# What's inside the box?

> Puzzle game where players solve challenges to reveal what's inside boxes. (iPhone/iPad app by Bart BONTE.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whats-inside-the-box/id1106494704 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Bart BONTE](https://appshunter.io/developer/568141787)
- Category: Games, Puzzle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 111 App Store ratings · 112 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 23 MB
- Languages: Russian, Vietnamese, American English, Dutch, Greek, Danish, Hebrew, Indonesian, European Spanish, Italian and 15 more
- Released: 2016-05-09
- Data updated: 2026-08-30
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whats-inside-the-box/id1106494704/reviews.md

## What is What's inside the box??

What's inside the box? A lot of puzzles!
Can you solve all 100 and discover what's in the box?

Need hints? Use the hint button at the bottom in each level. There are 2 hints for each level.
With the premium unlock in-app you will not get ads before the hints and you will get a skip level button after asking the 2 hints in each level.

(note: with the premium unlock the skip button will appear AFTER asking the 2 hints in each level)

Enjoy!
@BartBonte

## Key features

- Solve 100+ puzzles
- Discover box contents
- Use hint system
- Premium unlock available
- Skip level option

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| premium unlock | $2.49 | one-time |


## What do users think of What's inside the box??

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🧩 Excellent puzzle design with logical solutions
- 💡 Innovative and creative puzzle mechanics
- 🎯 Well-balanced difficulty progression
- 🏆 100 unique levels with variety
- 👨‍💻 High-quality work from respected developer Bart Bonte
- ⏰ Engaging gameplay that keeps players entertained for hours
- 💰 Free-to-play with non-intrusive ad system
- 🎮 Addictive and satisfying puzzle-solving experience
- 📚 Hint system provides helpful guidance without spoiling

**Cons**

- 🐛 Progress resets when switching apps or reopening
- 😤 Certain levels are frustratingly difficult or poorly designed
- 🔄 Some levels are repetitive or duplicated
- ❓ Vague hints that don't adequately help stuck players
- ⏸️ No pause functionality mid-level
- 📺 Excessive ads required to access hints
- 🎮 Screen display issues on some devices
- 🤔 Unintuitive mechanics on certain levels (rotation-based)
- ⚠️ Some levels appear to have bugs preventing progression

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Progress lost when switching apps or reopening application
- Level 43 button unresponsive after pressing question mark
- Level 7 layer movement not functioning correctly
- Level 45 resets progress to level 21
- Screen rendering issues making portions unviewable
- Hints not unlocking next level despite correct solution
- Multiple levels appearing identical or too similar (52/72, 81/88)

**Most requested features**

- Skip button for difficult levels
- Pause functionality during gameplay
- Improved hint system with clearer guidance
- Additional levels beyond 100
- Better progress save system
- Sequel or expansion content

## Recent user reviews (10 of 112)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whats-inside-the-box/id1106494704/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Level 72…

*2026-05-16*

Absolutely delightful puzzle game, but this level… this god forsaken level is absolutely strenuous.

     (⚠️Spoilers if you haven’t gotten to this level by the way⚠️) 

…………………………………………………………………………………………………….

As much as I do enjoy sliding puzzles, having TWO layers of said sliding puzzles is too much. Not only is it tedious to have to move the tiles on the top layer out of the way to see what you are doing, but you can only see through that measly little single gap, like some hellish version of tunnel vision, which makes strategizing and planning extremely difficult if not almost impossible. When you think you’ve completed the lower layer, you realize that you have completely scrambled the other half that you had already completed. I can hear it laugh at me. I just want to yank out that wretched top layer like ripping off a blindfold. Not to mention how utterly useless the hints for this level are. Obviously it’s a sliding puzzle; obviously it has two layers; obviously you need to solve it. It’s so simple, yet so confounding. I now know how Sisyphus must have felt. What layer of Tartarus did this level crawl out of to end up in a humble mobile game?

**Developer response:** Thanks for your five stars :)
@BartBonte

### 5/5 — 91面の解き方を教えてほしい

*2026-02-20*

91面だけヒント見てもわからない。
ネタバレにはなるかもしれないが、
とにかく解き方を教えてくれ。
ゲーム自体は面白いから。

追記：回答ありがとうございます！！

**Developer response:** レベル91では、その方向に突き出ているピースが全て押されると、ランプが点灯し続けます。
例えば一番上のランプの場合：まず、上にピースが突き出ているピース全て（左上のパズルと下の両方のパズル）を選択し、一番上のランプを押すと点灯し続けます。
他のランプも同様に操作します。
@BartBonte

### 5/5 — WAY Underrated

*2026-02-16*

Bart Bonte was making varying logic puzzles years before they caught on, and this is an excellent example of his earlier work. 
The user rating on this game doesn’t accurately represent the high quality of this game or the big influence his work has had on other developers.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your five stars!
@BartBonte

### 5/5 — Well done!

*2025-09-29*

excellent puzzle game. the right level of difficulty to make it challenging and clever but not frustrating.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your five stars!
@BartBonte

### 5/5 — Love love love these games

*2025-09-06*

I absolutely love all your games. I can’t get past level 43 because it won’t let me hit factory balls. Can you fix that? Love it though! :)

**Developer response:** Thanks for your five stars!
For level 43: you don't have to hit it, but spell it with the letter buttons.
@BartBonte

### 1/5 — Levels 52 and 72 (maybe more..)

*2025-05-16*

Never have I ever come across worse levels in ‘puzzle’ games. Not only are they exact copies of each other, they’re both awful. Don’t mock me with ‘you can do it!’. Yes, I can do it after painfully watching a tutorial at x0.25 speed and having to re-do it anyway because I went wrong once. If you’re going to make me wait 120 seconds just to tell me that as a ‘hint’ then you clearly don’t know what a hint is. Please change the hints to actually help you out, as hints should.

### 4/5 — Классная игра!

*2025-02-17*

Интересная, классная игра!
Уровни есть как довольно простые так и очень сложные!
Игра понравилась, одно но если будет достижение сыграл в ящик я поставлю 5 ⭐️.

### 4/5 — Level 14

*2025-01-12*

Yo ich tippe wie nh 6 aber iwi komm ich nicht weiter 
Tips?

**Developer response:** Für Level 14 drückst du die Tasten nach dem Symbol unten rechts. Wenn du die Tasten also so nummerierst:
Zeile1: 123,
Zeile2: 456,
Zeile3: 789,
dann musst du die Tasten in dieser Reihenfolge drücken: 3214569874
@BartBonte

### 5/5 — r

*2024-07-28, version 4.1*

Dgdfgnkjmämhf tggjijopjrdedbßägbz tagte der erste platz mit der mannschaft und der welt der welt und der erste und bahnhof jährige mann in die schweiz und ist ein

### 4/5 — What’s in the Box

*2024-07-08*

Great game.  I like that it’s challenging.  However I am stuck at level 37.  I just don’t understand and the two hints still not helping. Can’t I skip to the next one?

**Developer response:** Thanks for your five stars!
Level 37 can be solved with 4 clicks: line 1 row 2, line 2 row 4, line 3 row 1 and line 4 row 3.

@BartBonte

## Frequently asked questions about What's inside the box?

### What is this app about?

This app presents a collection of over 100 puzzles designed to challenge your logic and problem-solving skills. The ultimate goal is to solve these puzzles to discover what is hidden inside various boxes.

### How do I get help if I'm stuck?

Each level provides two hints that you can access using the hint button. These hints are designed to assist you in solving the puzzles and progressing through the game.

### What does the premium unlock offer?

The premium unlock removes ads that appear before hints. It also grants you a skip level button, which becomes available after you have used both available hints for a particular level.

### Is this app free to play?

The app is free to download and play. However, it offers in-app purchases for a premium unlock, which provides additional benefits like ad removal and a level skip feature.

### What kind of puzzles can I expect?

The game focuses on logic-based puzzles that require you to think critically to figure out the solution. The overarching theme is uncovering the contents of boxes, with each puzzle serving as a step towards that discovery.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.3 — 2026-07-30

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 4.2 — 2025-10-05

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 4.1 — 2023-11-28

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 4.0 — 2023-06-29

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 3.9 — 2023-06-02

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

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