Comparison

Downpour vs Pocket Boss⁢

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

Head to head
About

Downpour

Easily create interactive games and websites on your phone. Combine photos, drawings, and text to build branching stories and unique pages. Share your creations with others or host them elsewhere, all without coding.

Highlights
  • Create games and websites on your phone
  • Add photos, drawings, and text
  • Link pages together for branching stories
  • Style and decorate pages
  • No coding required
  • Share games via link for browser play
  • Offline creation
Features
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Downpour is the best way to make games on your phone. Collage together photos, drawings and text, and then connect them together into a branching story. It's genuinely quick and easy to use — you can make a game before your tea has gotten cold. Once you've made a game with Downpour, what then? You can share it within the app, allowing other people to play games and follow you, or you can share the link and anyone can play. "for the first time in years, I feel like I want to make art again" - The Verge • Make a game or website on your phone in minutes • Add photos, drawings and text to create your own unique pages — then link them together • Style and decorate pages to make them your own • Easy and accessible — no coding involved • Games can be played in any web browser — just share the link • Follow your friends and get notified when they've made something new • Export games to host elsewhere • Make games without needing an account • Works offline — make games anywhere • Optional subscription allows outbound links & more uploads --- Downpour is developed by me, V Buckenham. Please do reach out if you have any problems or suggestions - I can be reached at v@downpour.games. Terms of Use: https://downpour.games/termsofservice Privacy Policy: https://downpour.games/privacypolicy Support: https://downpour.games/support Subscriptions will be charged to your App Store account after your confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew monthly or annually unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your App Store Account Settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Hope you enjoy making games with Downpour!

About

Pocket Boss⁢

Engage in a unique puzzle game where you manipulate business data to satisfy your demanding boss. Solve increasingly complex chart-based challenges to boost productivity, customer satisfaction, and company value. Your decisions and performance directly impact your potential for a promotion.

Highlights
  • Manipulate charts and trends
  • Improve productivity and satisfaction
  • Solve data puzzles
  • Interactive boss chat
  • Explore equal pay mysteries
Features
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Who says that work and play don’t mix? Not us! Play Pocket Boss, the game where you handle lots of fun data and one not-so-fun boss. In Pocket Boss, you’re a remote employee working with business data to make your boss happy. And the boss needs so much done! Increase productivity, boost customer satisfaction, make losses disappear, erase competitors — all with just a swipe of your finger. As you solve ever-funkier data puzzles, your boss watches your progress closely, wondering if you’ve got what it takes to earn that promotion. Well, have you? – Fix puzzling charts and bend the trends. Make your company’s productivity, shareholder value, and customer trust shine — at least on paper. – Pie charts, bar charts, scatter plots: drag, pinch, pull and push all kinds of charts to make them behave while your boss pushes for results. – Chat with your boss. Yes, it can be awkward, and that’s funny – but what if it affects your promotion? – Solve the mysteries of equal pay.   Play time: 30–60 minutes Created by Mario von Rickenbach, based on an idea by Maja Gehrig, with sound by Luc Gut.

Screenshots

Downpour4 screens
Pocket Boss⁢4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Downpour at Free against Pocket Boss⁢'s $3.99. Pocket Boss⁢'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Downpour is free to download; Pocket Boss⁢ costs $3.99 up front. Downpour sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Pocket Boss⁢ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket Boss⁢ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Downpour's written reviews are positive against 89% of Pocket Boss⁢'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Downpour ships an update monthly, Pocket Boss⁢ every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Downpour versus Pocket Boss⁢: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDownpourPocket Boss⁢
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.7 (29 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better13
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB158 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperDownpour LimitedPlayables

Customer experience

Downpour

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive86.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative8.0%

Pocket Boss⁢

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Downpour

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Locked out after logging out due to email link loop
  • Transition linking issues

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add animation like Alight Motion
  • Add sound effects (recorded or from camera roll)
  • Allow insertion of short videos
  • Add animations for text
  • Add transitions between pages
Show 7 more
  • Add music
  • Add a tutorial
  • Implement a 'liking' or 'popularity' system for games
  • Allow users to add videos to projects
  • Add an image bank with placeholders
  • Add a feature to draw sprites
  • Add coding/scripting options for advanced users

Pocket Boss⁢

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Downpour

Subscriptions1
  • Downpour Plus$4.991 Month
None

Pocket Boss⁢

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Downpour free?
Downpour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Boss⁢ free?
Pocket Boss⁢ costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Downpour or Pocket Boss⁢?
Pocket Boss⁢ is rated higher. Downpour averages 4.7 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Pocket Boss⁢ averages 5.0 from 13 ratings.
Do Downpour or Pocket Boss⁢ have ads?
Neither Downpour nor Pocket Boss⁢ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Downpour or Pocket Boss⁢?
Downpour ships an update monthly, and Pocket Boss⁢ every 10 days. Most recently, Downpour was updated on November 3, 2026 and Pocket Boss⁢ on November 4, 2026.

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