Comparison

Iris.Fall vs Boxville

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

Head to head
About

Iris.Fall

Embark on a monochrome adventure filled with light and shadow puzzles. Uncover a mysterious story as you navigate a labyrinth, switching between realities to solve challenges.

Highlights
  • Unique monochrome art style
  • Light and shadow puzzle system
  • Immersive story experience
  • Switch between 2D and 3D realities
  • Stylized atmospheric gameplay
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Iris.Fall is a monochrome adventure of light and shadow ---- featuring a unique art style, immersive puzzles, and stunning music! The Story: After awakening from a dream, Iris follows a black cat into a dilapidated theater, traveling back and forth through a strange labyrinth of light and shadow. As the story unfolds, Iris begins to realize that everything in this theater seems to have some kind of hidden connection to her identity. Key Features • Unique monochrome art style Iris.Fall spotlights a purely black-and-white cartoon style, utilizing transitions between light and shadow to create a distinctive and visually enthralling experience. • Fusing gameplay with the "light & shadow" system The concept of "light and shadow" runs throughout the design of the game's art, story, and puzzles. Players seamlessly switch between the two realities which interlace black and white, light and shadow, 2D and 3D. • Immersive story experience Become fully immersed in Iris.Fall's suspenseful, stylized atmosphere with progression that feels akin to personal spiritual exploration. Contact us: Official Website: https://www.nextstudios.com/index_en/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NEXTStudios Twitter: @NExTStudios

About

Boxville

This animated adventure puzzle game features speechless cans navigating a city of boxes. Solve logic puzzles and riddles, explore a charming world, and uncover the mystery behind earthquakes. Enjoy a unique audio-visual experience, playable solo or with a friend.

Highlights
  • Animated film and puzzle game hybrid
  • Hand-drawn graphics and custom animations
  • Environmental quests and logical puzzles
  • Unique music for each scene
  • Wordless communication via speech bubbles
  • Playable solo or co-op
Features
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Boxville is 2-in-1: an animated film and a puzzle game. Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Boxville is good for playing alone to dive into the atmosphere and challenge your brain with sophisticated logic puzzles and riddles, or playing with a friend or family to share unique audio-visual experiences and solve the puzzles together. Design The core idea of the game is that it’s not just a game - but also an animated film that you can watch and play at the same time. We designed Boxville’s gameplay with the purpose of taking away your anxiety and stress. You can explore and observe the world without rushing and pressure. The game is full of environmental quests and logical puzzles that we have carefully picked from among hundreds of options. Story Boxville is a city of boxes populated with old cans. They live quiet and happy lives with their everyday routines and habits. But one day, unexplained earthquakes disturbed their idyll... Blue Can (our hero) lost his best friend because of that. He started his search but it is not so easy to move through the city after earthquakes. He has to find a way to move forward, return the friend back home and discover the real reason for all those earthquakes. There are many adventures, new friends and it’s not only friends that are waiting for him on the way. He has to be curious, inventive, careful, and to help others, to reach his goal. What you can expect to see and hear in Boxville: - Hand-drawn graphics — all backgrounds and characters are carefully drawn by our artists. - Every animation and sound is created especially for each interaction. - Unique music track was created for every scene to accomplish the atmosphere of the game. - Tens of logical puzzles and mini-games are tightly incorporated into the story of the game. - There are no words in the game — all characters communicate via cartoony speechbubbles.

Screenshots

Iris.Fall4 screens
Boxville4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Boxville at 4.7 against Iris.Fall's 4.3. Boxville also leads on ratings volume (779 vs 28) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). Iris.Fall's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

Iris.Fall costs $4.99 and Boxville $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boxville holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxville has 779 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Iris.Fall's written reviews are positive against 78% of Boxville's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Iris.Fall ships an update fortnightly, Boxville every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Iris.Fall versus Boxville: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIris.FallBoxville
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.3 (28 ratings)4.7 (779 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews — better78.3% of reviews
Number of ratings28779 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#96 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size2.4 GB1.2 GB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNExT StudiosTriomatica Games

Customer experience

Iris.Fall

All ratings28 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative17.9%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

Boxville

All ratings755 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.0%
Negative13.7%

Bugs and requests

Iris.Fall

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Boxville

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress reset after updates
  • Inventory items disappearing
  • Puzzle mechanics not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer game with more content
  • Ability to use stylus/Apple Pencil
  • Improved save/load system
  • In-game hints or ability to skip puzzles

In-app purchases

None

Iris.Fall

No in-app purchases

None

Boxville

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Iris.Fall free?
Iris.Fall costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boxville free?
Boxville costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Iris.Fall or Boxville?
Boxville is rated higher. Iris.Fall averages 4.3 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Boxville averages 4.7 from 779 ratings.
Do Iris.Fall or Boxville have ads?
Neither Iris.Fall nor Boxville shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Iris.Fall or Boxville?
Iris.Fall ships an update fortnightly, and Boxville every 9 days. Most recently, Iris.Fall was updated on November 3, 2026 and Boxville on November 7, 2026.

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