Pink Penguin vs BOY1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pink Penguin
Embark on a retro puzzle adventure with a charming penguin through handcrafted levels inspired by classic '90s games. Enjoy uninterrupted gameplay with no in-app purchases or ads, featuring catchy 8-bit music and pixel art.
- Handcrafted retro puzzle levels
- 8-bit music and pixel art
- Offline play supported
- No in-app purchases
- No intrusive ads
- New levels added regularly
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Featuring handcrafted levels inspired by the legendary Pokémon Ice Path, Pink Penguin takes retro puzzle gaming to the next level. A “retro puzzle that’s guaranteed to bring a smile to your face” (AppAdvice), Pink Penguin is a nostalgic cocktail of hero-journey gaming, merging catchy 8-bit tunes with impeccable retro 2D pixel design. With no in-app purchases or intrusive pop-ups, enjoy countless hours of uninterrupted puzzle-solving fun leading the lovable and cute Pink Penguin from one snowy landscape to the next. Plus, with fully offline play available and new levels constantly being added, there’s no limit to your Pink Penguin problem-solving adventures. Download today and relive ‘90s retro gaming at its very best!
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.
- Turn-based movement
- No random elements
- Strategic ability usage
- 30 levels across 5 zones
- 16-bit pixel art
- Offline play
- One-handed play
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BOY1 at weekly against Pink Penguin's every 4 months. BOY1 also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Pink Penguin's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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
Pink Penguin costs $2.99 and BOY1 $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pink Penguin ships an update every 4 months, BOY1 weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pink Penguin | BOY1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Maciej Zak | Kyusik Jung |
Customer experience
Pink Penguin
BOY1
In-app purchases
Pink Penguin
No in-app purchases
BOY1
No in-app purchases








