Comparison

DIY Projects vs BOY1

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

Head to head
About

DIY Projects

Embark on a match-3 adventure to restore abandoned spaces and create art. Solve puzzles to design paintings, ceramics, sculptures, and more. Become a design legend by transforming the art world.

Highlights
  • Tricky match-3 levels
  • Restore abandoned spaces
  • Unique DIY mini games
  • Win epic rewards
  • Create your own masterpieces
Features
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Help Victor, an eccentric design genius, make the world more beautiful! Complete exciting match-3 levels and create your own unique paintings, ceramics, sculptures, bouquets and much more. Explore and restore abandoned sites like rooftop restaurants, romantic gazebos, and luxury yachts. Join Victor to transform the art world and become a design legend! Features of DIY Projects: • Carve a path to victory through tricky match-3 levels! • Use your creative genius to restore abandoned spaces! • Reveal your artistic talent in unique DIY mini games! • Win epic rewards in bonus and extra-hard levels! • Get inspired and create your own masterpieces in DIY Projects! Your incredible artistic adventure starts NOW!

About

BOY1

A turn-based stealth puzzle game where a discarded robot must ascend a tower by strategically donning and doffing a human-like face. This grants abilities but attracts attention, creating a core puzzle of managing visibility and power.

Highlights
  • Turn-based movement
  • No random elements
  • Strategic ability usage
  • 30 levels across 5 zones
  • 16-bit pixel art
  • Offline play
  • One-handed play
Features
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BOY1 is a turn-based stealth escape puzzle. A robot lies discarded in the tower's deepest dark. The verdict was a single line. Defect: too human. BOY1, a humanoid thrown away by the system that built him, picks up an abandoned FACE and begins to climb the tower, one floor at a time. Take the FACE off and you become a mindless machine, lost among the other robots. The patrols ignore you, but you can't do anything. Put the FACE on and your human abilities awaken. You can open doors, fool the robots and break through walls, but now the machines can see you. Knowing when to take it off and when to put it on is the whole puzzle. Your flaw is the key. A perfectly logical system can only be broken by human illogic. FEATURES Every move is one tile, one turn. When you step, every robot steps along its fixed patrol route Nothing is random. Every floor is a fixed, deliberately designed layout, and reading patrol patterns is the heart of the game Lure, halt, break through. Combine the human abilities that awaken in each zone to slip past the patrols 30 floors, 5 zones. The higher you climb, the more human the robots become, and the less your disguise works 16-bit pixel art, chiptune sound, one-handed portrait play Fully offline, no ads, no in-app purchases Destroy the system and escape.

Screenshots

DIY Projects4 screens
BOY14 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DIY Projects at Free against BOY1's $2.99. BOY1's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On device support and iOS requirement 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

DIY Projects is free to download; BOY1 costs $2.99 up front. DIY Projects sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. BOY1 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DIY Projects ships an update every 5 weeks, BOY1 weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DIY Projects versus BOY1: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDIY ProjectsBOY1
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (10K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size439 MB67 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPlaygendary LimitedKyusik Jung

Customer experience

DIY Projects

All ratings10,018 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral4.7%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews1,476 reviews
Positive63.1%
Neutral8.0%
Negative28.9%

BOY1

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

DIY Projects

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezing and crashing
  • Levels not progressing as intended
  • Inability to access certain features
  • Inconsistent in-app purchase functionality

Requested features

4 requests
  • More variety in DIY mini-games
  • Ability to save and revisit custom designs
  • Difficulty adjustments for challenging levels
  • Improved performance and stability

BOY1

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

DIY Projects

One-time10
  • Starter Pack Special Offer$1.99
  • 1000 Coins$1.99
  • Solo offer$1.99
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  • Cascade offer$3.99
  • Piggy Bank$3.99
  • Starter Pack$5.99
  • 5000 Coins$7.99
  • Apprentice Pack$9.99
  • Season Pass$11.99
  • Pro Pack$19.99
None

BOY1

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DIY Projects free?
DIY Projects is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BOY1 free?
BOY1 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do DIY Projects or BOY1 have ads?
DIY Projects shows ads; BOY1 does not.
Which is updated more often, DIY Projects or BOY1?
DIY Projects ships an update every 5 weeks, and BOY1 weekly. Most recently, DIY Projects was updated on November 8, 2026 and BOY1 on November 6, 2026.

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