Overpaint vs Buddy Gator Tile
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
Buddy Gator Tile
Match three identical blocks to clear the board and reveal hidden blocks. Strategize to avoid exceeding unmatched blocks or running out of time. Collect stars for bonus time and unlock surprise gifts.
- Match 3 identical blocks
- Clear hidden blocks
- Timed challenges
- Bonus time for matches
- Star collection for rewards
- Cute character story
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Simple challenge to clear the elimination game, the clearance rate depends on your skills! You will need to match 3 identical blocks from the top revealed blocks to eliminate the matched blocks in order to reveal the underneath blocks in repetitive approach to finally clear all blocks to pass the level - You will lose the game if fail to match in 7 unmatched accumulated blocks or no time left. - Each match will add bonus time for you. - Faster eliminate all blocks will collect more stars (3 max). - every 15 stars collected can open chest to get surprise gift. Come join the cute Buddy Gator and his friends, coupled with his story is very interesting. Attention: All game data store in your local device storage, you will lost your game data once you clear cache/data or uninstall the game. Follow IG https://www.instagram.com/buddygatorcomics/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/buddygator/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Overpaint at none against Buddy Gator Tile's shown. Overpaint also leads on ratings volume (133 vs 33). Buddy Gator Tile's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks) and rating (4.2 vs 3.8). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Buddy Gator Tile sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Buddy Gator Tile holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 133 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Overpaint's written reviews are positive against 82% of Buddy Gator Tile's.
Overpaint ships an update every 5 weeks, Buddy Gator Tile every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Overpaint | Buddy Gator Tile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (133 ratings) | 4.2 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 133 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 238 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Landka | FCS Tech |
Customer experience
Overpaint
Buddy Gator Tile
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
Buddy Gator Tile
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
Buddy Gator Tile
- 100 Coins$0.99
- 500 Coins$1.99
- 1000 Coins$2.99
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- Remove Ads$2.99









