Overpaint vs Otteretto
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
Otteretto
A unique puzzle game where players create palindromes using letters and otters. It offers multiple endlessly replayable game modes, including daily challenges and competitive leaderboards.
- Unique palindrome puzzle mechanics
- Five endlessly replayable game modes
- Daily global competition
- Logical reasoning puzzles
- Competitive cross-platform leaderboards
- No ads or microtransactions
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Otteretto is a puzzle game about palindromes (and otters). NEW PUZZLE CONCEPT This isn't another match-3 game; it's a whole new idea to wrap your head around! How long of a palindrome can you make? 5 ENDLESSLY-REPLAYABLE GAME MODES Classic: Try to reach each level's score goal in the addictive original mode. The Daily Stack: Join a global competition every day! How many points can you get from the same set of squares as everyone else? Puzzle: Use logical reasoning to figure out how to turn a set of squares into a single, massive palindrome! Containment: With more squares being added every move, how long can you keep the container from overflowing? Walls: In this challenging variant, you'll need to get creative to work around each level's impassable walls. COMPETE WITH THE WORLD See how you stack up with online, cross-platform leaderboards! NO ADS, NO MICROTRANSACTIONS Play Classic mode and the Daily Stack for free with no limits! If you like those, you can purchase the full game to permanently unlock the rest.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Otteretto at 5.0 against Overpaint's 3.8. Otteretto also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%). Overpaint's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (133 vs 8). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Overpaint sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Otteretto sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Otteretto holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Overpaint has 133 ratings behind it against 8, 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 100% of Otteretto's.
Overpaint ships an update every 5 weeks, Otteretto every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Overpaint | Otteretto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (133 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 133 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Landka | Christopher Klimowski |
Customer experience
Overpaint
Otteretto
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
Otteretto
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
Otteretto
- Full Game Upgrade$2.99
