Magic Mansion vs Boost Buddies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Mansion
Navigate challenging retro platformer levels by tapping to jump and avoid numerous traps and enemies. Unlock adorable characters in this pure 1-bit arcade experience.
- One-touch gameplay
- Retro 1-bit arcade experience
- Multiple traps and enemies
- Unlockable characters
- Challenging levels
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Tap to jump and avoid traps while climbing the challenging levels of the Magic Mansion, in this retro pocket-sized platform game by Nitrome and Sets And Settings. Features: • A multitude of traps and enemies • One-touch gameplay • Pure 1-bit retro arcade experience • Over 1 colour! • Many adorable characters to unlock Important information! This game is funded by adverts but is completely free to play with no timers or boosters to ruin your experience. There is an option to remove popup ads for a one off in-app purchase. We hope you enjoy our little game. If you do please consider giving us a nice review, tell your friends and maybe try some of our other games.
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: Boost Buddies at 3.9 against Magic Mansion's 3.3. Boost Buddies also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 34%). Magic Mansion's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days 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. Magic Mansion sells 4 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.
Boost Buddies holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 181 and 60 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Magic Mansion's written reviews are positive against 59% of Boost Buddies's.
Magic Mansion ships an update every 5 days, Boost Buddies every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Mansion | Boost Buddies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (181 ratings) | 3.9 (60 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.3% of reviews | 59.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 181 — better | 60 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — 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 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Raiyumi Inc. |
Customer experience
Magic Mansion
Boost Buddies
User reviews
Magic Mansion
From 181 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Cute and retro-style graphics
- 🎶 Catchy chiptune music
Room to improve
- 🐛 Coins reset to 20 when exiting the game
- 💸 Excessive ads that interrupt gameplay
- 🕹️ Challenging controls and unforgiving difficulty
Boost Buddies
From 60 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
Magic Mansion
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on launch for some devices
- Glitches causing loss of control and audio issues
Requested features
3 requests- More level variety and enemy types
- Option to disable ads for a one-time fee
- Ability to save progress and coin count
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
Magic Mansion
- 250 coins$0.99
- 1000 coins$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- Get 5000 coins$3.99
Boost Buddies
- Remove Ads + Lucky Kat + 300g$2.99
Questions
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