Idle Mechanic vs Oboy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Mechanic
Manage and grow a car repair business from a single bay to a thriving enterprise. Fix and clean vehicles, hire staff, and expand your operations to maximize profits. Unlock special garages for high-value cars.
- Garage expansion
- Vehicle repair and cleaning
- Staff hiring
- Business management
- Unlockable garages
- Money making
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Take your growing garage from a single bay to a bustling business. Fix and clean every vehicle that comes through your doors. Unclock the Formula 1 garage and make even more money. Hire staff and expand your enterprise to take in more cars to keep the cash rolling in!
Oboy
Strategically place structures on a grid to construct a thriving city and accumulate points. This engaging puzzle game challenges your planning skills.
- Grid-based city building
- Strategic building placement
- Point accumulation system
- Puzzle gameplay
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Place buildings on a grid to build your city and earn points.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Oboy at 100% against Idle Mechanic's 50%. Oboy also leads on rating (3.5 vs 2.8). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Oboy holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Idle Mechanic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Oboy's.
Idle Mechanic ships an update every 6 weeks, Oboy monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Mechanic | Oboy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 210 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Full Fat Productions Ltd | Beer Money Games LLC |
Customer experience
Idle Mechanic
Oboy
In-app purchases
Idle Mechanic
No in-app purchases
Oboy
No in-app purchases
