Bricky Boy vs Newtro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Newtro
Experience a minimalist, pixel-art brick breaker arcade game. Control bars with one hand to prevent balls from falling, destroy bricks, and complete levels within time limits and without losing lives. Offers a relaxing solo player experience with unique gameplay challenges.
- Minimalist pixel-art graphics
- One-handed gameplay
- Offline play
- Multiple levels with varied gameplay
- Time-based challenges
- Achievement system
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Re discover the brick breaker like you never did ! Minimalist, made with some crispy pixels, this arcade game will test your skills without stress, enjoy ! Newtro - Brick Breaker is a non competitive, solo player mobile game. With the help of a finger, you will be able to control one or more bars simultaneously, not only to prevent the ball from going out, but to overcome the four challenges that all the levels will include. Once you have mastered the direction of the balls, you will have the opportunity to complete the levels in the allocated time and without losing a life. This will give you the chance to complete the difficult versions of each level. You have two ways to discover this arcade game: - Go through all the levels, explore the original gameplays and relax with Ludmila Postel's Sound Design! - Take the challenge and try to completely destroy the level wall! How to play the game? - The balls are launched after a first touch of the screen. - Destroy all the bricks. - Get 4 achievements from each level. Successes: - finish the level with at least one life - finish a level without losing a life. - finish a level within the time limit. - finish the level in difficult version Features : - Free to play - Many levels with varied gameplay - Easy to play, designed to be played with one hand - Offline, no conection required - Tablet not supported - Leaderboard not supported The game is initially released with 48 different levels but many updates are planned: - the addition of many more levels - the addition of graphic and musical themes - the addition of collectables in case of complete success of a level group
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bricky Boy at Free against Newtro's $1.99. Bricky Boy also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (68% vs 38%). Newtro's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, 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
Bricky Boy is free to download; Newtro costs $1.99 up front. Bricky Boy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Newtro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bricky Boy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bricky Boy has 823 ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Bricky Boy's written reviews are positive against 38% of Newtro's.
Bricky Boy ships an update every 10 days, Newtro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bricky Boy | Newtro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (823 ratings) — better | 4.0 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 823 — better | 45 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | MOORLAND GAMES MB | EVB Studio |
Customer experience
Bricky Boy
Newtro
Bugs and 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)
Newtro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bricky Boy
- Remove ads$2.99
Newtro
- Dark Knight Color Palette$0.99
- GameBoy Color Theme$0.99
- Ads remover$1.99
