Don't Trip! vs Boost Buddies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Don't Trip!
Navigate chaotic environments by tilting your phone to control unique footwear. Dodge a variety of obstacles and enemies in this motion-controlled walking simulator. Experience bizarre scenarios and complete silly missions.
- Unique motion controls with gyro
- 50 different shoes
- 12 unique settings
- 30 missions
- Action replay with GIF export
- Cloud save
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Avoid obstacles in this silly walking simulator! Shoes appear under your fingers and you must spin the phone to reveal the world. With the most unique controls you've ever seen, you’ll be fleeing from fire, stomping on cockroaches, and running from robot vacuums, all while trying to avoid toys, plastic bricks and garbage! Have you got what it takes? Step in poop wearing unicorn shoes in space! Kick a ball at a robot vacuum that’s coming at you with a knife! Topple over 100 champagne glasses with your fancy heels! Features - 50 different shoes in 12 entirely unique settings - 36 distinct killer robot vacuums - 30 missions to complete, both challenging and silly - Unique, never-before-seen motion input with the gyro - Action replay with GIF export - Different obstacles and enemies in every level - Googly eyes on everything! - Cloud save will keep your shoe collection safe! - Free to play!
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 ads: Don't Trip! at none against Boost Buddies's shown. Don't Trip! also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (333 vs 58). Boost Buddies's advantage is review sentiment (59% vs 44%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Don't Trip! sells 10 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for Don't Trip! against 3.8 for Boost Buddies. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Don't Trip! has 333 ratings behind it against 58, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Don't Trip!'s written reviews are positive against 59% of Boost Buddies's.
Don't Trip! ships an update every 2 days, Boost Buddies every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Don't Trip! | Boost Buddies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (333 ratings) | 3.8 (58 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.3% of reviews | 59.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 333 — better | 58 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 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 | 7.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 264 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Noodlecake | Raiyumi Inc. |
Customer experience
Don't Trip!
Boost Buddies
User reviews
Don't Trip!
From 333 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Fun and entertaining gameplay mechanics
- 🎨 Great visual design and aesthetic
- 😄 Humorous and silly concept
- 👍 Simple and intuitive controls
- 🎯 Creative use of phone motion controls
Room to improve
- 📱 Phone rotation control is inconvenient
- 😴 Becomes boring quickly after short playtime
- 💸 Aggressive monetization and paywall mechanics
- 🎮 Limited gameplay variety and modes
- 🤔 Confusing coin system with unclear purpose
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
Don't Trip!
Reported bugs
9 issues- Loading screen stuck - won't advance to game
- Fish shoes cause graphical glitches and screen fuzzing
- Feet/shoe controls freak out and move uncontrollably
- Green play area doesn't appear at game start
- Game freezes or crashes at various points
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- Shoe selection glitches (stuck on elf shoes)
- Gyroscope/motion controls not responding
- Level 8 progression broken
- Tutorial cannot be completed
Requested features
8 requests- Additional game modes (mini-games, racing, bug-stepping)
- Multiplayer functionality
- AR (augmented reality) version
- More customization options for shoes
- Free shoe options without paywall
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- Clearer use for collected coins
- Tutorial improvements or skip option
- Difficulty adjustment options
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
Don't Trip!
- Sneakers - Yellow$0.99
- Sneakers - Black$0.99
- Crogs - Rainbow$0.99
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- Crogs - Default$1.99
- Ski Boots - Default$1.99
- Heels - Default$1.99
- Flippers - Default$1.99
- Unicorns - Default$1.99
- Starter Pack!$2.99
- Midas' feet$4.99
Boost Buddies
- Remove Ads + Lucky Kat + 300g$2.99
