Comparison

BlindBoxes vs Blindwave

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Open virtual blind boxes
  • Collect digital figures
  • Complete sets
  • Unlock real-world rewards
  • Explore your collection
  • No in-app purchases
  • No ads
Features
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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

About

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.

Screenshots

BlindBoxes4 screens
Blindwave4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blindwave sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BlindBoxes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BlindBoxes versus Blindwave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlindBoxesBlindwave
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 108 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB8 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRWK SystemsENRIQUE GOMEZ TORNERO

In-app purchases

None

BlindBoxes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Blindwave

One-time1
  • Full Campaign$0.99

Questions

Is BlindBoxes free?
BlindBoxes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blindwave free?
Blindwave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BlindBoxes or Blindwave have ads?
Neither BlindBoxes nor Blindwave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BlindBoxes or Blindwave?
BlindBoxes ships an update every 108 months, and Blindwave every 3 weeks. Most recently, BlindBoxes was updated on November 2, 2026 and Blindwave on November 6, 2026.

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