Boost Buddies vs Paper Roll 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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).
Paper Roll 2
An arcade runner where you control a paper roll to clean up messes at high speed. Dodge obstacles, perform jumps, and use power-ups to achieve your best distance.
- One-touch controls
- Permanent power-ups
- Procedural obstacles
- Handmade soundtrack
- Optional haptics
- Built-in music player
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Meet Paper Roll 2—a fast, funny arcade runner where a fearless roll of paper cleans up the chaos at breakneck speed. Dodge hazards, nail perfect jumps, pop the Plunger Boost, and chase a new best distance while the world blurs into streaks. Clean runs feel great -Snappy one-touch controls, buttery camera, and responsive physics -Handmade soundtrack -Optional haptics for landings, boosts, and big wins Unlock permanent power-ups: - Magnet – pull pickups from afar (always on once unlocked) - Double Jump – a second chance in mid-air - Strength – power through tougher obstacles - More upgrades to stack and mix for your style! Audio that hits just right - Crisp SFX with an instant toggle - Built-in music player with track picker and smooth crossfades - Vibration toggle for a quiet commute or late-night sessions Endlessly replayable - Procedural obstacles and pickups keep every run fresh - Risk–reward decisions: boost for speed or play it safe - Easy to learn, hard to master—chase that perfect line and top your best distance Whether you’ve got 30 seconds or 30 minutes, Paper Roll 2 delivers satisfying speed, clean hits, and laugh-out-loud near-misses. Roll out, power up, and make a mess… of the mess.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Paper Roll 2 at 5.0 against Boost Buddies's 3.8. Paper Roll 2 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Boost Buddies's advantage is ratings volume (58 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Boost Buddies sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Paper Roll 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Paper Roll 2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boost Buddies has 58 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Boost Buddies ships an update every 4 months, Paper Roll 2 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boost Buddies | Paper Roll 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (58 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raiyumi Inc. | Andrew Vanwagner |
Customer experience
Boost Buddies
Paper Roll 2
Bugs and requests
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
Paper Roll 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Boost Buddies
- Remove Ads + Lucky Kat + 300g$2.99
Paper Roll 2
No in-app purchases
Questions
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