Comparison

Nanuleu vs BOY1

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Nanuleu

Control a network of magical trees in this minimalist strategy game. Plant, expand, acquire resources, and defend against enemies to capture points and achieve victory. Features five distinct scenarios for varied gameplay.

Highlights
  • RTS/Tower defense gameplay
  • Magical tree network control
  • Strategic planting and expansion
  • Resource acquisition
  • Enemy defense
  • Five distinct scenarios
Features
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Nanuleu is a RTS/Tower defense game where you control a network of magical trees that need to survive and defeat the enemies that attempt to destroy them. In this game your only task is to plant, but while doing so you need to choose between expansion, resource acquisition and defense. Your objectives are to capture certain points on the map and destroy your enemies, before it is too late. The game features five different scenarios: First Contact, Invasion, Exploration, Counterattack and Remnants. **Second place winner of the Indie Game Maker Contest 2015. "This is definitely a game that you’ll keep wanting to come back to time and time again." - App Advice "Nanuleu is an excellent strategy game with tower defense elements." - iTopNews

About

BOY1

A turn-based stealth puzzle game where a discarded robot must ascend a tower by strategically donning and doffing a human-like face. This grants abilities but attracts attention, creating a core puzzle of managing visibility and power.

Highlights
  • Turn-based movement
  • No random elements
  • Strategic ability usage
  • 30 levels across 5 zones
  • 16-bit pixel art
  • Offline play
  • One-handed play
Features
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BOY1 is a turn-based stealth escape puzzle. A robot lies discarded in the tower's deepest dark. The verdict was a single line. Defect: too human. BOY1, a humanoid thrown away by the system that built him, picks up an abandoned FACE and begins to climb the tower, one floor at a time. Take the FACE off and you become a mindless machine, lost among the other robots. The patrols ignore you, but you can't do anything. Put the FACE on and your human abilities awaken. You can open doors, fool the robots and break through walls, but now the machines can see you. Knowing when to take it off and when to put it on is the whole puzzle. Your flaw is the key. A perfectly logical system can only be broken by human illogic. FEATURES Every move is one tile, one turn. When you step, every robot steps along its fixed patrol route Nothing is random. Every floor is a fixed, deliberately designed layout, and reading patrol patterns is the heart of the game Lure, halt, break through. Combine the human abilities that awaken in each zone to slip past the patrols 30 floors, 5 zones. The higher you climb, the more human the robots become, and the less your disguise works 16-bit pixel art, chiptune sound, one-handed portrait play Fully offline, no ads, no in-app purchases Destroy the system and escape.

Screenshots

Nanuleu4 screens
BOY14 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BOY1 at 100% against Nanuleu's 55%. BOY1 also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Nanuleu costs $2.99 and BOY1 $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nanuleu ships an update every 2 months, BOY1 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Nanuleu versus BOY1: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNanuleuBOY1
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating4.1 (71 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings71 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB67 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperSelva InteractiveKyusik Jung

Customer experience

Nanuleu

All ratings71 ratings
Positive76.1%
Neutral8.5%
Negative15.5%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive55.1%
Neutral11.5%
Negative33.3%

BOY1

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Nanuleu

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game doesn't start
  • Technical glitches
  • Black bars on screen edges
  • Laggy performance
  • Sound issues (not respecting do not disturb)

Requested features

19 requests
  • More levels
  • More maps
  • Online multiplayer mode
  • More unit/enemy variety
  • Sequel to the game
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  • Story mode
  • More creative defense trees
  • Upgrade trees
  • Build walls
  • Option to keep an island
  • Fix battery drain issue
  • Add more towers
  • Add more enemies
  • More replayability
  • More content
  • New maps
  • New trees
  • More games like this
  • Expand the game

BOY1

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Nanuleu

No in-app purchases

None

BOY1

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nanuleu free?
Nanuleu costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BOY1 free?
BOY1 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nanuleu or BOY1 have ads?
Neither Nanuleu nor BOY1 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nanuleu or BOY1?
Nanuleu ships an update every 2 months, and BOY1 weekly. Most recently, Nanuleu was updated on October 16, 2026 and BOY1 on October 11, 2026.

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