BOXD vs TapTower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BOXD
Merge and evolve cardboard boxes to discover over 100 unique designs. Build a box company from humble beginnings to a multimillion-dollar enterprise. Utilize offline production and compete with friends to maximize earnings.
- Fuse boxes to discover new ones
- Collect over 100 unique boxes
- Prestige for Rainbow Boxes
- Offline production for earnings
- Compete with friends via leaderboards
Read full descriptionHide full description
What does a cardboard box fused with another cardboard box give you? A watermelon box of course! Collect, fuse and evolve boxes to discover better boxes! Start your box company with a cardboard box and grow into a multimillion dollar company! Who needs eggs or cookies when you have boxes! FEATURES ◆ Fuse boxes together and discover new ones ◆ Complete your Boxpedia by collecting 100+ unique boxes ◆ Prestige to earn Rainbow Boxes and maximize your box income ◆ Use the power of offline production to supercharge your box earnings ◆ Compete against friends through achievements and leaderboards Enjoy the game? Please leave a review and tell us what you'd like to see in the next update. We ready *every single* review!
TapTower
Manage your finances and make strategic decisions to construct a unique skyscraper. With each tap, improve your tower's design and materials, aiming to create the most impressive building in the city and amass a fortune.
- Manage cash flow
- Make construction decisions
- Tap to improve tower
- Choose building materials
- Design unique floors
- Build a profitable business
Read full descriptionHide full description
Time to build up your profitable business! Manage cash and make decisions as a construction manager and with every tap your tower will improve. And it’s only for you to know how your tower will look like. - Decide what parts to buy for your tower building. - Distribute cash and choose what materials to use in the construction. - Accept the challenge for true capitalist. Make your tower the best in the city! Let’s make something fantastic! Each floor of your tower will have its own design. It can be anything: stone fortress, giant fairy tree, sand castle or even space station! Creating your own design as simple as it sounds: buy a piece of building materials with one tap, check out how it looks on the walls of your high-rise tower. Enjoy creation process, build an amazing construction and make a fortune!
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BOXD at none against TapTower's shown. BOXD also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 48%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). TapTower's advantage is ratings volume (3K vs 68). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. BOXD sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and TapTower sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TapTower holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TapTower has 3K ratings behind it against 68, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of BOXD's written reviews are positive against 48% of TapTower's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BOXD ships an update every 2 weeks, TapTower every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BOXD | TapTower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (68 ratings) | 4.7 (3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.8% of reviews — better | 48.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 68 | 3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 752 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PIXELCUBE STUDIOS INC. | WAZZAPPS GLOBAL LIMITED |
Customer experience
BOXD
TapTower
User reviews
BOXD
From 68 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive and fun
- 👍 Great time-killer
- 🎨 Visually appealing
- 💡 Frequent updates
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 💰 Expensive upgrades
- 🔋 Offline progress issues
- 🔇 No music/sound controls
TapTower
From 3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and satisfying gameplay
- 👍 Relaxing and addictive experience
- 💕 Great visuals and art style
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent progress resets and data loss
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🔄 Repetitive and limited content
Bugs and requests
BOXD
Reported bugs
4 issues- Video boost not working
- Boxes disappearing after merging
- Upgrade issues with timed events
- Frequent crashes and freezes
Requested features
5 requests- More upgrade options
- Prestige/progression system
- Automatic box combining
- Ability to rearrange boxes
- More box types and content
TapTower
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes and crashes
- Offline rewards and ads not working
- Progress and upgrades randomly reset
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content updates
- Option to disable ads or pay to remove them
- Improved save/load functionality
In-app purchases
BOXD
- Money Doubler$0.99
- Open Piggy Bank$2.99
- Offline Production$4.99
Show 3 moreShow fewer
- Crate of BOXD Money$4.99
- Truck of BOXD Money$9.99
- Cargo Ship of BOXD Money$19.99
TapTower
- Tiny Pack of Crystals$1.99
- Starter Kit2 variants$1.99
- Medium Pack of Crystals$9.99
Show 5 moreShow fewer
- Voxie - personal manager$9.99
- Subvertiser Uni$9.99
- Uni & Voxy$14.99
- Large Pack of Crystals$19.99
- Huge Pack of Crystals$49.99
