BlindBoxes vs Pocket Claw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlindBoxes
Experience the excitement of opening virtual blind boxes and collecting digital figures. Complete sets to unlock real-world rewards and grow your collection. Designed for all ages with simple, friendly gameplay.
- Open virtual blind boxes
- Collect digital figures
- Complete sets
- Unlock real-world rewards
- Explore your collection
- No in-app purchases
- No ads
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Love the thrill of opening blind boxes, blind bags, and mystery toys? Experience it anytime for free with BlindBoxes: The Game. Open virtual packages, reveal new figures, complete sets, and grow your digital collection — all while unlocking real-world rewards from BlindBoxes.com! How it works • Check your mail: Packages arrive over time. Tap to see what’s waiting for you. • Open your blind box: Discover which series it’s from, then tap again to reveal the figure inside. • Add it to your collection: Each figure shows whether it’s new or a duplicate, along with its rarity and odds (matching real-world blind boxes whenever possible). • Explore your collection: Browse the series you’ve unlocked and view the figures you’ve collected. • Earn rewards: Reach milestones—like opening a certain number of boxes or completing a set—and unlock exclusive coupons for BlindBoxes.com (USA only). Designed for all ages • No in-app purchases • No ads • Simple, friendly gameplay for kids and adults who love the excitement of unboxing
Pocket Claw
Experience the thrill of a claw machine right on your phone. Collect hundreds of cute toys from popular games, customize your dioramas, and share your creations. Enjoy physics-based gameplay with various claw types and themed machines.
- 2D physics-based gameplay
- Cute 2D graphics
- Magic Cube game themed machines
- 10 different claw types
- Over 300 toys to collect
- Create and share dioramas
- iCloud Save & Load support
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A cute claw machine in your pocket! Introducing the free claw machine, Pocket Claw from Magic Cube! The characters of the popular games of Magic Cube are appeared as a toy in the Claw Machines. Meet and Collect them using various claws on various types of claw machines! - 2D Physics-based - Cute 2D graphics : Easy and fun to play for everyone! - Magic Cube's game themed claw machines - 10 different types of claws - More than 300 cute toys to collect - 11 special prizes : Collect all the toys for each machine to win special diorama bases! - Make your own diorama with toys you've collected - Share your dioramas on Facebook or Twitter! - Many more machines to come in future updates -Support iCloud Save & Load. *Machines list Infect Them All : Zombies Infect Them All : Vampires Amidauji Knight The Lord of the Roads The Lord of the Rush Fantasy Puzzle Saga RPS Saga Tapmon Very Bad Company God Strike Flying Doggy Barcode Kingdom Barcode Knight
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BlindBoxes at none against Pocket Claw's 5. BlindBoxes also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 49%) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Pocket Claw's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 108 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Pocket Claw sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. BlindBoxes asks for nothing beyond the download.
BlindBoxes holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of BlindBoxes's written reviews are positive against 49% of Pocket Claw's.
BlindBoxes ships an update every 108 months, Pocket Claw weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlindBoxes | Pocket Claw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better | 4.3 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 48.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 108 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RWK Systems | Magic Cube |
Customer experience
BlindBoxes
Pocket Claw
Bugs and requests
BlindBoxes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pocket Claw
Reported bugs
26 issues- Game crashes after playing
- Game self-closes after reopening
- Claw machine only sometimes picks up toys
- Game restarts and drops toys
- Toys disappear after being picked up
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- Game crashes when trying to play
- Toys don't appear or disappear
- Money goes from 200 to 0 after first go
- Figures are always turned around in boxes
- Constant lag and crashing
- Game loads, toys fall, disappear, then game crashes
- Game crashes every time toys are retrieved
- Game crashes when controlling claw or exiting menu
- Toys disappear and then the game crashes
- Game crashes when trying to play
- Game crashes every time the claw is sent down
- Game is full of jank
- Game crashes after getting a new character
- Disgusting ads (half-naked women personal ads)
- Unplayable due to lag and crashing
- Game crashes on startup
- Game crashes after a few seconds
- Claw purposely lets go of things
- Game crashes when trying to play
- Game crashes every time
- Toys disappear and then the game crashes
Requested features
7 requests- More toys to add (Soul Eater, Ouran High, Jurassic Park, Powerpuff Girls, Care Bears, Stranger Things, Pokémon, FNAF, Disney Princess, Digimon, cats, toy cars, kill the dictator toys, rats, doggies, Xbox and Xbox games, magical animals, food machine, sci-fi aliens theme)
- More characters (Mario, Link, Plants vs Zombies, Goku, Pikachu, Naruto, Sonic, Kirby, Jacksepticeye, Markiplier)
- Sport machines with sports toys
- Neutral themed machines (zoo animals, ocean)
- A second version of the game
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- Make the box bigger
- Fix the OCD bug with toy orientation in boxes
In-app purchases
BlindBoxes
No in-app purchases
Pocket Claw
- 2,000 Cubes$0.99
- 15,000 Cubes$4.99
- 40,000 Cubes$9.99
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- Special Cube pack$9.99
- 100,000 Cubes$19.99
