Gridblock vs Bad Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gridblock
A fast-paced block-placement puzzler where you fit pieces onto a 10x10 grid. Clear full rows and columns to achieve high scores and compete globally. Enjoy endless replayability with adjustable difficulty.
- Block placement puzzler
- 10x10 grid
- Clear rows and columns
- Score chaining
- Global leaderboards
- Multiple difficulty levels
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Build your perfect board in Gridblock, a clean, fast block-placement puzzler on a classic 10×10 grid. Fit pieces, clear full rows or columns, and chain clears to rack up huge scores. Choose from multiple difficulty levels and compete on global leaderboards. Easy to learn, tough to master, endlessly replayable.
Bad Box
Navigate a challenging arcade experience by dodging impossible squares and collecting power-ups. Destroy obstacles with weapons and slow down time to survive longer. Compete for high scores in this difficult, offline-friendly game.
- Collect slow motion items
- Use shields for survival
- Destroy geometry blocks with weapons
- Power up skills with coins
- Offline play supported
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Impossible Squares are everywhere and you have to deal with those dashes as long as you can. One of the toughest rage games that is not only difficult to play but also impossible to beat your friend's high score!! KEY FEATURES ------------------------- -> Free to play -> You can slowdown your time by collecting slow motion item. -> Try to collect the shield to survive more time! -> There is a weapon! So you can destroy those geometry blocks! -> You can power up your skills by collecting more coins! -> No WiFi? No problem! It's an offline arcade game. You can play it offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bad Box at 5.0 against Gridblock's 4.6. Bad Box also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Gridblock's advantage is ratings volume (488 vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 20 months). 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
Both are free to download. Gridblock sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Bad Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bad Box holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gridblock has 488 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gridblock ships an update every 5 months, Bad Box every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on July 25, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gridblock | Bad Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (488 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 488 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PulseFix LLC | Playense |
Customer experience
Gridblock
Bad Box
Bugs and requests
Gridblock
Reported bugs
4 issues- High scores not saving to leaderboard
- Game crashes losing progress
- App points stay open and crash
- Paid version doesn't remove ads
Requested features
3 requests- Option to revert to old themes/colors
- Add final score display
- Remove new game pop-ups
Bad Box
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gridblock
- Theme 1$0.99
- Theme 2$0.99
- Theme 4$0.99
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- Theme 7$0.99
- Theme 10$0.99
- Theme 16$0.99
- Theme 17$0.99
- Theme 18$0.99
- Theme 23$0.99
- Theme 22$0.99
- Upgrade To Full Version$0.99
- Theme 5$0.99
Bad Box
- Remove Ad$0.99
