Blast Beats vs Bricky Boy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blast Beats
Experience an intense one-tap rhythm game with a powerful soundtrack and retro pixel art. Tap to the beat as notes hit the target to progress through challenging levels and unlock new friends. Enjoy a unique gameplay experience with a focus on music and timing.
- One-tap rhythm gameplay
- Power-packed soundtrack
- Retro pixel art aesthetic
- 15 heart-pumping tracks
- 70 unlockable friends
- Video developer series
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Blast Beats is an Insane 1-Tap Rhythm Game with a Power Packed Soundtrack & Retro Pixel Art Aesthetic. How to Play Insert a coin into that tiny pocket on your jeans. Why do they have those little tiny jean pockets? It’s not like you can fit anything useful in there. Actually that’s not true, it is great for holding guitar picks. Then, tap when a note is in the target, and that is how you play the game. Features • 15 Heart Pumping Tracks • 70 Unlockable Friends 4 Life! • 1 Video Dev Series “Let’s Make an Insane Rhythm Game” • Several Ads! I guess that’s not really a feature so much… It’s as easy as taking candy from a baby. But really who gives a baby candy, and why are you even thinking of stealing it? You animal! Are you really going to be able to enjoy the taste over that child’s cries? I doubt it, but you can enjoy this game through the tears of joy that’ll be streaming down your face. It’s okay big fella. Let it all out. Thanks for playing! Nick Moby Pixel
Bricky Boy
Experience a unique blend of brick-breaker and pinball gameplay with a nostalgic 90s handheld console aesthetic. Enjoy challenging boss fights, quests, and a unique power-up system with unlockable skins and semi-randomly generated levels.
- Brick-breaker and pinball genre fusion
- 90s handheld console aesthetic
- 8-bit soundtrack
- Boss fights
- Quests
- Unique power-up system
- Unlockable skins
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Bricky Boy is a combination of brick-breaker and pinball game genres, represented in a very original style of handheld gaming consoles from the '90s. Combined with a 8-bit soundtrack, this game will let you enjoy the genuine feel of the long-gone gaming computers. In Bricky Boy you will find lots of entertaining challenges like: Boss fights, Quests, Unique powerup system, Lots of unlockable skins, Semi-random generated levels Get your Bricky Boy and start the adventure!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blast Beats at 100% against Bricky Boy's 68%. Blast Beats also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Bricky Boy's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (823 vs 5). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Blast Beats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bricky Boy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Blast Beats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bricky Boy has 823 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Blast Beats's written reviews are positive against 68% of Bricky Boy's.
Blast Beats ships an update every 27 months, Bricky Boy every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blast Beats | Bricky Boy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.7 (823 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 68.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 823 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moby Pixel | MOORLAND GAMES MB |
Customer experience
Blast Beats
Bricky Boy
Bugs and requests
Blast Beats
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bricky Boy
Reported bugs
3 issues- Left flipper occasionally unresponsive
- Game crashes when reaching certain levels
- Ads sometimes fail to load properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add more boss/enemy variety
- Implement a save/checkpoint system
- Provide more customization options
- Introduce new game modes or minigames
- Allow players to fully disable ads (paid)
In-app purchases
Blast Beats
- Remove Ads$1.99
Bricky Boy
- Remove ads$2.99
Questions
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