do Overpaint or Pathi have ads?
Pathi shows ads; Overpaint does not.
Which is updated more often, Overpaint or Pathi?
Overpaint ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pathi every 2 months. Most recently, Overpaint was updated on October 12, 2026 and Pathi on October 8, 2026.

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