Comparison

Florence vs Boxville

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

Head to head
About

Florence

Experience a touching interactive story about a young woman's first love. Navigate the highs and lows of a relationship through engaging mini-games inspired by graphic novels. Discover personal growth and the complexities of connection.

Highlights
  • Interactive storybook
  • Mini-game vignettes
  • Relationship progression
  • Character development
  • Graphic novel inspiration
Features
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Florence is an interactive storybook from the award-winning lead designer of Monument Valley about the heart-racing highs and heartbreaking lows of a young woman's very first love. Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself. Experience every beat of Florence and Krish's relationship through a series of mini-game vignettes - from flirting to fighting, from helping each other grow... to growing apart. Drawing inspiration from 'slice of life' graphic novels and webcomics, Florence is an intimate and unforgettable story.

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

Florence4 screens
Boxville4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Boxville at every 9 days against Florence's every 2 months. Florence's advantage is ratings volume (8.8K vs 755) and chart position (#32 vs unranked). 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

Florence costs $2.99 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 Florence against 4.7 for Boxville. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Florence has 8.8K ratings behind it against 755, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 78% and 78% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Florence ships an update every 2 months, Boxville every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Florence versus Boxville: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlorenceBoxville
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.6 (8.8K ratings)4.7 (755 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews78.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.8K — better755
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#32 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.2 GB1.2 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnnapurna Games, LLCTriomatica Games

Customer experience

Florence

All ratings8,797 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews1,457 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative13.3%

Boxville

All ratings755 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews225 reviews
Positive78.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative13.8%

User reviews

Florence

From 8.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💎 Genuinely a masterpiece
  • 💎 Character Development
  • 💎 A brief but great game
  • 💎 Light escape from reality
  • 💎 Beautiful!

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Not worth it imo
  • 🤔 Short and only somewhat Interactive
  • 🤔 Beautiful, but underwhelming
  • 🤔 Meh.
  • 🤔 Disappointing

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

Florence

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Login screen freezes

Requested features

3 requests
  • More chapters or a whole new story
  • Multiple endings
  • Longer gameplay

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

Florence

No in-app purchases

None

Boxville

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Florence free?
Florence costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boxville free?
Boxville costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Florence or Boxville?
Boxville is rated higher. Florence averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8.8K ratings, while Boxville averages 4.7 from 755 ratings.
Do Florence or Boxville have ads?
Neither Florence nor Boxville shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Florence or Boxville?
Florence ships an update every 2 months, and Boxville every 9 days. Most recently, Florence was updated on September 27, 2026 and Boxville on September 25, 2026.

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