Comparison

Grav Box vs Tessel Run

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Grav Box

Control gravity with a tap and hold to manipulate objects. Customize their appearance, explore dynamic physics, and engage in arcade challenges with leaderboards and achievements.

Highlights
  • Tap and hold to control gravity
  • Customize grav colors and emojis
  • Dynamic backgrounds and physics effects
  • Arcade mode with achievements
  • Global leaderboards
  • In-game events like black holes
Features
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Grav Box places gravity at your fingertips. Tap and hold on the screen to control the gravitational field around your gravs and manipulate them in limitless ways. Customize your entire experience by setting gravs to any color or emoji, explore dynamic backgrounds and physics effects, and even modify the effects of gravity itself. With custom preferences set, head to the arcade to unlock achievements and compete against global leaderboards. Be prepared for black holes, gravitational shifts, and many other in-game events that will impact your gameplay.

About

Tessel Run

Navigate a physics-based puzzle platformer where colored surfaces alter the rules of gravity and movement. Roll through hand-drawn levels, using color-coded tessels to overcome obstacles and reach the goal. Precision and experimentation are key to mastering the dynamic challenges.

Highlights
  • Physics-based puzzle platforming
  • Color-coded physics mechanics
  • Hand-drawn tangram level design
  • Precision and momentum gameplay
  • Dynamic tessellations
Features
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You are a ball in a world of hand-colored tessels where color changes the rules of physics. Tessel Run is a physics-based puzzle platformer where color-coded tessels modify how the world behaves. Roll across different colored surfaces to flip gravity, remove obstacles, bounce higher, and chain effects together to reach the goal. Each level is built from hand-drawn tangram shapes, scanned from real paper drawings by the developers and assembled into dynamic tessellations. Precision, momentum, and experimentation matter. And falling is part of learning the path.

Screenshots

Grav Box4 screens
Tessel Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tessel Run at none against Grav Box's 10. Tessel Run also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Grav Box's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Grav Box sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Tessel Run asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tessel Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grav Box has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Grav Box versus Tessel Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrav BoxTessel Run
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (26 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGianluca CapraroMicah Arvey

Customer experience

Grav Box

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%

Tessel Run

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Grav Box

One-time10
  • Gold Blocks (100) Pack$0.99
  • Light Portal$0.99
  • Dark Portal$0.99
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  • Grav Box$0.99
  • Midnight$0.99
  • Daybreak$0.99
  • Beach$0.99
  • Jungle$0.99
  • Mist$0.99
  • Gold Blocks (1000) Pack$4.99
None

Tessel Run

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grav Box free?
Grav Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tessel Run free?
Tessel Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Grav Box or Tessel Run?
Tessel Run is rated higher. Grav Box averages 4.8 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Tessel Run averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Grav Box or Tessel Run have ads?
Grav Box shows ads; Tessel Run does not.

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