What's inside the box? vs Sticky Terms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
What's inside the box?
Engage in a series of challenging puzzles to uncover the contents of various boxes. Utilize hints to overcome difficult levels and unlock additional features for an enhanced experience.
- Solve 100+ puzzles
- Discover box contents
- Use hint system
- Premium unlock available
- Skip level option
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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
Sticky Terms
Explore a collection of 250 unique words from various languages that lack direct translations. Challenge your mind by deciphering the meanings of these untranslatable terms through engaging puzzles.
- 250 untranslatable words
- Language puzzles
- Meaning deciphering
- Unique vocabulary
- Brain teaser game
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»Farpotshket« is Yiddish for »trying to fix something, thereby ruining it«. Puzzle through this and 249 other words that have no equivalent in other languages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sticky Terms at none against What's inside the box?'s 1. Sticky Terms also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.3). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. What's inside the box? sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sticky Terms asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sticky Terms holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sticky Terms has 2.7K ratings behind it against 111, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of What's inside the box?'s written reviews are positive against 88% of Sticky Terms's.
What's inside the box? ships an update every 3 months, Sticky Terms every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | What's inside the box? | Sticky Terms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (111 ratings) | 4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.7% of reviews | 87.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 111 | 2.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bart BONTE | Philipp Stollenmayer |
Customer experience
What's inside the box?
Sticky Terms
User reviews
What's inside the box?
From 111 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🧩 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
Room to improve
- 🐛 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
Sticky Terms
From 2.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and challenging puzzles
- 🤓 Educational - learning new words
- 🎨 Unique and creative visual design
- 💰 No in-app purchases, just ads
- 🕹️ Satisfying gameplay mechanics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or performance issues
- 🕰️ Levels can be completed too quickly
- 🌐 Limited language/word diversity
- 🔇 No option to disable sound effects
Bugs and requests
What's inside the box?
Reported bugs
7 issues- 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
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- Hints not unlocking next level despite correct solution
- Multiple levels appearing identical or too similar (52/72, 81/88)
Requested features
6 requests- Skip button for difficult levels
- Pause functionality during gameplay
- Improved hint system with clearer guidance
- Additional levels beyond 100
- Better progress save system
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- Sequel or expansion content
Sticky Terms
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incorrect word definitions or translations
- Unresponsive controls in certain levels
- Graphical glitches on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more levels and words
- Include word pronunciation audio
- Implement a hint system or tutorial
- Expand to more languages and cultures
In-app purchases
What's inside the box?
- premium unlock$2.49
Sticky Terms
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is What's inside the box? free?
Is Sticky Terms free?
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