Comparison

Handy Boy 2019 vs Starseed

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

Head to head
About

Handy Boy 2019

Embark on a retro-style platform adventure to help a messy handyman collect scattered tools. Follow a specific order to place items in his toolbox and find his hard hat to complete each level. Compete with friends on leaderboards via Game Center.

Highlights
  • Retro 80s pixel art graphics
  • Tool collection and placement puzzles
  • Level completion objectives
  • Game Center leaderboard support
  • Challenging gameplay mechanics
Features
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"Handy Boy" is a platform video game that embraces a retro look and feel reminiscent of classic 80s games like Manic Miner, Odd Job Eddie, Colin the Cleaner, and others. Embark on a mission in "Handy Boy"... Joe, the messy handy boy, has scattered his tools after completing some work. Your task is to assist Joe in gathering all his tools, starting with retrieving his Toolbox, which must be collected first. Follow Joe's specific order for placing tools in the toolbox. Once all tools are found and collected, locate Joe's hard hat to successfully complete the game. Game Center support is available – log in to Apple's Game Center to enable the Leaderboard feature.

About

Starseed

Features
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ACCOLADES: 9/10 - TouchArcade 9/10 - AppAdvice Bronze Award - PocketGamer SCENARIO: Pilot the Starseed and perform attack runs on massive dreadnoughts in the depths of space! Each vanquished dreadnought brings forth a new Starseed form and new weapon types! FEATURES: - Nine playable Starseeds! - Nine huge dreadnoughts to defeat! - Old-skool arcade presentation and effects! - Game Center Leaderboards and Achievements! - Nine amazing chip tunes from @FracturesAudio! - Risk/reward bullet-grazing combo system to master! - Absolutely NO Ads or IAPS CREDITS: Developed by @egvroom EPILEPSY WARNING: This game contains flashing images that could potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy.

Screenshots

Handy Boy 20194 screens
Starseed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Handy Boy 2019 at $0.99 against Starseed's $1.99. Starseed's advantage is iOS requirement (8.1 vs 13.4). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Handy Boy 2019 costs $0.99 and Starseed $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Handy Boy 2019 versus Starseed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandy Boy 2019Starseed
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.48.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB40 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRichard HughesThalamus Digital Publishing Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Handy Boy 2019

No in-app purchases

None

Starseed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Handy Boy 2019 free?
Handy Boy 2019 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Starseed free?
Starseed costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Handy Boy 2019 or Starseed have ads?
Neither Handy Boy 2019 nor Starseed shows ads.

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