Trigonarium vs POINPY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trigonarium
Engage in intense twin-stick shooter action across shifting arenas. Battle through waves of enemies and face colossal bosses in multiple campaign modes. Enjoy local co-op and smooth 60fps gameplay with full controller support.
- Original campaign
- Ultimate campaign
- Challenge modes
- Local 2-player co-op
- 60fps gameplay
- MFi controller support
- Universal purchase
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Trigonarium is a hardcore twin-stick shooter for fans of challenging arcade gaming. Fight your way through multitudes of enemy formations in constantly shifting battle arenas to face the colossal level bosses. Features: - Original campaign, a 3 world arcade mode to introduce you to the world of Trigonarium - Ultimate campaign, a 5 world super intense experience to push your skills to the limit - Challenge modes for quick play sessions - Local 2 player cooperative play available for all modes - Rock solid 60fps gameplay - Full MFi controller support for all single player and cooporative modes - Universal purchase for iOS and AppleTV Press: - "If you like frantic shooters and going for high scores, all at a silky-smooth 60 frames per second, Trigonarium is the game for you." -- Touch Arcade Review No IAP, ads or hidden costs.
POINPY
Bounce upwards, dodging enemies and collecting fruit to feed a hungry beast. Unlock new abilities and modes as you climb higher in this vertical action game. Explore randomly generated areas and master one-handed controls.
- Intuitive one-handed controls
- Bounce and flip mechanics
- Collect fruit for beast's juice
- Dodge adorable baddies
- Unlockable puzzle and endless modes
- Randomly generated areas
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Bounce up, dodge adorable baddies and feed the blue beast that's hot on your heels. A vertical climber from the creator of the award-winning Downwell. Keep going higher and higher because new and more challenging areas await. Earn and unlock abilities that will help you jump into your next run with a better shot at reaching the end. FEATURES Juice 'em up: Use intuitive, one-handed controls to bounce, flip around and grab fruit for the beast's juice. Climb & collect: Evade creatures lurking in randomly generated areas. Collect special abilities like the octobub, which sucks in fruit, and the handy snail clock, which stops time while you ready your next jump. Plus many others! Open new modes: Find a not-so-well-hidden area to unlock the tricky puzzle mode. Complete Poinpy to unlock an endless mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: POINPY at Free against Trigonarium's $0.99. POINPY also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (270 vs 7). Trigonarium's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (4 vs 2). On rating, review sentiment and ads 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
POINPY is free to download; Trigonarium costs $0.99 up front. POINPY sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Trigonarium asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Trigonarium against 5.0 for POINPY. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POINPY has 270 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Trigonarium's written reviews are positive against 95% of POINPY's.
Trigonarium ships an update every 3 months, POINPY every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trigonarium | POINPY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 5.0 (270 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 95.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 270 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Kimmo Factor Oy | Devolver Digital, Inc. |
Customer experience
Trigonarium
POINPY
In-app purchases
Trigonarium
No in-app purchases
POINPY
- Standard Tip$1.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
- Super Generous Tip!$9.99









