Comparison

Bad Box vs Bored Hub

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Collect slow motion items
  • Use shields for survival
  • Destroy geometry blocks with weapons
  • Power up skills with coins
  • Offline play supported
Features
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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.

About

Bored Hub

Engage in a collection of nine rapid mini-games designed for quick bursts of entertainment. Challenge yourself offline or compete against others online in fast-paced, reflex-testing gameplay.

Highlights
  • Nine short mini-games
  • Offline solo play
  • Online multiplayer challenges
  • No account required
  • Ad-free experience
  • Fast-paced gameplay
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Bored? Play quick games in seconds. Bored Hub is a collection of 9 short, swift mini-games designed for when you have a minute to kill. Games include: • Pushback — Tap faster than your opponent • Ricochet — Physics-based slingshot battles • Deflect — Reflex laser pin defense • Apex — High-speed dodging • Synapse — Connect the nodes before they overload • Echo — Word chain reaction • Impostor — Find the odd symbol out • Avalanche — Smash falling rocks • Wrong Answer — Tap the wrong answer (your brain fights back) Play solo offline or challenge real players online. No accounts, no ads, no fuss.

Screenshots

Bad Box3 screens
Bored Hub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bored Hub at none against Bad Box's 1. Bored Hub also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 20 months). Bad Box's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and device support 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. Bad Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bored Hub asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bad Box against 5.0 for Bored Hub. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bad Box ships an update every 20 months, Bored Hub every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bad Box versus Bored Hub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBad BoxBored Hub
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlayenseBlack Road Health LLC

Customer experience

Bad Box

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bored Hub

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bad Box

One-time1
  • Remove Ad$0.99
None

Bored Hub

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bad Box free?
Bad Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bored Hub free?
Bored Hub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bad Box or Bored Hub?
Bad Box and Bored Hub are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Bad Box or Bored Hub have ads?
Bad Box shows ads; Bored Hub does not.
Which is updated more often, Bad Box or Bored Hub?
Bad Box ships an update every 20 months, and Bored Hub every 2 days. Most recently, Bad Box was updated on October 7, 2026 and Bored Hub on September 22, 2026.

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