Drop Wizard Tower vs Boost Buddies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drop Wizard Tower
Embark on an arcade-style platforming adventure to rescue captured wizards and an ancient egg. Battle enemies across diverse environments, unlock new characters with unique abilities, and overcome challenging boss fights. Enjoy randomized levels and a captivating storyline.
- Over 50 floors with traps and enemies
- Unlockable wizards with unique abilities
- 8 epic boss fights
- Hazard-filled environments
- Randomized levels for replayability
- Collect almanac pages for lore
- Leaderboards and achievements
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The Shadow Order have captured all the Wizards in the land and they have the ancient egg too. What is a lone Wizard to do? Break free, defeat the evil Shadow Order and find that egg of course ...Hmmm I wonder what's inside? Bring back the joy of arcades and join Teo and his wizard friends in this action packed, fun fueled platformer. Features: • Ascend over 50 floors jam packed with traps and enemies! • Unlock new wizards with unique stats, magic and abilities. • 8 Epic Boss fights! full of nasty surprises. • Experience hazard filled environments - Water temple, Frozen larder, Wizards Lab and many more! • Easy one handed controls. Perfect for on the go play! • Randomised levels for replay! No two playthroughs are ever the same. • Collect the missing pages from your almanac and gain insight into monsters and lore. Can you find them all? • Catchy head bopping chip tunes. You will be humming these for hours! • Uncover the mystery of the 'ancient egg'... I wonder what's inside? • Leader boards and Achievements for replayability -Important information- This game contains third party advertising and cross promotion for other Nitrome games, both which can be removed via a one time In App Purchase.
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: Drop Wizard Tower at 4.3 against Boost Buddies's 3.8. Drop Wizard Tower also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.4). Boost Buddies's advantage is review sentiment (59% vs 51%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Drop Wizard Tower 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.
Drop Wizard Tower holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 86 and 58 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 51% of Drop Wizard Tower's written reviews are positive against 59% of Boost Buddies's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Drop Wizard Tower ships an update every 2 months, Boost Buddies every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drop Wizard Tower | Boost Buddies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (86 ratings) — better | 3.8 (58 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.2% of reviews | 59.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 58 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — 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 | 6.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Raiyumi Inc. |
Customer experience
Drop Wizard Tower
Boost Buddies
User reviews
Drop Wizard Tower
From 86 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Charming pixel art and visual style
- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay mechanics
- 🎵 Great 8-bit music and sound effects
- 📖 Interesting story and character progression
- 👾 Multiple playable characters to unlock
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- 🎮 Unintuitive and difficult control scheme
- 🐛 Frequent game freezes and crashes
- ⚙️ Poor character movement responsiveness
- 🔄 Repetitive level design
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
Drop Wizard Tower
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game freezes every 5 minutes during play
- Blank screen on launch preventing gameplay
- Achievement not unlocking for specific characters
- Progress restoration loop on level 51
- Game crashes when playing with secret character
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- Visual glitches after game pause
- Hitbox inconsistencies between platform types
- Ad close button too small and unresponsive
- Ads not available when needed for revival
- Character drifts in unintended direction
Requested features
10 requests- Landscape mode support
- Full-screen support option
- Save progress feature for longer sessions
- Endless arcade mode
- High score tracking and leaderboards
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- More playable characters between existing ones
- Ability to manually control shooting
- Drop-down level button for better control
- Game Center integration
- Sequel with expanded content
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
Drop Wizard Tower
- Bunch of Gems$1.99
- Pot of Gems$2.99
- Premium$3.99
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- Chest of Gems$4.99
Boost Buddies
- Remove Ads + Lucky Kat + 300g$2.99
Questions
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