Clean vs Open The Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clean
Control two vacuum cleaners working together to clear islands of waste. Embark on a mission to clean up the world and restore its beauty.
- Cooperative cleaning gameplay
- Island cleanup missions
- World-saving objective
- Control two vacuum cleaners
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In a world full of waste, two vacuum cleaners join forces to save the world. Can you help them clean up all islands?
Open The Box
Uncover hidden items by unfolding box sides and solving puzzles. Decorate your virtual home with the treasures you discover. A fun and engaging experience for puzzle and decoration enthusiasts.
- Solve box puzzles
- Unfold box sides
- Discover hidden items
- Decorate your house
- Collect items
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What's in the box? Tap to fold the sides, open the box and solve the puzzle. Decorate your house with all the items you find in the boxes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Open The Box at every 8 days against Clean's every 5 weeks. Open The Box also leads on ratings volume (4.1K vs 375). Clean's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.5). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Clean sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Open The Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Clean against 4.8 for Open The Box. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Open The Box has 4.1K ratings behind it against 375, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Clean's written reviews are positive against 44% of Open The Box's.
Clean ships an update every 5 weeks, Open The Box every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clean | Open The Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (375 ratings) | 4.8 (4.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 44.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 375 | 4.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Christoph Muller | HOMA GAMES |
Customer experience
Clean
Open The Box
Bugs and requests
Clean
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Open The Box
Reported bugs
3 issues- Opening game shows black/grey screen
- Ads crash the game
- Boxes give duplicate items
Requested features
4 requests- Add more rooms/houses
- Make gems/diamonds easier to obtain
- Add more challenges and harder boxes
- Add a paid ad-free version
In-app purchases
Clean
- Remove Ads$2.99
Open The Box
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Clean free?
Is Open The Box free?
Which has better reviews, Clean or Open The Box?
Do Clean or Open The Box have ads?
Which is updated more often, Clean or Open The Box?
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