eBoy FixPix vs Circulous
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eBoy FixPix
Manipulate pixel art puzzles by tilting your device to find the correct perspective. Explore 180 hand-crafted levels with increasing difficulty and unique visual styles. Enjoy an addictive and simple gameplay experience with expanded content for modern devices.
- Tilt to solve puzzles
- 180 hand-crafted levels
- 3D effects and layered compositions
- Expanded aspect ratio support
- Level selection bus scene
- New hard mode
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Puzzling pixel worlds gone crazy! Tilt your iPhone to explore eBoy’s mind-boggling art and find the right angle to solve the puzzle. There are 180 hand-crafted levels in this game with slow increasing difficulty. Lots of them have a 3D effect, others are layered compositions or sliced madness. Playing the game is addictive and couldn’t be simpler. The challenge is finding the hints that lead to the solution. eBoy’s images look crisper than ever before on the iPhone’s great scree and on the iPad the pixels are even chunkier. For the new "expanded" version of the game we massively expanded the pixel art puzzles - from the iPhone 3 to the iPhone X aspect ratio (320x480 points to 320x812 points) which means 70% more pixels per puzzle! The puzzles are now organised in packs of 10 and there is a new level selection scene in which you drive a bus through a pixel art city from station to station which adds a lot of fun. Additionally we have a new hard mode that unlocks once you have solved all levels. It messes with the tilt behaviour and adds visual effects to the puzzle layers. --------------------------------------- Engadget: "the greatest game ever made" "If you fail to understand the value of piecing together eBoy pixel art by manipulating the iPhone's accelerometer, then gawd help you... you're already dead." Gizmodo: "eBoy's FixPix iPhone Game Now Available and Outrageously Addictive." Mashable: "FixPix Does Amazing Things with iPhone's Tilt Sensor". "Outrageously Addictive" CreativeApplications.Net: "… this is an endless source of wallpapers for your iPhone and above all a very intriguing digital puzzle." Touch Arcade: "eBoy FixPix is a very unique iPhone experience and I urge readers to have a look." Appmodo: a definite "Must Buy” "Fix the messed up pictures in this puzzling game that is packed with the bests: content and addictiveness!" IGN UK: Great 8.5 (out of 10) "… what makes FixPix such a charming addiction is the perfect marriage of concept and art." "Highly recommended." --------------------------------------- FixPix in the App Store: – No 5 in US paid apps top charts – "App of the week" in the japanese AppStore – featured as "New and Noteworthy" and "What's hot" in several countries such as USA, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Japan
Circulous
Embark on an immersive first-person mystery narrative puzzle game. Solve challenging puzzles as Amanda Trouser, uncovering corporate espionage and conspiracy theories within a mysterious company. Experience a story-driven adventure with animated environments and intuitive in-game device interaction.
- First-person narrative gameplay
- Mystery and conspiracy storyline
- Challenging puzzles
- Animated environments
- Immersive parallax movement
- Intuitive in-game device interaction
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Pay once, play forever! Circulous is an episodic mystery narrative puzzle game. In this first-person game, you take on the persona of Amanda Trouser. You have just been let go from your job. After packing your things, you wonder what you are going to do with the rest of your life. How will you afford your apartment? On the subway ride home you see an add for a job opening at Circulous…it’s almost as if the ad was put there just for you! You apply, and you end up hired! That is only the beginning of the story. Your work at Circulous is exciting, but soon you realize there may be more to this company than you’ve ever imagined. Corporate espionage, conspiracy theories and moral dilemmas lead you through challenging puzzles that will test your wits, your allegiances, and what you think you know about…everything. Engagement This puzzle game pulls you in and makes it as immersive as possible. Scenes use parallax movement to make it feel like you are in Amanda’s world. The opening scene (in which you are fired) uses story and humor to quickly place you in Amanda’s shoes. Each scene is an animated environment that invites you to explore and notice things that may or may not be important to the story or puzzles. The use of your phone (or iPad) is an intuitive way to keep you in the game but also make it feel as if you are truly using your device alongside the game and not just a gimmick. The OS feels like a true OS and makes the immersive nature of the game much more enjoyable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: eBoy FixPix at Free against Circulous's $1.99. eBoy FixPix also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Circulous's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks). 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
eBoy FixPix is free to download; Circulous costs $1.99 up front. eBoy FixPix sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Circulous asks for nothing beyond the download.
eBoy FixPix holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 85 and 184 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of eBoy FixPix's written reviews are positive against 55% of Circulous's.
eBoy FixPix ships an update every 5 weeks, Circulous every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eBoy FixPix | Circulous |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (85 ratings) — better | 4.2 (184 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.2% of reviews — better | 54.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 85 | 184 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 985 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | delicious toys | Chain Reaction Games LLC |
Customer experience
eBoy FixPix
Circulous
User reviews
eBoy FixPix
From 85 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent art and pixel art
- 🤩 Unique and creative gameplay
- 💯 Great value for money
- 🎨 Visually appealing and satisfying to complete puzzles
- 🧠 Mentally stimulating and challenging
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🕰️ Levels too short and easy to complete
- 💰 Overpriced for the amount of content
- 🔍 Lack of level selection or ability to revisit completed puzzles
- 🤖 Outdated for newer devices
Circulous
From 184 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🧩 Creative and clever puzzles with good difficulty balance
- 💡 Innovative in-game smartphone interface and mechanics
- 📖 Engaging mystery storyline that captivates players
- 🎵 Well-designed audio and music elements
- 👨💼 Responsive developer support and helpful hints system
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and game freezes throughout gameplay
- 🐛 Persistent bugs in Act 2 and later chapters
- 👀 Small text and UI elements difficult to read on mobile devices
- ⏳ Excessive real-time waiting mechanics (11+ hours to progress)
- 🔄 Unresponsive controls and laggy app switching
Bugs and requests
eBoy FixPix
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch or during gameplay
- Compatibility issues with certain iOS versions and devices
- Freezing or performance problems
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and increased difficulty
- Level selection and ability to revisit completed puzzles
- Support for newer devices and iOS versions
- Additional game modes or features
- Integration with social platforms
Circulous
Reported bugs
18 issues- Game crashes when entering shifty.com/invisible or shifty.com/door/15
- Ryde app shows 'no routes available' preventing progression
- Text message reply interface fails to display responses
- Cloud save reloads prevent continuing gameplay
- Computer/app windows fail to open or display properly
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- Screen becomes blurry or frozen when navigating between scenes
- Magnifying glass and mailbox clickable elements unresponsive
- Inventory locked preventing item placement
- Game crashes when rotating device to access phone interface
- Crashes when opening specific messages (HR rep email)
- Decoder grid displays empty with missing elements
- Keyboard remains on screen after typing, blocking puzzle content
- File names overlap and display incorrectly
- Game hangs with background music continuing after exit
- Compatibility issues with iOS 14 memory allocation
- Bird box combination numbers too small to read accurately
- Puzzle solutions don't work despite correct answers
- Game crashes on first puzzle when placing items in box
Requested features
7 requests- In-game hints and walkthrough system accessible without Discord or email
- More frequent content updates and new chapters
- Skip or difficulty adjustment options for challenging puzzles
- Ability to disable music
- Improved hint system with escalating difficulty levels
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- Larger, more readable text and UI elements
- Reduced real-time waiting mechanics
In-app purchases
eBoy FixPix
- All levels$9.99
Circulous
No in-app purchases
Questions
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