Comparison

Traffix 3D vs Shut the Box Challenge

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

Head to head
About

Traffix 3D

Manage traffic flow in a 3D simulation game. Tap and hold to guide cars through intersections, preventing accidents and ensuring safe passage for vehicles and pedestrians. Unlock a variety of cars and explore over 100 cities.

Highlights
  • 3D traffic simulation
  • Accident avoidance gameplay
  • Car collection mechanics
  • 100+ cities to explore
  • Unlockable vehicles
  • Tap and hold controls
Features
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If you are looking to escape from a traffic jam, what could be better than playing a traffic management simulation game? (not if you’re the driver of course: don’t play this game if you’re driving, actually!!!). Traffic can create stressful situations, but with Traffix 3D, the effect is the exact opposite: you will feel pleasure simply by tapping and holding your finger on the screen and letting the cars pass through the traffic lights. Traffix 3D is actually a game derived from a Premium title powered by Infinity Games: Traffix, but it provides new mechanics, 3D graphics, 100+ cities, dozens of new vehicles and a newly developed atmosphere inspired by the minimalism from the premium version. Unlike the Premium Version, Traffix 3D is 100% free! The goal of Traffix 3D is the same as the Premium Traffix game: Avoid accidents, but at all cost. If you let a single car crash, then you will need to restart the level. You pass the level after safely delivering to their destination a specific number of cars. In other words, you must keep both cars and pedestrians happy. Lastly, you should build your car collection! There are 3 ways to unlock cars: By getting in-app currency: You can win coins by passing the levels successfully. These coins allow you to unlock rare cars. By finding keys during the gameplay and unlocking classic cars from their garages By mysterious ways that will unlock you some Crazy Cars! You will be travelling between different cities from New York, Roma, Berlin, Palermo or Seoul. More cities will be added: Feel free to drop us an e-mail if you want your city to be featured in the game.

About

Shut the Box Challenge

Features
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Shut the Box is usually decided by the dice. This one is decided by what you do with them. The computer is dealt your exact throws, in your exact order. Nobody gets luckier dice — the only thing separating the two scores is how the throws were used. HOW IT WORKS Roll the dice, then close numbered tiles that add up to the throw. Keep going until a throw has no legal move. Whatever is left standing is your score, and the lower the better. Close every tile and you have shut the box: a score of zero, and rare enough to celebrate. On a full box, a throw of 7 can be played five ways — 7, 6 + 1, 5 + 2, 4 + 3 or 4 + 2 + 1. Which one you choose decides what the next throw can do. That choice is the whole game. FIVE WAYS TO PLAY • DAILY DICE — one set of dice a day, the same for everyone. One official attempt, a streak for every day in a row, and a reminder if you want one. • FRIEND BOX — play a round and send it to a friend. The first box goes as a link or a short code; after that, boxes go straight between you through iCloud, and you hear when your friend has played. They play your throws in your order and do not see your score until they have finished. • COMPUTER — Easy, Medium or Hard. It plays after you, on the same dice, and its result stays hidden until your round is over. • SOLO — just you and the box. Ask for the best move whenever you want it. • PASS THE BOX — 2–4 players on one phone, each with their own dice. The first game is free. AFTER THE ROUND Every throw is stored with the moves it offered, so the game can tell you afterwards how many of your choices could have been better, and what they cost against perfect play — measured on the dice you actually had. A high score can still be a well-played game, and now you can see it. • Game quality: how often you found the best move • Replay any finished round, throw by throw • Core statistics and your recent history GAME CENTER Five Daily Dice leaderboards and eight achievements. Optional: without Game Center, everything else works the same. MADE LIKE A REAL BOX Wooden dice that tumble in 3D, a clatter when they land, a click for every tile and a small tap in your hand. Tiles that cannot help are dimmed, so you never have to work out the sums yourself. A guided practice round shows you how it all works. In English, Danish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Finnish and Japanese, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads, no account, no tracking. Your games stay on your device; a Friend Box leaves it only when you choose to send one, as a link, a code or through your own iCloud. PREMIUM The whole game is free. Premium adds depth for players who want to get better: • Earlier Daily Dice, back to 1 January 2026 • Bigger boxes: 1–10 and 1–12 • Coach in Solo • More games of Pass the Box • Training Lab — practise the positions that cost you most • Review your choices, throw by throw • Box Rating • Advanced statistics and progress insight • Your whole history beyond the last three days • Analysis during replay, and replay at 0.5× and 2× • Dice speed: Slow and Fast Premium is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or as a one-time purchase, Premium forever. All three unlock exactly the same thing. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://eustudio.org/privacy

Screenshots

Traffix 3D4 screens
Shut the Box Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Shut the Box Challenge at none against Traffix 3D's shown. Shut the Box Challenge also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Traffix 3D's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Traffix 3D sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Shut the Box Challenge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Traffix 3D ships an update monthly, Shut the Box Challenge weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Traffix 3D versus Shut the Box Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTraffix 3DShut the Box Challenge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size256 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperINFINITY GAMES, LDAEU Studio

Bugs and requests

Traffix 3D

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game resets progress to level 1
  • Ads still shown after paying to remove them
  • Game freezes or crashes due to ads
  • Incompatibility issues with updates
  • Levels not loading properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to replay previous levels
  • Improve rewards system for watching ads
  • Implement cloud saving to prevent lost progress
  • Add more levels and increase difficulty
  • Allow selection of multiple car skins

Shut the Box Challenge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Traffix 3D

One-time9
  • Coin Offer 1$0.99
  • Coin Offer 2$1.99
  • Coin Pack 1$1.99
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  • Coin Offer 3$4.99
  • Coin Pack 2$7.99
  • No Ads$7.99
  • Coin Pack 3$14.99
  • Coin Pack 4$29.99
  • Coin Pack 5$54.99
3 purchases

Shut the Box Challenge

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium forever$22.99

Questions

Is Traffix 3D free?
Traffix 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shut the Box Challenge free?
Shut the Box Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Traffix 3D or Shut the Box Challenge have ads?
Traffix 3D shows ads; Shut the Box Challenge does not.
Which is updated more often, Traffix 3D or Shut the Box Challenge?
Traffix 3D ships an update monthly, and Shut the Box Challenge weekly. Most recently, Traffix 3D was updated on October 29, 2026 and Shut the Box Challenge on October 26, 2026.

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