Comparison

EtherBox vs Hex by Hex

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

Hex by Hex

Features
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Conquer a hex map in about five minutes. Hex by Hex is a fast territory conquest strategy game: grow from a single tile into an empire before rival AI factions box you in. Every run is a fresh map. Claim neighboring hexes, build farms, lumber mills, and iron mines, turn your harvest into coins, and push across the border before the Tide clock runs out. HOW A RUN PLAYS - Start with one tile and a five minute Tide clock. - Claim adjacent hexes to expand. Forests, plains, and mountains feed your wood, food, and iron. - Balance your resources to mint coins, then spend them on new tile slots and Edicts. - Raid contested border tiles, grab prize tiles, and hold the chokepoints. - Win by domination, or get swallowed when the Tide rises. FEATURES - Fast strategy: a complete war in about five minutes, with no waiting. - Real-time AI rivals, each with its own name, color, and sigil. - Three one-shot Edicts: Conscript, Blitz, and Sabotage. - Coin market: convert resources by hand or on auto. - Daily Tide: one shared map each day with a Game Center leaderboard. - Seed duels: send a friend a link to play the exact same map. - Pinch to zoom and pan across the whole battlefield. - No ads. No energy meters. No waiting timers. FREE TO PLAY, ONE-TIME FULL UNLOCK Play the Skirmish map on Easy and Medium with the Conscript edict for free. The Full Unlock is a single purchase that adds: - Every map size, from the 37-tile Skirmish up to the 127-tile Large map with up to six AI rivals. - Hard and Brutal difficulty. - Team Mode: 2v2 and 3v3 battles with AI allies. - All three Edicts. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

EtherBox4 screens
Hex by Hex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: EtherBox at 4 against Hex by Hex's 1. EtherBox also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. EtherBox sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Hex by Hex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for EtherBox against 5.0 for Hex by Hex. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
EtherBox versus Hex by Hex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEtherBoxHex by Hex
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size259 MB3 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperZhiXiong HuangIndieCraft LLC

Customer experience

EtherBox

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

Hex by Hex

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

EtherBox

One-time9
  • Get 3 Hearts$0.99
  • Get 1000 Crystals$0.99
  • Get 10 Hearts$1.99
Show 6 more
  • 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
1 purchases

Hex by Hex

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is EtherBox free?
EtherBox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hex by Hex free?
Hex by Hex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EtherBox or Hex by Hex?
EtherBox and Hex by Hex are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do EtherBox or Hex by Hex have ads?
Neither EtherBox nor Hex by Hex shows ads.

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