Happy Kitten vs Boba Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Happy Kitten
Guide a kitten on a dreamlike flying adventure by timing her landings on floating islands. Collect stars to help her soar and unlock new characters while enjoying hand-drawn graphics and inspiring music. Accept challenges for rewards and aim for perfect jumps to extend her journey.
- One-button gameplay
- Dangerous jumps for bonus scores
- Unlockable characters
- Hand-drawn doodle-style graphics
- Inspiring soundtracks
- Challenges for rewards
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Your little kitten has always dreamed of flying. Luckily, in her dreams, she can do whatever she wants. Stars help her fly and every time she lands on a flying island, another one is waiting for her already. Time her landing as exact as possible, otherwise her journey will end and she will not fulfill her dreams of flying. Happy Kitten's Highlights: . Simple but addictive "one button" game . Perform dangerous jumps for bonus scores. . Awesome characters to unlock. . Beautiful hand-drawn doodle-style graphics. . Inspiring soundtracks & cute sound effects. . Accept challenges for great rewards. . Supports Game Center.
Boba Run
Embark on an exciting 2D side-scrolling adventure in a vibrant world filled with milk tea characters. Navigate challenging levels, collect power-ups, and compete on the leaderboard to achieve the highest score.
- 2D side-scrolling gameplay
- Challenging levels
- Unlockable milk tea characters
- High score system
- Leaderboard competition
- Boba topping power-ups
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Run, jump, and dodge your way through the world of Boba Friends! Boba Run is a 2D side-scrolling endless runner starring a squad of unlockable bubble tea characters. Time your jumps, leap over obstacles, and see how far you can go. Spend the coins you earn on boba toppings and boosts that power up Bubble Milk Tea and push your high score higher. Features: - Endless arcade runner gameplay - Unlock new boba characters and more - Boba toppings that power up your run - Global leaderboards and high scores Questions or feedback? Let's chat. Support Email: hello@bobafriends.net Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Happy Kitten at none against Boba Run's shown. Happy Kitten also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). Boba Run's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (81% vs 58%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Happy Kitten sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Boba Run sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Boba Run holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 58 and 146 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Happy Kitten's written reviews are positive against 81% of Boba Run's.
Happy Kitten ships an update monthly, Boba Run every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Happy Kitten | Boba Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (58 ratings) | 4.4 (146 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.6% of reviews | 80.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 58 | 146 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Topebox | Devin Le |
Customer experience
Happy Kitten
Boba Run
Bugs and requests
Happy Kitten
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Boba Run
Reported bugs
7 issues- Game crashes and high score is deleted
- Character customization bug (cannot switch back)
- Power-ups stop working
- Point/coin doublers not working correctly
- App crashes or won't load on iPad Pro
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- Background not moving
- Cannot jump over plants
Requested features
17 requests- Add more boba characters/skins (Taro, Matcha, Strawberry, etc.)
- More customization options for characters/teas
- Add more obstacles or things to jump over
- Introduce levels with increasing difficulty (easy to hard)
- Add a storyline or objectives for the boba run
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- Implement checkpoints or save progress
- Add different backgrounds to choose from
- Incorporate mini-games
- Online play with events and races
- Add outfits for the teas
- Add a house for boba
- Give characters names
- Add special boba types
- Collect ingredients to create different boba
- Add talking characters
- Add more power-ups
- Add different modes (e.g., play with friends, story mode)
In-app purchases
Happy Kitten
- Remove Ads!$0.99
- Annoying Popcorn$0.99
- Dummy Cow$0.99
Boba Run
- Basic Coin Pack$1.99
- Value Coin Pack$4.99
