Comparison

Time Control! vs Fall Boys

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

Head to head
About

Time Control!

Manipulate the flow of time to navigate through challenging levels. Rewind or fast-forward to avoid obstacles and reach your goal. Experience a unique puzzle-platformer with time-bending mechanics.

Highlights
  • Control time-line
  • Go to the past
  • Go to the future
  • Dodge obstacles
  • Puzzle-platformer gameplay
Features
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Control the time-line to go in the past or the future and dodge obstacles!

About

Fall Boys

Guide falling characters to safety by drawing ropes. Solve increasingly complex puzzles as multiple characters fall simultaneously, requiring strategic rope placement to ensure everyone's survival.

Highlights
  • Draw ropes to guide falling characters
  • Rescue multiple characters at once
  • Physics-based puzzle solving
  • Increasingly challenging levels
  • Unique rope puzzle mechanics
Features
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Strange friends fall from the sky and they need you to rescue them! One person can be saved but what if multiple people fall at once? Is it possible? Let's figure it out!

Screenshots

Time Control!3 screens
Fall Boys4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fall Boys at 75% against Time Control!'s 22%. Fall Boys also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fall Boys holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fall Boys has 9.4K ratings behind it against 406, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Time Control!'s written reviews are positive against 75% of Fall Boys's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Control! ships an update every 3 months, Fall Boys weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Time Control! versus Fall Boys: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime Control!Fall Boys
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (406 ratings)4.6 (9.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.8% of reviews74.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4069.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size224 MB444 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperYso CorpABIGAMES PTE. LTD

Customer experience

Time Control!

All ratings402 ratings
Positive69.9%
Neutral5.0%
Negative25.1%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive21.8%
Neutral12.7%
Negative65.5%

Fall Boys

All ratings9,060 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive74.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative17.9%

User reviews

Time Control!

From 406 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Relaxing and enjoyable gameplay concept
  • 🎨 Decent graphics quality
  • ⚡ Surprisingly minimal ads for some users
  • 💡 Interesting game concept with time travel theme

Room to improve

  • 📺 Excessive ads throughout gameplay
  • 🌐 Requires internet connection for single-player game
  • 🎯 Ads appear after every level or every few seconds
  • 🎨 Poor art style and visual design
  • 😴 Boring and repetitive gameplay mechanics

Fall Boys

From 9.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 🚀 Quick and easy to play
  • 💡 Variety of cutscenes and content

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🔍 Too many ads and intrusive monetization
  • 🤔 Levels are too easy and lack challenge

Bugs and requests

Time Control!

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game crashes frequently
  • Game closes unexpectedly
  • Visual glitch with character positioning after death
  • Game lags during gameplay
  • Game performance issues on public transport/offline areas

Requested features

6 requests
  • Option to pay for ad-free experience
  • Offline gameplay mode
  • Improved art style and graphics
  • Better gameplay mechanics and difficulty
  • Reduce ad frequency significantly
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  • No ads after every level

Fall Boys

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Level 3 on the merge section keeps crashing
  • Tiny white screen freezes during gameplay

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more levels and difficulty options
  • Provide an option to remove ads
  • Fix the crashing issues on certain levels

In-app purchases

None

Time Control!

No in-app purchases

None

Fall Boys

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time Control! free?
Time Control! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fall Boys free?
Fall Boys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Time Control! or Fall Boys?
Fall Boys is rated higher. Time Control! averages 3.8 out of 5 from 406 ratings, while Fall Boys averages 4.6 from 9.4K ratings.
Do Time Control! or Fall Boys have ads?
Both Time Control! and Fall Boys show ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Control! or Fall Boys?
Time Control! ships an update every 3 months, and Fall Boys weekly. Most recently, Time Control! was updated on October 19, 2026 and Fall Boys on November 1, 2026.

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