Comparison

Page Adventures vs Alchemy DIY

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

Head to head
About

Page Adventures

Tap the correct square to help a beloved anime character escape a lecture. Collect coins to level up and unlock new characters. This fast-paced reflex game offers adjustable difficulty and over 140 achievements.

Highlights
  • Fast-paced reflex gameplay
  • Collect coins to level up
  • Unlockable characters with unique abilities
  • Over 140 achievements
  • Adjustable difficulty modes
  • Cute graphics
Features
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Here's a fun, action-filled reflex game that's sure to entertain you for hours and hours on end! Simply tap the correct square or get squished by the page. Featuring the world's favorite boy wonder, Atom the Astro Boy and his friends, based on the famous Astro Boy manga and anime characters created by the legendary Osamu Tezuka! Help Astro Boy escape Prof. Ochanomizu's long and dreary lecture books by moving him to the correct square before he gets crushed by the next page! This game requires you to think fast and react faster! HOW TO PLAY: - Watch where the hole on the next page will be and quickly move your character to the safe square. - Collect as many coins as you can to help your character level up. To make it more challenging, the page flips will gradually increase speed. This is a true test of your wits and reflexes! Play Page Adventures now! FEATURES: - The world's favorite robot, Astro Boy, in a challenging reflex adventure! - Simple, addictive, FREE! - A casual game that will surely keep you on your toes. - Unlock various characters with unique abilities, including Astro Boy's friends, like Uran, Prof. Ochanomizu, Black Jack, Dr. Tenma, Pinoko and more! - Over 140 achievements to attain! - Adjust the difficulty: Easy, Norrmal, and Hard modes! - Cute graphics

About

Alchemy DIY

Combine various emoticons and icons to create unique new ones. Swipe, swap, and match to discover intriguing combinations across categories like smileys, animals, and cuisine. Save and share your creations with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Combine and match icons
  • Create new unique icons
  • Save and share creations
  • Over 1,000 different icons
  • No time limit
Features
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Are you looking for a combining game where you must mix several emoticons to make your own icon? The game Alchemy DIY: Magic Lab is fun for you. Your goal in Alchemy DIY: Magic Lab is to combine and match various icon characters to create new ones. To combine icons, you need to swipe, swap, and match them. This will reveal intriguing new combinations. Alchemy DIY provides a large number of icons to mix and match, ranging from smileys and animals to cuisine and flags, so you can unleash your creativity. You can save a new icon you've created or share them with friends and family by using the share feature and making everyone around you happy and smile. Game Features: - Easy and simple for all ages. - Completely free to play. - More than 1,000 different icons. - No time limit, unlimited play. So what are you waiting for? Download Alchemy DIY: Magic Lab now and start creating your own mashups for endless fun and excitement!

Screenshots

Page Adventures4 screens
Alchemy DIY4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Alchemy DIY at none against Page Adventures's 6. Alchemy DIY also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (8.9K vs 3). Page Adventures's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Page Adventures sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Alchemy DIY asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Page Adventures against 4.9 for Alchemy DIY. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alchemy DIY has 8.9K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Page Adventures's written reviews are positive against 67% of Alchemy DIY's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Page Adventures ships an update monthly, Alchemy DIY every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Page Adventures versus Alchemy DIY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPage AdventuresAlchemy DIY
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.9 (8.9K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better67.4% of reviews
Number of ratings38.9K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB175 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAnimoca Brands9UP COMPANY LIMITED

Customer experience

Page Adventures

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Alchemy DIY

All ratings8,934 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive67.4%
Neutral9.2%
Negative23.4%

Bugs and requests

Page Adventures

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Alchemy DIY

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress not saving properly
  • Glitches when trying to mix certain emojis
  • Ads sometimes prevent returning to the game

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add option to disable ads
  • Improve saving and progress tracking
  • Expand emoji library with more options
  • Provide more customization and personalization

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Page Adventures

One-time6
  • 1000 Coins$0.99
  • 2500 Coins$1.99
  • 6500 Coins$4.99
Show 3 more
  • 14000 Coins$9.99
  • 22500 Coins$14.99
  • 50000 Coins$29.99
None

Alchemy DIY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Page Adventures free?
Page Adventures is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alchemy DIY free?
Alchemy DIY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Page Adventures or Alchemy DIY?
Page Adventures is rated higher. Page Adventures averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Alchemy DIY averages 4.9 from 8.9K ratings.
Do Page Adventures or Alchemy DIY have ads?
Alchemy DIY shows ads; Page Adventures does not.
Which is updated more often, Page Adventures or Alchemy DIY?
Page Adventures ships an update monthly, and Alchemy DIY every 4 days. Most recently, Page Adventures was updated on October 14, 2026 and Alchemy DIY on October 27, 2026.

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