Comparison

EtherBox vs Little Guardians

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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. ;)

About

Little Guardians

Embark on an emotional puzzle-platformer adventure as a child searching for family. Explore diverse lands, solve environmental puzzles, and discover themes of hope and forgiveness. This cinematic game offers a gentle, family-friendly experience with a heartfelt story.

Highlights
  • Cinematic puzzle-platformer
  • Heartfelt and meaningful story
  • Environmental puzzle solving
  • Family-friendly experience
  • Offline play
  • Subtitles in 13 languages
Features
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Little Guardians: The Last Hope is a cinematic puzzle-platformer created for children, teenagers, and families. The game follows Liam, a young child who is suddenly separated from his mother, his home, and the world he knows. What begins as a search for family becomes an emotional journey through fear, friendship, nature, forgiveness, and hope. Travel through forests, caves, mountains, forgotten places, and dreamlike lands. Solve environmental puzzles, overcome gentle challenges, meet new companions, and step into a world where trees symbolize life, memory, and the future. Little Guardians is a safe and family-friendly experience. The game does not teach through direct lessons. Instead, it teaches through experience: by inviting children to observe, think, try again, help others, move past mistakes, and discover that despair is not the end of the journey. Why families may love it: • A cinematic adventure with a heartfelt and meaningful story • Puzzle-platform gameplay designed for children and teenagers • A safe, gentle, and family-friendly experience • A story about the bond between a child and his mother • Themes of hope, courage, responsibility, forgiveness, and care for nature • Gentle challenges instead of intense violence • Beautiful fantasy environments and emotional music • Fully playable offline • Suitable for children aged 7+ • Subtitles available in 13 languages Subtitles: English, Arabic, Persian, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, French, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, and Turkish. Little Guardians: The Last Hope is more than an adventure game. It is a warm family journey about a child who learns that being small does not mean being powerless. Even in the darkest moments, hope can still be protected.

Screenshots

EtherBox4 screens
Little Guardians4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: EtherBox at Free against Little Guardians's $9.99. EtherBox also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). Little Guardians's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9). On ratings volume, 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

EtherBox is free to download; Little Guardians costs $9.99 up front. EtherBox sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Little Guardians asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EtherBox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
EtherBox versus Little Guardians: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEtherBoxLittle Guardians
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size259 MB2.9 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZhiXiong HuangPolaris Game Studio

Customer experience

EtherBox

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Little Guardians

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

EtherBox

One-time9
  • 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
None

Little Guardians

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EtherBox free?
EtherBox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Little Guardians free?
Little Guardians costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EtherBox or Little Guardians?
EtherBox is rated higher. EtherBox averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Little Guardians averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do EtherBox or Little Guardians have ads?
Neither EtherBox nor Little Guardians shows ads.

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