BlindBoxes vs Blindwave
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
Blindwave
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The dark is total. You guide a blind creature that sees only through echolocation: every pulse lights the walls for a heartbeat, then fades. All you keep is memory. Pulses are scarce. Blindwave is not a game of reflexes — it is a game of information. Spend a pulse and you see. Move blind and you save one. That single choice is the whole game. TWO WAYS TO SEE ◇ Short pulse — quiet, narrow, cheap ◇ Wide pulse — reveals everything, costs double, and is heard Something down there is listening. WHAT YOU WILL FIND ◇ 50 hand-built levels across 8 worlds ◇ Materials that rewrite the rules: walls that swallow the echo, amber that amplifies it, quicksilver that bends it around corners, glass you can see through but never cross ◇ Gates with their own rhythm, embers that must be lit, shadows that wake only when you shout ◇ A fog that hunts you, a glimmer that leads you, a shoal to herd home — and memories hidden off the path that tell the creature's story ◇ Every world opens and closes with its own scene, where its material answers your echo ◇ A daily challenge — the same level for everyone, every day. Build a streak, share your result ◇ Zen Wave: no enemies, nothing to count ◇ Endless Echo: descend until the echo gives out MADE FOR ONE HAND, IN THE DARK ◇ Portrait, one thumb, no buttons — tap, hold, swipe ◇ Text follows the size you choose on your iPhone ◇ Spatial audio and haptics carry the information: fully playable with the screen dimmed ◇ Works entirely offline. No account, no network, nothing to sign up for HONEST BY DESIGN Free to try: the first world and the daily challenge, forever. One payment unlocks everything else. ◇ No ads. No subscriptions. No energy timers. No loot boxes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BlindBoxes at none against Blindwave's 1. Blindwave's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 108 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Blindwave sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BlindBoxes asks for nothing beyond the download.
BlindBoxes ships an update every 108 months, Blindwave every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlindBoxes | Blindwave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 108 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | RWK Systems | ENRIQUE GOMEZ TORNERO |
In-app purchases
BlindBoxes
No in-app purchases
Blindwave
- Full Campaign$0.99









