# What's inside the box? — user reviews

> 112 indexed App Store user reviews of What's inside the box? by Bart BONTE, rated 4.30/5 from 111 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whats-inside-the-box/id1106494704/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whats-inside-the-box/id1106494704.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 79 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 11

## 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

## Newest reviews (19 of 112)

### 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

### 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

### 4/5 — pretty good

*2024-05-11, version 4.1*

good game! just wasn’t as intuitive for me as some of the others by bonte and i couldn’t stand the levels where you have to rotate the screen to move the ball. 

otherwise though, i loved it.

### 3/5 — Level 43…

*2024-01-23*

Level 43 is entirely pointless. Had to watch two ads to figure it out and it left a sour taste in my mouth. Gave up on the rest of the levels afterwards.

**Developer response:** For level 43: '?' somewhere on the screen (not on the box) gives info about 'more' of my mobile games, now the '2'nd one of those... maybe you have to spell the name of that game with the letter buttons.
@BartBonte

### 4/5 — Great game!

*2023-08-29*

Overall this is a fabulous game, but some levels are really hard or repetitive that’s why I only gave it a 4 stars.

**Developer response:** For level 7 the 3 pieces in the back also form a sliding puzzle like the 3 pieces on the top.
If you tap a piece, it slides to the free position. So if you want it to go to the right, you should first make the free position on the right.
This video shows how to solve it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU01DhPGKuw

### 5/5 — Help

*2023-08-04*

I’m stuck on level 90 please help (btw you’re games are really good) -thanks for your answer

**Developer response:** Thanks for your five stars!
Level 90: what level? level ninety: nine-ty, so press 'ty' 9 times 😊

@BartBonte

### 5/5 — Answer for level 34 and question for level 95

*2023-07-03*

To finish level 34 hit the red button three times green button four times red button six times green button four times and then red button five times. does anyone know how to do level 95? It’s so hard how do you spell those numbers Are there a hidden letters?

**Developer response:** Thanks for your five stars!
For level 95: count up: One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine... but there's only the first letters of the numbers, so: O T T F F S S E N... and keep going :) to 20, so the solution is:
OTTFFSSENTETTFFSSENT

@BartBonte

### 5/5 — Супер игра

*2023-06-21*

Отличная игра, очень интересные и креативные задания. Помогите пройти 47 уровень, пожалуйста)

**Developer response:** Спасибо за ваши пять звезд!
Для уровня 47: представьте, что вы — точка, идущая по линии и поворачивающая влево (l) и вправо (r), так что это: r l l r r r l l r r r l l r r r l l r r r l l r
@BartBonte

### 5/5 — игра супер!

*2023-06-19*

мне все очень нравится и игра интересная но я не понимаю как пройти уровень 34 🥲🥲 помогите плзз

**Developer response:** Спасибо за ваши пять звезд!
Уровень 34: нажмите 3 раза на красный (поскольку красный имеет трехгранную форму), нажмите 4 раза на зеленый (поскольку зеленый имеет четырехгранную форму), нажмите 6 раз на красный (поскольку красный имеет шестигранную форму) и т. д. ...
Таким образом, полное решение: 3x красный, 4x зеленый, 6x красный, 4x зеленый, 5x красный.
@BartBonte

### 4/5 — 32 уровень

*2023-03-11*

Все делаю правильно, но не засчитывается

**Developer response:** Для уровня 32 вы должны сделать круг сверху и снизу.
В этом видео показано решение: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p2yr2S5BIY
@BartBonte

### 5/5 — 43 уровень

*2023-02-02*

Не понимаю либо английский, либо чуть задачки, подскажите, пожалуйста 🙏🏻

Игра оч классная, затягивает 🫶🏻

**Developer response:** Спасибо за ваши пять звезд!
Для уровня 43: '?' где-то на экране (не на коробке) отображается информация о «дополнительных» моих мобильных играх, теперь игра «2» в этом списке ... возможно, вам нужно написать название этой игры с помощью кнопок с буквами.
(Возможно, «f a c t o r y b a l l s»)

@BartBonte

### 4/5 — Fun game but…

*2023-01-11*

Level 43 isn’t passable, there is no button to press after pressing the ? Button. iPhone 12 ios16

**Developer response:** There is no need to press a button in the '?' screen. The '?' screen gives info about 'more' of my mobile games, now the '2'nd one of those... maybe you have to spell the name of that game with the letter buttons in level 43.
(Maybe 'f a c t o r y b a l l s')
@BartBonte

### 5/5 — top game

*2022-12-28*

really good game that makes you think! was looking for a good puzzle game that doesn’t just repeat itself and this one certainly ticked all the boxes

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

### 5/5 — Je suis fan

*2022-08-05*

Je suis fan de toutes les applications de ce développeur ! j’adore ses casses-tête, j’espère que de nouveaux jeux seront bientôt disponibles :)

**Developer response:** Merci pour vos cinq étoiles !
@BartBonte

### 5/5 — Love the game! ❤️

*2022-06-25*

Solved all the puzzles and used 39 hints. I recommend everyone to play it :)

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

### 5/5 — Bart Bonte games rule

*2022-06-11*

When you see a Bart Bonte game and it isn’t a new colour your heart sinks a little. And then you realise that it is just as great and addictive as all of the other games. Brilliant. Again.

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

### 5/5 — 35 уровень

*2022-06-08*

Как это пройти?

**Developer response:** Спасибо за ваши пять звезд!
Уровень 35: Это номер телефона, поэтому наберите его, раскладка клавиатуры телефона выглядит так:
123
456
789
  0
@BartBonte

### 5/5 — Finally found out what’s inside the box

*2022-02-19*

Played this game years ago as a kid and never beaten it, the last few puzzles were hard but I’m glad to have beaten it because I wanted to know what was in the box

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

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 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.

### 1/5 — Too many ads

*2021-10-25*

Was about to purchase when an ad popped up, okay, then another, then another.

Yes the purchase would remove the ads but it’s too late now I am already p*ssed off.

**Developer response:** Yes the in-app purchase removes all the ads from this free game.
@BartBonte

### 1/5 — why

*2020-11-12, version 3.0*

Finally, after all this time, I finally found it...

THE GAME THAT ENDS WITH ME ON THE GROUND UNCONTROLLABLY SHAKING AND CRYING WHILE STUCK ON LEVEL 79

Make a 79, you said... “You can do it” you said...

FALSE HOPE

Ya know what, i have a suggestion: How about you scrap the entirety of level 79 and replace it with something actually POSSIBLE.

### 1/5 — Not fun!

*2019-11-17, version 1.8.2*

This level 43 I can not pass I used every combination I could think of and it did not work! I hate this game it should not exist!! But the color games I made are GREAT!!!!!

### 1/5 — Bien mais

*2019-08-22*

J’aitait nivaux 50 et j’ai du recommencer le jeu 🤬🤬🤬

**Developer response:** Je suis désolé, vous devez avoir appuyé sur le bouton "effacer la progression du jeu" dans le menu de configuration

### 1/5 — :(

*2019-03-27*

LEVEL 95 IS IMPOSSIBLE!
THE ONLY NUMBERS I CAN MAKE ARE ONE AND TEN

### 1/5 — Can’t get past 2nd level

*2017-12-14*

Screen is half unseeable. 0 stars.

### 1/5 — It's a star

*2016-06-22, version 1.2*

100 levels, 15 days, 360 hours, 21,600 minutes, 1,296,000 seconds. All for a star that lights up. Have fun.

### 1/5 — Level 34??!!

*2016-06-03*

Wtf is wrong with level 34 ?! I tried a thousand ways I asked for two hints the second hint said 3 read and 4 green that's exactly what I did and it never worked please fix !!

**Developer response:** Not a bug ;) For level 34: press 3 times red (because red is in 3-sided shape), press 4 times green (because green is in a four-sided shape), press 6 times red (because red is in six-sided shape), etc...
So the full solution is: 3x red, 4x green, 6x red, 4x green, 5x red.

### 2/5 — 25 level

*2016-06-03, version 1.1*

I cannot pass this level! Help me!

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 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

### 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

### 5/5 — 生粋のパズルっ子向けアプリ

*2024-06-13*

子供の頃に遊んでいた様々な木製パズル、玉を転がしたり3x3、4x4のスライドパズルなども楽しめるリドル100問が軽快な操作で、時間制限などの余計な負荷も無しのシンプルさで遊べる。ヒントもスキップもあるから好きなように進めるけど、ヒントの中には「きっと出来るから頑張って！」ってのもあるのが試行錯誤系の特徴。慣れると全問解くのに小一時間かからないから気分転換にピッタリ。リザルトは出るけどゼロ／ゼロでも変わんないのが評価主体じゃ無い感じで好感触。

**Developer response:** 5つ星をありがとうございます!
@BartBonte

### 5/5 — Favorite puzzle game

*2024-04-20*

Love this game, great brain teaser and helps keep my mind sharp. My only complaint is a couple of the levels, I still don’t really know how I solved them. I was merely button mashing to see what cause and effect they have and it ends up solving it without me knowing what I actually did. Also level 81 and 88 are basically identical. Hoping for a Box Sequel game some day

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

### 5/5 — Love the game but I’m confused

*2023-09-24*

I love this game but some of your hints are so vague. 43 is the one I’m stuck on because the hints don’t make sense. I need help

**Developer response:** Thanks for your five stars! For level 43: '?' somewhere on the screen (not on the box) gives info about 'more' of my mobile games, now the '2'nd one of those... maybe you have to spell the name of that game with the letter buttons.
(Maybe 'f a c t o r y b a l l s')

@BartBonte

### 5/5 — Great idea, but...

*2023-08-25*

I love the concept and idea for the game and love your other games like yellow, but this one has one issue. On level 7 where I need to make a circle, the one part that is on a different layer only moves up and down. It never moves right like I need it to. The hints just tell me to make a circle and that there is another layer, but they don’t tell me how to make the circle. Please let me know if there is something I am doing wrong or if something just went wrong with the game. Thanks!

**Developer response:** For level 7 the 3 pieces in the back also form a sliding puzzle like the 3 pieces on the top.
If you tap a piece, it slides to the free position. So if you want it to go to the right, you should first make the free position on the right.
This video shows how to solve it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU01DhPGKuw

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