Bad Box vs Bad Marbles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Collect slow motion items
- Use shields for survival
- Destroy geometry blocks with weapons
- Power up skills with coins
- Offline play supported
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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.
Bad Marbles
A fast-paced arcade game where players must quickly smash red marbles while sparing green ones to earn rewards and achieve high scores. Customize your experience with earned diamonds to unlock new visuals and sounds.
- Smash red marbles, spare green ones
- Collect diamonds for rewards
- Unlock unique customizations
- Set and beat high scores
- Customize gameplay experience
- Fast-paced skill challenge
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It's a fast-paced challenge of skill and timing in Bad Marbles! Smash red marbles before they cross the screen and spare the green ones to collect diamonds, unlock tons of unique rewards, and set a high score! Intense Gameplay Keep your eyes on the screen as you tap away the bad marbles while letting the good ones roll by. Miss a red marble and you lose a life, but let a green marble pass and your score climbs! Streaks and Rewards As you get better, the game rewards you. Let enough good marbles pass and you’ll start a streak, earning diamonds to unlock new rewards. Slow down time, explode bad marbles, or change up the background, ramp, and music to keep things fresh and exciting! Customize Your Experience Every diamond you earn can be used to customize your gameplay. From new ramps and special backgrounds to dynamic soundtracks that make each game unique, you’re in control! Climb the Ranks With every bad marble you smash and every green marble you spare, each tap brings you closer to a new high score! Beat your friends and claim the title of Bad Marbles champion!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bad Marbles at every 3 days against Bad Box's every 20 months. Bad Marbles also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Bad Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bad Marbles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bad Box against 5.0 for Bad Marbles. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bad Marbles has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bad Box ships an update every 20 months, Bad Marbles every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bad Box | Bad Marbles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 3 days — 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 | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Playense | Tyler Green |
Customer experience
Bad Box
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In-app purchases
Bad Box
- Remove Ad$0.99
Bad Marbles
- Remove Ads$1.99
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