Comparison

Buddy Playground vs kaboomee

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

Head to head
About

Buddy Playground

Engage in a chaotic sandbox experience where you can unleash a variety of weapons or construct intricate contraptions to interact with characters. Explore the consequences of your actions and experiment with different tools and creations.

Highlights
  • Arsenal of weapons
  • Assemble ingenious mechanisms
  • Destroy characters
  • Experiment with reactions
  • Daily coin and gem rewards (subscription)
  • New characters and weapons (subscription)
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Use a rich arsenal of weapons or assemble your ingenious mechanisms to destroy Buddy! Experiment and observe the characters' reactions to your every action. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS With subscription you get: • 3 new characters and 2 awesome weapons! • +1000 coins and +100 gems every day. You can turn off the auto-renew for the subscription whenever you want to through iTunes. Check https://support.apple.com/HT202039. When your current trial/subscription period expires, you will be unsubscribed. The current active subscription period can not be canceled. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us at support@playgendary.com Privacy Policy: https://playgendary.com/en/playgendary-limited-privacy-policy Terms of Use: http://www.playgendary.com/terms-of-use/

About

kaboomee

Control a small bomb with a lit fuse in an endless runner. Tap to jump, collect items to extend your fuse, and defeat enemies. Customize your character with hats that offer unique abilities.

Highlights
  • One-tap gameplay
  • Fuse management mechanic
  • Diverse running environments
  • Enemy stomping and bomb throwing
  • Power-ups for score and survival
  • Unlockable characters and hats
  • Leaderboard integration
Features
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Kaboomee is a little bomb with a big heart and a lit fuse. When the Sky Factory falls into chaos, the tiny hero of Boom City has exactly one job: keep running. Tap to jump. Grab wrenches. Stomp anything that moves. And never, ever let the fuse burn out. ONE TAP, NO MERCY A pick-up-and-play endless runner built around a single rule: your fuse is always burning. Wrenches, black bombs and clean stomps buy you time. Standing still does not. BOOM CITY NEVER STOPS Sprint through steel girders, neon skylines, thunderstorms and moonlit rooftops. Bouncing blue platforms, live yellow shock plates, speed strips and slow zones all change how you move - learn them or lose to them. WATCH OUT FOR THE STOMPER Now and then a mechanical stomper marches in. Then it grows. Kick black bombs into it, dodge what it throws, and take it down before your fuse takes you. POWER-UPS Freeze the fuse. Raise a shield. Double your score. Magnet every wrench on screen. Slow the whole world down, or grab a second jump in mid-air. DRESS THE BOMB Spend your wrenches in the store on characters and hats - and the hats are not just for looks. The Fire Chief hoses enemies off the screen. The Detective bends time. Four of the best hats cannot be bought at all. You have to earn them. GAME CENTER Post your best run to the leaderboard and find out how far you really got. Free to play, with optional ads and in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Buddy Playground4 screens
kaboomee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: kaboomee at 5.0 against Buddy Playground's 4.0. kaboomee also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 7 months). Buddy Playground's advantage is ratings volume (42 vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Buddy Playground sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and kaboomee sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

kaboomee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buddy Playground has 42 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Buddy Playground's written reviews are positive against 100% of kaboomee's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buddy Playground ships an update every 7 months, kaboomee every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Buddy Playground versus kaboomee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuddy Playgroundkaboomee
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (42 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB44 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPlaygendary LimitedLogikal Mayhem LLC

Customer experience

Buddy Playground

All ratings30 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral20.6%
Negative17.6%

kaboomee

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Buddy Playground

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$17.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$94.991 Year
One-time7
  • 1000 Coins$1.99
  • 100 Gems$1.99
  • 3500 Coins$5.99
Show 4 more
  • 350 Gems$5.99
  • 6000 Coins$7.99
  • 30 Tickets$7.99
  • 1300 Gems$14.99
4 purchases

kaboomee

One-time4
  • 5 Gold Wrenches$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • 20 Gold Wrenches$2.99
Show 1 more
  • 60 Gold Wrenches$6.99

Questions

Is Buddy Playground free?
Buddy Playground is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is kaboomee free?
kaboomee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Buddy Playground or kaboomee?
kaboomee is rated higher. Buddy Playground averages 4.0 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while kaboomee averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Buddy Playground or kaboomee have ads?
Both Buddy Playground and kaboomee show ads.
Which is updated more often, Buddy Playground or kaboomee?
Buddy Playground ships an update every 7 months, and kaboomee every 3 days. Most recently, Buddy Playground was updated on October 23, 2026 and kaboomee on October 18, 2026.

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