Comparison

What's inside the box? vs Brain Code

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

Head to head

What's inside the box?

Free

🎮 Games

★ 4.3111 ratingsView app →

Brain Code

50 Offline Levels, No Coding

Free

🎮 Games

★ 4.61.1K ratingsView app →

About

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.

Highlights

Solve 100+ puzzles
Discover box contents
Use hint system
Premium unlock available
Skip level option

Features

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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

About

Brain Code

Engage your mind with over 50 unique logic puzzles that test your problem-solving and creative thinking. This offline game offers an immersive, command-line inspired interface and a progressive difficulty curve. It's perfect for puzzle enthusiasts and anyone looking for a mental workout.

Highlights

50 unique logic puzzles
Command-line inspired interface
Multiple solutions per puzzle
Progressive difficulty
Offline play
Built-in hint system

Features

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Brain Code is a command-line-inspired puzzle game. Read a level, type a command, and use the response to work out what to try next. It’s a game about clues and logic, not a coding lesson. Explore 50 handcrafted levels. Some clues ask you to think beyond the obvious answer. No programming experience is needed: curiosity and careful observation are enough to begin. If you get stuck, optional in-game hints can give you a nudge. You can also leave a puzzle and return to it later. The levels can be played offline. Ready to try a different way of thinking? Start with the first level and see where your next command takes you. Questions or a bug to report? contact.kkapps@gmail.com Reading the description again? The last two lines may help. Tech info: STOP 0x000LVL09 REASON "i like this game"

Screenshots

What's inside the box?4 screens

Brain Code4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Brain Code at 4.6 against What's inside the box?'s 4.3. Brain Code also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 111). What's inside the box?'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. What's inside the box? sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Brain Code sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brain Code holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain Code has 1.1K ratings behind it against 111, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 78% and 77% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What's inside the box? ships an update every 3 months, Brain Code monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level

What's inside the box? versus Brain Code: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	What's inside the box?	Brain Code
Price	Free	Free
Rating	4.3 (111 ratings)	4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews	77.7% of reviews — better	76.7% of reviews
Number of ratings	111	1.1K — better
Update frequency	Every 3 months	Monthly — better
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	12.0 — better	15.0
Further details — not scored
Size	23 MB	30 MB
Age rating	12+	4+
Developer	Bart BONTE	Kyrylo Kartukov

Customer experience

What's inside the box?

All ratings111 ratings

Positive80.2%

Neutral7.2%

Negative12.6%

Written reviews112 reviews

Positive77.7%

Neutral12.5%

Negative9.8%

Brain Code

All ratings1,051 ratings

Positive88.7%

Neutral4.1%

Negative7.2%

Written reviews455 reviews

Positive76.7%

Neutral11.2%

Negative12.1%

User reviews

What's inside the box?

From 111 App Store ratings

What 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

Brain Code

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

🚀 Challenging and creative puzzles
👍 Unique coding-based gameplay
🧠 Requires out-of-the-box thinking
🎨 Clean and minimalistic design
💡 Innovative concept

Room to improve

🐛 Bugs with ads and level progression
🤔 Some puzzles require too much external knowledge
🤯 Extremely difficult at times
🔍 Lack of in-game guidance or hints

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

Brain Code

Reported bugs

4 issues

Inability to close ads
Level 24 equation puzzle not accepting correct answer
Level 39 unbeatable on iPhones without back button
Level 20 bug preventing progress

Requested features

4 requests

More levels and content updates
Improved ad experience
Walkthrough or solution guide
Keyboard support improvements

In-app purchases

1 purchases

What's inside the box?

One-time1

premium unlock$2.49

6 purchases

Brain Code

One-time6

pinch of tips$0.99
handful of tips$1.99
Platinum Pass$1.99

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2x handful of tips$2.99
tip fan$4.99
tip master$6.99

Questions

Is What's inside the box? free?

What's inside the box? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Is Brain Code free?

Brain Code is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Which has better reviews, What's inside the box? or Brain Code?

Brain Code is rated higher. What's inside the box? averages 4.3 out of 5 from 111 ratings, while Brain Code averages 4.6 from 1.1K ratings.

Do What's inside the box? or Brain Code have ads?

Both What's inside the box? and Brain Code show ads.

Which is updated more often, What's inside the box? or Brain Code?

What's inside the box? ships an update every 3 months, and Brain Code monthly. Most recently, What's inside the box? was updated on October 11, 2026 and Brain Code on October 10, 2026.