Dhoruba vs Bricky Boy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dhoruba
Navigate a character upwards through a storm, dodging falling obstacles to achieve the highest score. Enjoy this simple, engaging game and share it with friends. Your feedback is valued.
- Dodge falling obstacles
- Climb through a storm
- Achieve high scores
- Simple gameplay
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Dhoruba - Swahili for storm. Help Vex dodge the falling obstacles and rise as high you can through the storm to get a high score. Do enjoy the game and possibly share it with a friend. Feedback, reviews and ratings will be appreciated.
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 in-app purchases: Dhoruba at none against Bricky Boy's 1. Dhoruba also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Bricky Boy's advantage is ratings volume (879 vs 2). 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. Bricky Boy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dhoruba asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dhoruba holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bricky Boy has 879 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Dhoruba | Bricky Boy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.7 (879 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 67.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 879 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 10 days |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Omyonga | MOORLAND GAMES MB |
Bugs and requests
Dhoruba
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
Dhoruba
No in-app purchases
Bricky Boy
- Remove ads$2.99
