Sky Chasers vs Boost Buddies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sky Chasers
Embark on an epic adventure in a magical pixel art world. Explore unique levels, solve puzzles, and overcome challenges with intuitive controls. Unlock new ships and enjoy a retro-inspired soundtrack.
- Epic adventure with storyline
- Explore pixel art worlds
- Unique enemies, puzzles, and challenges
- Intuitive two-touch controls
- Unlock different ships
- Retro-inspired music
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Best Casual Game - Dutch Game Awards 2016 "Absolutely fantastic" - TouchArcade Experience your inner child as you start exploring a breathtaking magical world in a cardboard box, starring Max. Prove to your friends you are a true Sky Chaser. Features: • Go on an epic adventure with hours of gameplay and a storyline • Explore worlds designed in beautiful pixel art with unique enemies, puzzles and challenges • Intuitive easy-to-play two touch controls • Unlock different ships • Retro inspired music by Maxo Future updates will bring you more levels! For best performances we recommend iPhone5 or higher.
Boost Buddies
Engage in a hardcore action reflex game with deceptively cute visuals. Test your skills across numerous challenging levels and obstacles. Collect unique characters, each with their own music and level design, to climb the leaderboards.
- 81 Challenge Levels
- Hundreds of obstacle challenges
- Unique characters with themes and music
- Pixel art visuals
- Sticker pack
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Boost Buddies is a hardcore action reflex game. Test yourself in this deceptively cute challenge and reach the top of leaderboards! Collect dozens of unique characters with their very own music and level design. Also featuring Cat Bird! Features: * 81 Challenge Levels. * 100's of deadly obstacle challenges! * Each character has a unique theme and music track! * Beautiful pixel visuals! * Boost Buddies Stickerpack! * End game cutscene(If you can reach that far).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sky Chasers at 4.8 against Boost Buddies's 3.8. Sky Chasers also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). 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. Sky Chasers sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Boost Buddies sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sky Chasers holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 267 and 58 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Sky Chasers's written reviews are positive against 59% of Boost Buddies's.
Sky Chasers ships an update every 4 weeks, Boost Buddies every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sky Chasers | Boost Buddies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (267 ratings) — better | 3.8 (58 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.1% of reviews — better | 59.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 267 — better | 58 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| 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, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Lucky Kat Studios | Raiyumi Inc. |
Customer experience
Sky Chasers
Boost Buddies
User reviews
Sky Chasers
From 267 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Excellent pixel art and retro graphics
- 🎶 Charming chiptune soundtrack
- 🕹️ Smooth and responsive controls
- 👍 Addictive and challenging gameplay
- 💰 Free-to-play with optional ads/purchases
Room to improve
- 🔍 Frequent ads/video prompts to continue playing
- 💰 Checkpoint saves require coins or watching ads
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches reported
- 🔋 High battery consumption on some devices
Boost Buddies
From 58 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😍 Adorable characters and art
- 🎵 Great music and soundtrack
- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay
- ✨ Creative mechanics and rules
- 👍 Simple controls, easy to learn
Room to improve
- 💥 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🚫 Game won't open or start
- 📉 Lag and performance issues
- 💸 Ads interrupt gameplay
- 🤷 Difficulty with certain levels
Bugs and requests
Sky Chasers
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keys disappearing or not respawning
- Controls inverting after hitting gas clouds
Requested features
3 requests- More level variety and world exploration
- Ability to purchase a one-time ad-free version
- Improved performance and optimization
Boost Buddies
Reported bugs
8 issues- Game crashes on startup
- Game won't open
- Levels are unplayable due to no controls
- Button mode for controls not available in levels
- Progress reset after updates
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- Ads appearing in paid version
- Lag and game blacking out
- Moving floors stop working in upper levels
Requested features
8 requests- Update with new features and levels
- Add more levels
- Add more characters
- Make controls more accessible in levels
- Allow choosing when to watch ads for continues
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- Add music tracks to the game
- Improve level design for extreme difficulty levels
- Easier way to get coins
In-app purchases
Sky Chasers
- Armada$0.99
- Blue Bolt$0.99
- Junkyard Chaser$0.99
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- Kingpin$0.99
- Yellow Flash$0.99
- Zephyr$0.99
- Cup O' Tea$0.99
- Skullton$0.99
- The Strawburry$0.99
- Free Checkpoints Forever$2.99
Boost Buddies
- Remove Ads + Lucky Kat + 300g$2.99
