Comparison

Gorogoa vs Boxville

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

Head to head
About

Gorogoa

Experience a unique puzzle game where you manipulate beautifully hand-drawn panels to solve intricate challenges. This award-winning title offers a new kind of storytelling through its imaginative gameplay and gorgeous illustrations.

Highlights
  • Imaginative panel arrangement puzzles
  • Beautifully hand-drawn illustrations
  • Original storytelling
  • Point-and-click gameplay
  • Award-winning puzzle experience
Features
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"An exquisite point-and-click game." - The Washington Post "...one of the most engaging puzzle games in recent memory." - GameSpot "...one of the best puzzle games to ever grace my iPad." - Destructoid "....a virtually flawless iOS experience." - AppAdvice Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. UNIQUELY IMAGINATIVE PUZZLES The gameplay of Gorogoa is wholly original, comprised of lavishly illustrated panels that players arrange and combine in imaginative ways to solve puzzles. Impeccably simple, yet satisfyingly complex. GORGEOUSLY HAND-DRAWN GAMEPLAY Jason Roberts created thousands of meticulously detailed hand-drawn illustrations, encompassing the impressive scope of Gorogoa's personal narrative. A NEW KIND OF STORYTELLING Gorogoa isn't just a game - it's a work of art, expressing itself through soulful, charming illustrations and distinguished puzzle mechanics.

About

Boxville

This animated adventure puzzle game features speechless cans navigating a city of boxes. Solve logic puzzles and riddles, explore a charming world, and uncover the mystery behind earthquakes. Enjoy a unique audio-visual experience, playable solo or with a friend.

Highlights
  • Animated film and puzzle game hybrid
  • Hand-drawn graphics and custom animations
  • Environmental quests and logical puzzles
  • Unique music for each scene
  • Wordless communication via speech bubbles
  • Playable solo or co-op
Features
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Boxville is 2-in-1: an animated film and a puzzle game. Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Boxville is good for playing alone to dive into the atmosphere and challenge your brain with sophisticated logic puzzles and riddles, or playing with a friend or family to share unique audio-visual experiences and solve the puzzles together. Design The core idea of the game is that it’s not just a game - but also an animated film that you can watch and play at the same time. We designed Boxville’s gameplay with the purpose of taking away your anxiety and stress. You can explore and observe the world without rushing and pressure. The game is full of environmental quests and logical puzzles that we have carefully picked from among hundreds of options. Story Boxville is a city of boxes populated with old cans. They live quiet and happy lives with their everyday routines and habits. But one day, unexplained earthquakes disturbed their idyll... Blue Can (our hero) lost his best friend because of that. He started his search but it is not so easy to move through the city after earthquakes. He has to find a way to move forward, return the friend back home and discover the real reason for all those earthquakes. There are many adventures, new friends and it’s not only friends that are waiting for him on the way. He has to be curious, inventive, careful, and to help others, to reach his goal. What you can expect to see and hear in Boxville: - Hand-drawn graphics — all backgrounds and characters are carefully drawn by our artists. - Every animation and sound is created especially for each interaction. - Unique music track was created for every scene to accomplish the atmosphere of the game. - Tens of logical puzzles and mini-games are tightly incorporated into the story of the game. - There are no words in the game — all characters communicate via cartoony speechbubbles.

Screenshots

Gorogoa4 screens
Boxville4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Boxville at every 9 days against Gorogoa's every 2 months. Boxville also leads on price ($3.99 vs $4.99). Gorogoa's advantage is chart position (#16 vs unranked) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 755). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Gorogoa costs $4.99 and Boxville $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Gorogoa against 4.7 for Boxville. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.3K and 755 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Gorogoa's written reviews are positive against 78% of Boxville's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gorogoa ships an update every 2 months, Boxville every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Gorogoa versus Boxville: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGorogoaBoxville
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.6 (2.3K ratings)4.7 (755 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.6% of reviews — better78.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2.3K — better755
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size602 MB1.2 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnnapurna Games, LLCTriomatica Games

Customer experience

Gorogoa

All ratings2,290 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews549 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral6.0%
Negative12.4%

Boxville

All ratings755 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.0%
Negative13.7%

User reviews

Gorogoa

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Stunning visuals and artwork
  • 💡 Unique and innovative gameplay mechanics
  • 🚀 Captivating and immersive experience
  • 🤔 Thought-provoking and intriguing story

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Relatively short playtime
  • 🤔 Puzzles can be confusing at times
  • 🔍 Difficult to see small details on smaller screens
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and progress loss issues

Boxville

From 755 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Enjoyable puzzles
  • 🎨 Beautiful art and animation
  • 🎶 Lovely music
  • 🧠 Challenging but logical puzzles
  • 🤗 Charming characters and story

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Short game length
  • 🔍 Tiny inventory items hard to see
  • 🤯 Some puzzles too obscure
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🤖 Lack of hint system or ability to skip puzzles

Bugs and requests

Gorogoa

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on certain levels
  • Progress not saving properly
  • Unresponsive controls in some areas

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and chapters
  • Difficulty options or customization
  • Improved save/load functionality
  • Compatibility optimizations for smaller devices

Boxville

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress reset after updates
  • Inventory items disappearing
  • Puzzle mechanics not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer game with more content
  • Ability to use stylus/Apple Pencil
  • Improved save/load system
  • In-game hints or ability to skip puzzles

In-app purchases

None

Gorogoa

No in-app purchases

None

Boxville

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gorogoa free?
Gorogoa costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boxville free?
Boxville costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gorogoa or Boxville?
Boxville is rated higher. Gorogoa averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while Boxville averages 4.7 from 755 ratings.
Do Gorogoa or Boxville have ads?
Neither Gorogoa nor Boxville shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gorogoa or Boxville?
Gorogoa ships an update every 2 months, and Boxville every 9 days. Most recently, Gorogoa was updated on October 18, 2026 and Boxville on October 18, 2026.

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