Boing Boing Animals vs Chain Rules
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boing Boing Animals
Nurture mystical slime eggs that hatch into over 70 unique pixel-art animals. Feed, clean, and play with your companions, customizing their living spaces and the app's interface. Discover which adorable creatures will evolve based on their care and environment.
- Raise unique pixel-art animals
- Over 70 animal types to discover
- Customize pet quarters
- Interface customization
- Cloud save functionality
- Offline play
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Boing-boing! Raise your cute little animal buddies! Mystical slime eggs from space came to earth! Feed your space slimes, love them, and take care of them. Depending on the food they ate, the weather and time during their growth... slimes will turn into different boingy animals! Which animals, though? Time to find out! Over 70 different types of animals! Customize your animal buddy quarters with various themes and props. Customize your interface using various backgrounds, stickers and UI elements. Customize and chill with your adorable animal friends! * How to Play - Feed your slimes. - Wash them and clean their turds. - Play with them, love them. - Make them grow! Wonder what they'll grow into? * Cloud Save Sync the game with the Apple Game Center to save or restore progress. * Anyone who are … - Lovers of cute animals - Pet lovers - Cozy, adorable pixel art fans - Collectibles enthusiasts - Cozy game fans - Laid-back farm sim fans - Players looking for an offline experience
Chain Rules
A block-matching puzzle game where you strategically remove blocks and trigger chain reactions. Between rounds, select unique abilities that alter gameplay, offering a fresh challenge with each session. Enjoy varied difficulty modes and high score tracking.
- Block matching gameplay
- Trigger chain reactions
- Select game-altering abilities
- Dynamic board challenges
- Multiple difficulty modes
- High score tracking
- Offline play
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Chain Rules is a tile-matching puzzle where the rules change every round. Tap groups of three or more matching tiles to clear them and set off chain reactions. Clear enough tiles to finish the round, then choose one of three abilities: a rule that reshapes scoring for the next few rounds, or a tool you can fire whenever you need it. Between rounds the board fights back with new physics: gravity that pulls sideways or to the center, frozen tiles, fog and conveyor rows. Survive ten rounds to win, then keep going for a higher score. - DAILY: one new board each day, the same for every player. One shot, then share your run. - WEEKLY ASCENT: the same board all week. Lock in permanent rules at rounds 3, 6 and 9 and beat your best. - CLASSIC: Easy, Normal and Hard. - ZEN: no game over, just chains. Plays offline. No account. Optional ads only when you choose to watch one for an extra shuffle.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Boing Boing Animals at 4.9 against Chain Rules's 4.0. Boing Boing Animals also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (386 vs 2). Chain Rules's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Boing Boing Animals sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Chain Rules asks for nothing beyond the download.
Boing Boing Animals holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boing Boing Animals has 386 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Boing Boing Animals ships an update weekly, Chain Rules every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boing Boing Animals | Chain Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (386 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 386 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HyunJin Kim | Upstream Partners, LLC |
Customer experience
Boing Boing Animals
Chain Rules
Bugs and requests
Boing Boing Animals
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to feed slimes
- Purchased items not showing up in inventory
- Accounts being lost after app deletion
Requested features
5 requests- Introduce more animal types to unlock
- Add weather-related accessories (e.g., umbrellas)
- Implement a widget for quick pet checks
- Improve tutorial and in-game guidance
- Add support for Chinese language
Chain Rules
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Boing Boing Animals
- Youth Potion x1$0.49
- 10 Jewels$0.49
- Compressed Supplement Potionx2$0.49
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- Looking Glass x3$0.49
- Magic Wand x4$0.49
- Package x4$0.49
- 22 Jewels$0.99
- 60 Jewels$2.99
- Remove ad$2.99
- 125 Jewels$6.99
Chain Rules
No in-app purchases
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