EtherBox vs Cytocell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EtherBox
Experience an avant-garde electronic music game set in a futuristic city. Navigate challenging patterns with simple controls across multiple game modes. Immerse yourself in a unique audio-visual journey with an evolving soundtrack.
- Simple and fun gameplay
- Multiple challenging patterns
- Arcade, casual, and nightmare modes
- Aesthetical game interface
- Unique electronic music soundtrack
- Regular track updates
- Supports 11 languages
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[EtherBox] is an electronic music game based on the idea of "The City of the Future" - produced by the Blingame indie game studio. # Simple x Fun x Avant-Garde # 1. Simple, easy to play; multiple challenging patterns. Arcade, casual, nightmare 3 level modes could be chosen. 2. Aesthetical game interface, along with the rhythm of electronic music, which takes you through to the future. 3. Unique soundtrack, a number of independent Chinese electronic music producers would take you into a different world of /audio banquet. 4. More tracks continue to update, so stay tuned. 5. Support 11 different languages # Game concept # "This is a box from outer space!" Through the images projected by this box, you can see various images of the "future world." The story is about your (the player) accidentally discovery on this weird box, and by unlocking the content of the EtherBox gradually, it's a diary from the future world that fragmentarily captures some passage of the authors through to the future world. The game will also have several episodes: "departure", "shuttle", "lost", and "Utopia”. # Cross-border art creation # Developer's words, "We want to make a different game, using electronic music, visual design to express our imagination of the future, making the game an art carrier, simple, interesting and avant-garde. We believe in the future, we will launch More cross-border art creation works, I hope you like it. " # Share your ideas with us # Email:blingame@outlook.com Website:https://blingame.net Facebook: @etherbox Twitter : @etherboxapp Enjoy it. ;)
Cytocell
Control a cell in primordial tidepools, using your trail to surround and consume red cells. Grow your abilities to absorb larger masses and experience satisfying visual and auditory feedback. Choose from three distinct game modes, from relaxing to highly challenging.
- Consume and absorb cells
- Grow trail and capture masses
- Harmonizing musical movements
- Satisfying cell absorption effects
- Relaxing, Balanced, and Challenging modes
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Venture into Earth's primordial tidepools as the Cytocell. Use your trail to surround red cells and consume them. Grow to obtain more trails and absorb the multiplying masses. Experience: • Musical Movements - Melodic aquatic notes harmonize with each swipe, point, and level up. • Satisfying Successes - Absorbed cells pop and burst in the most satisfying way. • Powerful Progression - The masses you can capture with your trail increase exponentially with each level up. Three Ways To Play: • Relaxing - Take a deep breath, swipe simple shapes to calm sea tones. • Balanced - Survive against the multiplying waves of red cells. • Challenging - For experienced players. Only 1% ever pass 1000, are you among them? Play now for free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: EtherBox at 7.0 against Cytocell's 12.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. EtherBox sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Cytocell sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for EtherBox against 5.0 for Cytocell. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively.
| Parameter | EtherBox | Cytocell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 259 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZhiXiong Huang | Adam Klein |
Customer experience
EtherBox
Cytocell
In-app purchases
EtherBox
- Get 3 Hearts$0.99
- Get 1000 Crystals$0.99
- Get 10 Hearts$1.99
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- Remove all the ads$1.99
- Double the Powers$1.99
- Get 3000 Crystals$2.99
- Get 5000 Crystals$4.99
- Infinite Hearts$4.99
- Unlock all of the music$17.99
Cytocell
- Unlock All Skins$1.99









