Comparison

Switch Sides vs Bad Box

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

Head to head
About

Switch Sides

A one-tap arcade game where players guide a red circle through challenging loops. Avoid purple obstacles and collect orange items to boost your score. The game offers a progressively difficult experience with relaxing audio and visuals.

Highlights
  • One-tap gameplay
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Score collection
  • Progressive difficulty
  • Relaxing audio and visuals
  • GameCentre leaderboards
  • Achievements
Features
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In this simple yet competitive one-tap game, you must guide the red circle around the loops by tapping the screen to switch the side it is on! Anything purple must be avoided, and anything orange should be collected to increase score! The game gets progressively harder as new obstacles start to spawn and you speed up. This game will test your ability to react as well adapt to new unexpected hurdles and overcome them while providing a fun experience with relaxing audio and visuals! Compete with your friends on the GameCentre leaderboards and reach new high scores to earn achievements!

About

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.

Highlights
  • Collect slow motion items
  • Use shields for survival
  • Destroy geometry blocks with weapons
  • Power up skills with coins
  • Offline play supported
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Switch Sides4 screens
Bad Box3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Switch Sides at none against Bad Box's shown. Bad Box's advantage is update cadence (every 20 months vs every 41 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Switch Sides sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bad Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Switch Sides against 5.0 for Bad Box. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Switch Sides ships an update every 41 months, Bad Box every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Switch Sides versus Bad Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwitch SidesBad Box
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 41 monthsEvery 20 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEthan Sarif-KattanPlayense

Customer experience

Switch Sides

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bad Box

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Switch Sides

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

Bad Box

One-time1
  • Remove Ad$0.99

Questions

Is Switch Sides free?
Switch Sides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bad Box free?
Bad Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Switch Sides or Bad Box?
Switch Sides and Bad Box are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Switch Sides or Bad Box have ads?
Bad Box shows ads; Switch Sides does not.
Which is updated more often, Switch Sides or Bad Box?
Switch Sides ships an update every 41 months, and Bad Box every 20 months. Most recently, Switch Sides was updated on November 2, 2026 and Bad Box on November 8, 2026.

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