Ditching Work vs Psycho Boy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ditching Work
Escape your demanding boss and the office in this puzzle game. Solve riddles and use items to sneak away. Can you evade your responsibilities and reach freedom?
- Escape from boss
- Puzzle solving
- Item usage
- 24 stages
- Special bonus stage
- Hint system via ads
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"Ah, dang, overtime today too?! I wanna go hooome... ...Alright, I'll just ignore them!" An escape puzzle game in which you slip away from your draconian boss's sharp sight. Will you manage to evade your responsibilities? Don't give up, you corporate slave! Includes 24 stages, plus one special stage at the end! ●How to play It's very simple: just tap whatever catches your attention and use items. If you get stuck on a puzzle, you can get a hint by watching a video ad.
Psycho Boy
Help a new kid in town stop pranking classmates and make friends. Solve puzzles by tapping, using items, and dragging and dropping to progress through the story. Hints are available if you get stuck.
- Interactive tapping gameplay
- Item collection and usage
- Drag and drop mechanics
- Hint system for puzzles
- Story-driven progression
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What’s up with the new kid?! This is the story of a crazy new kid in town and his totally normal classmates. We’re not entirely sure what’s wrong with him. Is it that he has no fear? Or that he knows no shame? Or something else…? Either way, it’s up to you to help him go from crazy in a bad way to crazy in the BEST way! Stop this Psycho Boy from pulling pranks on everyone so he can actually make some friends! ●How to play ・Tap all around the screen and see what happens! ・Get and use items ・Drag and drop items to where you want to use them Stuck on a puzzle? No worries! There are plenty of hints to help you! Want more puzzles? Check out the other great titles in our Casual Escape Series, including Lonely Boy and Shy Boy! <CREDITS> ■Music ・DOVA-SYNDROME https://dova-s.jp/ ・OtoLogic https://otologic.jp/ ■Fonts ・にくまるフォント http://www.fontna.com/blog/1651/ ・チェックポイントリベンジ http://marusexijaxs.web.fc2.com/quizfont.html#quizfont5 ・チェックポイントフォント http://marusexijaxs.web.fc2.com/quizfont.html ・ふい字 http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA039499/ ・コーポレート・ロゴB https://logotype.jp/corporate-logo-font-dl.html ・7barPBd https://www.trojanbear.net/s/_fontlicense ・衡山毛筆フォント https://opentype.jp/kouzanmouhitufont.htm ・装甲明朝 https://flopdesign.com/blog/font/5228/ ・MagicRing http://inatsuka.com/extra/magicring/ *Distribution link for the font “チェックポイントフォント/チェックポイントフォント” is currently broken.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ditching Work at every 2 months against Psycho Boy's every 8 months. Ditching Work also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Psycho Boy's advantage is review sentiment (97% vs 77%) and ratings volume (386 vs 95). On price, rating, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Ditching Work against 4.9 for Psycho Boy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 95 and 386 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Ditching Work's written reviews are positive against 97% of Psycho Boy's.
Ditching Work ships an update every 2 months, Psycho Boy every 8 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Ditching Work | Psycho Boy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (95 ratings) | 4.9 (386 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.5% of reviews | 97.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 95 | 386 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 249 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Works Inc. | GlobalGear Co. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Ditching Work
Psycho Boy
Bugs and requests
Ditching Work
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Psycho Boy
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen issues
- Incompatibility with some devices
Requested features
3 requests- Translate Psycho Boy 2 to English
- More games featuring Psycho Boy and Pink Shirt Guy
- Psycho Boy and Pink Shirt Guy romance
In-app purchases
Ditching Work
No in-app purchases
Psycho Boy
No in-app purchases








