Automatoys vs Peglin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Automatoys
Guide a ball through intricate mechanical obstacle courses by tapping, turning, and tilting. Outpace the clock to achieve high scores and earn accolades for speed. Experience unique, tactile puzzles with a focus on precise control.
- Tap, turn, tilt, and spin controls
- Unique mechanical obstacle courses
- Timed challenges to beat scores
- One-touch controls
- No ads
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Tap, turn, tilt and spin the contraptions to help each ball hop and roll its way to victory. Each automatoy is a unique, mechanical obstacle course. Features • One-tap controls • NO ads Outpace the clock to beat your score! ⁕ = Made it! ⁕⁕ = Super fast! ⁕⁕⁕ = Incredible! ----- Apple Design Award Finalist 2023 ---- “Tinker around with gorgeous digital toys” PocketGamer “Complex brilliance made tactile and delightful” Eurogamer “Perchang meets Monument Valley” TouchArcade “Delightfully Elaborate” TapSmart
Peglin
Embark on a roguelike adventure combining Pachinko-style combat with deck-building strategy. Collect powerful orbs and relics to defeat dragons and reclaim your gold. Explore procedurally generated maps with unique challenges and surprises on every run.
- Collect and upgrade orbs and relics
- Pachinko-like combat mechanics
- Procedurally generated maps
- Defeat monsters and bosses
- Strategic use of potions and bombs
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The award-winning roguelike-deckbuilder Peglin is finally available on iOS! This version lets you try it before you buy it with unlimited access to the first third of the game and a one-time purchase to own the complete game and all future updates! The dragons have been popping peglins and stealing all of your gold for as long as you can remember. Enough is enough. It's time to venture through the woods, conquer the fortress, and delve into the heart of the dragon's lair to take back what's yours and teach those dragons a lesson. Peglin plays like a combination of Peggle and Slay the Spire. The enemies are tough, and if you're defeated your run is over, but you've got powerful orbs with special effects and incredible relics that influence both your enemies and the physics you'll use to defeat them. Features: - Collect and upgrade powerful orbs and relics to defeat the monsters and bosses that stand in your way. - Fight enemies with Pachinko-like gameplay - hit more pegs to do more damage. Use crit potions, refresh potions, and bombs wisely. - Explore a new map every time, with different orbs, enemies, and surprises along the way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Automatoys at 4.5 against Peglin's 4.1. Automatoys also leads on ratings volume (8K vs 1.2K). Peglin's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 53%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Automatoys sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Peglin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Automatoys holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Automatoys has 8K ratings behind it against 1.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Automatoys's written reviews are positive against 64% of Peglin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Automatoys ships an update every 4 weeks, Peglin fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Automatoys | Peglin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8K ratings) — better | 4.1 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews | 64.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8K — better | 1.2K |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 311 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Idle Friday | Red Nexus Games Inc. |
Customer experience
Automatoys
Peglin
User reviews
Automatoys
From 8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💎 One of the best mobile games
- 🎨 Beautiful and aesthetically pleasing
- 🕹️ Intuitive and satisfying controls
- 🎶 Calming and relaxing music
- 🧠 Challenging and engaging puzzles
Room to improve
- 💰 Paywall after 3 free levels
- 🔒 Limited free content
- 🕰️ Some levels too difficult or require too much trial and error
Peglin
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Unique blend of roguelike and pachinko
- 🎨 Charming retro art style
- 💰 Fair one-time purchase model
- 🔁 High replayability
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
- 🔍 Unclear mechanics and lack of explanations
- 📱 Controls not optimized for mobile
- 💰 Perceived high price for mobile game
Bugs and requests
Automatoys
Reported bugs
2 issues- Levels not saving star ratings
- Certain level elements not functioning properly
Requested features
3 requests- More free levels
- Level editor or custom level creation
- Ability to replay levels to improve star ratings
Peglin
Reported bugs
3 issues- Soft locks when trying to unlock full game
- Aiming issues and unresponsive controls
- Inconsistent behavior of certain abilities
Requested features
4 requests- More level variety and content
- Ability to save and resume runs
- Vertical mode for better mobile experience
- Customizable controls and aiming
In-app purchases
Automatoys
- Gift a coffee$2.99
- Operator Key$2.99
- Gift a pizza$9.99
Peglin
- Peglin Full Game Unlock$9.99
