Comparison

Squishy Magic vs Box It!

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

Head to head
About

Squishy Magic

Create and color your own soft 3D toys, then enjoy a satisfying squishing experience. This app offers a calming escape with endless design options and ASMR sounds to relieve stress and anxiety.

Highlights
  • DIY Squishy Making
  • Realistic Squishy Simulator
  • Oddly Satisfying ASMR Sounds
  • Endless Colors & Textures
  • Variety of Shapes
  • Squishy Coloring Technology
Features
Currently charting
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Welcome to the ultimate 3D squishy toy simulator, designed to melt your stress away! Create, paint, and customize your own DIY fidget toys using a massive library of cute, kawaii colors and shapes. Squeeze, press, and stretch your virtual creations to experience oddly satisfying ASMR anti-stress physics right on your screen. Create adorable cute DIY creations and discover the most relaxing fidget experience ever! Design, paint and color your favorite characters in full 3D, then squeeze, stretch, rotate and play with them just like real sensory toys. Build an amazing collection of handmade creations and enjoy an endlessly satisfying and calming experience that you'll want to come back to every day. Whether you love fidget fun, relaxing ASMR, creative DIY games or realistic simulator experiences, Squishy Magic has something for everyone. Every toy starts as a blank canvas—choose its colors, textures and decorations, then watch it come to life before enjoying hours of interactive play. It's the perfect mix of creativity, collection and stress relief. Love collecting adorable characters? Fill your shelves with hundreds of unique creations, including dumpling squishies, sugar squishies, axolotl and other magical creatures, plushie toys, ice cubes, pop-It inspired fidgets and many more Kawaii favorites. Every design becomes part of your personal collection, making every masterpiece truly your own. Once you've finished painting and coloring, it's time to play! Press, squeeze, stretch, rotate and crush your creations using realistic physics in the ultimate simulator. Watch every toy slowly return to its original shape while enjoying relaxing ASMR sounds that make every interaction feel incredibly satisfying. It's the perfect antistress activity after a busy day. Looking for creative Stress Relief? Let the soft sounds, smooth animations and realistic squishing melt away your stress. Every squeeze, every stretch and every bounce delivers a soothing, calming experience inspired by your favorite fidget toys and Sensory Toys. Whether you're relaxing for a few minutes or enjoying a longer play session, Squishy Magic is your happy place.

About

Box It!

Features
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Box It! is the classic pen-and-paper game of Dots and Boxes, lovingly redrawn for your phone. Take turns drawing lines between dots - close the fourth side of a square and it's yours. Whoever claims the most boxes wins. Simple to learn. Hard to put down. ▸ PASS & PLAY Hand the phone around the table. Two to four players, one device, no setup. Perfect for a coffee break, a road trip, or waiting for the food to arrive. ▸ VS BOT Three difficulty levels - Easy, Medium, and Hard - so you can warm up or get crushed. The Hard bot understands chains and won't hand you free boxes. ▸ ONLINE MULTIPLAYER Host a room and share a QR code or short room code. Friends scan, jump in, and you're playing in seconds. Up to 4 players, real-time, with rematch built in. ▸ THOUGHTFUL DETAILS • Hand-drawn aesthetic on graph paper • Boards from 2×2 up to 20×20 - quick games or long battles • Animated "How to play" tutorial • Clear turn indicators and per-player colors • Works in portrait or landscape, on iPhone and iPad ▸ NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS, NO TRACKING Sign in is anonymous and automatic. We never ask for an email or a password. There are no ads. There are no in-app purchases. The only thing you spend is time with friends. That's it. It's just the game you played in school notebooks, finally on the device that's already in your pocket.

Screenshots

Squishy Magic4 screens
Box It!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Box It! at none against Squishy Magic's 9. Box It! also leads on ads (none vs shown). Squishy Magic's advantage is chart position (#132 vs unranked). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Squishy Magic sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Box It! asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Squishy Magic versus Box It!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquishy MagicBox It!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (332K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings332K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#132 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size419 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDramaton LTDNuno Ricardo Moura Fontes

Bugs and requests

Squishy Magic

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional freezing/crashing issues
  • Gifted squishy links don't always work properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more squishy series and designs
  • Allow custom squishy creation
  • Implement mini-games and challenges
  • Reduce ads or offer ad-free option
  • Improve gifting/sharing functionality

Box It!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Squishy Magic

One-time8
  • Unlock Special Series$0.99
  • Moriah Elizabeth Collection$1.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
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  • Magic Pass$4.99
  • Get Everything$7.99
  • Unlock All + Remove Ads2 variants$9.99
  • Magic Pass$14.99
  • Magic Pass$24.99
None

Box It!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Squishy Magic free?
Squishy Magic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Box It! free?
Box It! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Squishy Magic or Box It! have ads?
Squishy Magic shows ads; Box It! does not.

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