BOXD vs Exponential Idle
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
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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!
Exponential Idle
Engage in a math-inspired incremental game where you strategically stack virtual money through exponential growth. Advance through time, make variable changes, and purchase upgrades to accelerate your earnings and unlock achievements.
- Exponential growth mechanics
- Time progression
- Change of variables
- Buy upgrades
- Earn virtual money
- Unlock achievements
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Play Exponential Idle, a math-inspired incremental game. Your goal is to stack up money by taking advantage of exponential growth. To do so, you have to step through time by tapping the equation or simply let the time follow its course. You can perform change of variables to accelerate the process, buy upgrades, get rewards, and unlock achievements while earning virtual money.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BOXD at none against Exponential Idle's shown. Exponential Idle's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (4.1K vs 68). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Exponential Idle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Exponential Idle holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exponential Idle has 4.1K ratings behind it against 68, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of BOXD's written reviews are positive against 92% of Exponential Idle's.
BOXD ships an update every 2 weeks, Exponential Idle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BOXD | Exponential Idle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (68 ratings) | 4.9 (4.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.8% of reviews | 91.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 68 | 4.1K — 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 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PIXELCUBE STUDIOS INC. | Gilles-Philippe Paille |
Customer experience
BOXD
Exponential Idle
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
Exponential Idle
From 4.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great and addicting game
- 👍 Interesting story and educational
- 👍 Numbers go big
- 👍 User-friendly with good descriptions
- 👍 Highly automated progression
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- ⏱️ Slow progression after initial stages
- 🕹️ Difficult mini-games
- 🔒 Harsh time-change penalty
- 🔋 Potential performance issues on some devices
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
Exponential Idle
Reported bugs
3 issues- Puzzle mini-games not loading correctly
- Offline progress issues after updates
- Occasional app crashes
Requested features
5 requests- More mini-games and challenges
- Better explanations for advanced mechanics
- Adjustable color schemes and visual customization
- Improved offline progress tracking
- Smoother performance and optimization
In-app purchases
BOXD
- Money Doubler$0.99
- Open Piggy Bank$2.99
- Offline Production$4.99
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- Crate of BOXD Money$4.99
- Truck of BOXD Money$9.99
- Cargo Ship of BOXD Money$19.99
Exponential Idle
- Donate$0.99
- Permanent Ad Reward$1.99
- Donate$1.99
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- Donate$3.99
