BoxToPlay vs Homerun Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BoxToPlay
Manage all your services from your mobile device. Stay updated on server activities, chat with friends, and configure plugins and servers remotely.
- Remote service management
- In-game friend chat
- Plugin management
- Server configuration
- Real-time updates
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Your community does not wait until you are back at your desk. With BoxToPlay, keep your servers close, wherever your day takes you. Getting ready for a gaming night? A player needs a hand? A server needs a restart? Reach your tools, services and Choupy from your phone or tablet. Your servers, right on your home screen Make your widgets your own: choose your server, metrics, charts and colors. Check what matters at a glance and open your dashboard with a tap. Push notifications that keep you connected Receive push notifications on your phone without keeping the app open. Choose the events and thresholds that matter to you: server status, resources or a player joining. Customize your alerts to stay close to your community, even when you are away from your desk. Control without the detour Start, stop or restart supported servers. Open the console, find your players and access your settings and backups. Your familiar tools go wherever you go. Your gaming world goes with you Get ready for your next session, look after your players and shape your servers around your next idea. Find the settings, versions and content available for each of your services. Choupy is here to help Have a question, a setting to understand or need a helping hand? Find the BoxToPlay assistant and your support tools inside the app. One place for your services Game servers, Minecraft, BungeeCord and Velocity proxies, VPS and TeamSpeak: bring your BoxToPlay services together in an interface built to go with you. A BoxToPlay account and an Internet connection are required. Tools, metrics and actions depend on your services and permissions. Widget update frequency depends on your device.
Homerun Go
Transform your phone into a fully functional Minecraft server. Easily set up worlds, manage players, and host games for friends over the internet without needing a PC or cloud rental. Enjoy real-time console access and performance monitoring.
- Create servers in under a minute
- Friends join from anywhere
- Live console with command input
- Player management (kick, ban, op)
- World snapshots and rollback
- Co-host invitations with roles
- Public server listing and discovery
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Homerun Go turns your phone into a real Minecraft server. Not a remote control for a server somewhere else. The world runs on the phone in your hand, and your friends connect over the internet from their own devices. CREATE A SERVER IN ABOUT A MINUTE Pick a name, a version, and your world settings. Homerun Go handles the networking, the port, and the setup. No PC and no cloud rental. FRIENDS JOIN FROM ANYWHERE Every server gets its own address, like yourname.gethomerun.app. Send it with the share sheet and your friends connect from Minecraft: Java Edition on their own devices. Playing on the same wifi? Put the server on your local network instead. RUN IT LIKE A REAL HOST • Live console with command input • Player list with kick, ban, and op controls • Charts for performance and players over time • World snapshots you can roll back with one tap • Difficulty, game mode, whitelist, view distance, and more HOST TOGETHER Invite co-hosts by email or a one-time link, with owner, admin, and member roles. With backups on, a friend's device can even take over hosting. FIND AND BE FOUND List your server publicly so anyone can discover it. Browse other public servers with live player counts and ping, and follow minigame leaderboards with your own Minecraft profile. LIGHT ON YOUR BATTERY Servers on your phone run on Pumpkin, an open source server engine written in Rust and light enough for a phone. Phone servers are vanilla Java Edition, so mods and plugins stay on Homerun Desktop, where your account keeps everything in sync. Homerun Go is free. Start as a guest, then add a free account for backups, a custom address, and sync with Homerun Desktop. NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT PRODUCT. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG OR MICROSOFT.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Homerun Go at weekly against BoxToPlay's every 54 months. BoxToPlay's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BoxToPlay ships an update every 54 months, Homerun Go weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BoxToPlay | Homerun Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 54 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GeniusWare | Ethereal Network Sciences PBC |
Customer experience
BoxToPlay
Homerun Go
In-app purchases
BoxToPlay
No in-app purchases
Homerun Go
No in-app purchases









