Comparison

Grove vs Box Cat Jam

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

Head to head
About

Grove

Explore the real world with augmented reality to plant and care for virtual trees. Collect diverse species, earn achievements, and learn about their environmental impact. This game combines fitness, education, and a virtual garden experience.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality tree planting
  • Collect diverse tree species
  • Earn achievements
  • Track daily steps
  • Learn about carbon sequestration
  • Virtual garden care
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Grove is an augmented-reality game where you plant virtual trees in the real world! Collect the various kinds of trees, learn about them, and earn achievements all while getting outdoors and enjoying your virtual garden. Grove is part game, part educational app, and part wellness app! In Grove you care for your trees and tend to your garden, and in turn, you stay fit and healthy. Each tree has a name and role to play. Collect different kinds of trees, earn achievements, and maximize your daily step count. Each tree comes with its own fun facts, which makes Grove a great app to teach kids about different tree species. Learn about climate change and how trees can help sequester atmospheric carbon. Your grove has a carbon score that monitors how much virtual carbon your trees have absorbed. More Information Free — Grove is a free-to-play game that requires no purchase to play, or to complete. The app offers in-app purchases as a way to unlock additional resources if you need them and gain access to special features like in-game avatars, and access to the behind-the-scenes Dev Diary. Grove is designed to avoid the scammy tactics of most free-to-play games. You won't be scammed or tricked into spending money. But if you do like the app, please consider supporting it if you can. Fun — Grove combines daily fitness with a cute concept and fun gameplay to make hitting your daily step goals more fun. Regardless of where you walk, you can always tend to your grove and feel good doing it. Educational — Grove not only teaches you about trees with super fun facts, it also helps you better understand how our real-world forests capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester it in their trunks. Carbon capture is an important part of the global effort to mitigate the effects of Climate Change, and Grove is here to make sure you have fun while you learn about this important technology. Indie — Grove is handcrafted in San Diego, CA by one person: me. There's no shady venture capital, no stock trading, no short-term strategy. I build Grove so that you can use it. If you like what you see, please consider buying some items or simply tipping in the app.

About

Box Cat Jam

Engage your mind with a charming block puzzle game featuring adorable cats. Match three identical felines to clear the board and progress through challenging levels. Build cozy cat towers and enjoy relaxing gameplay with cute graphics and animations.

Highlights
  • Match three same cats
  • Clear the board puzzle
  • Build cat towers
  • Challenging stages
  • Cute cat graphics
  • Relaxing gameplay
Features
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Block Cat Jam – Are you looking for a cute cat match puzzle game? Relax your brain solving puzzle with cute cats! Match same cats to solve the puzzle! Welcome to Block Cat Jam : Match, the cutest block puzzle game that you will enjoy! Use your brain to put the same three cats to release cats from the jam. Block Cat Jam : Match – Very addictive and Relaxing cat block game! Challenge yourself to pass the stages that might be hard and build cat towers for the cute cats! A variety of cute cats will stay in the cozy cat towers. How to play Block Cat Jam : Match: -Your goal is to match cats and clean the board. -Tap lying cats to move them. -Match 3 same cats at the same time. -You will win when the board is clear! 3D block match jam puzzle feature: -Cute cats and challenging stages -Cozy graphics and animation. -Cat towers and competing system. Download Block Cat Jam : Match now and start playing it now!

Screenshots

Grove4 screens
Box Cat Jam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Grove at 5.0 against Box Cat Jam's 4.0. Grove also leads on ads (none vs shown). Box Cat Jam's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Grove sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Box Cat Jam sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Grove holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Box Cat Jam has 1.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grove ships an update every 11 days, Box Cat Jam every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Grove versus Box Cat Jam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroveBox Cat Jam
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.0 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews—37.2% of reviews
Number of ratings21.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.213.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB411 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSkyRocket Software, LLCACTIONFIT

Customer experience

Grove

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Box Cat Jam

All ratings1,255 ratings
Positive73.1%
Neutral7.0%
Negative19.8%
Written reviews677 reviews
Positive37.2%
Neutral17.3%
Negative45.5%

Bugs and requests

Grove

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Box Cat Jam

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not registering completion properly
  • Lives not refreshing as intended
  • Sudden redirects to suspicious websites

Requested features

4 requests
  • More cat varieties and customization options
  • Ability to replay levels without restrictions
  • Improved progression system and rewards
  • Option to disable ads for a one-time fee

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Grove

One-time8
  • Water Bulbs 15-Pack$0.99
  • Say Thanks$0.99
  • Custom Avatars$0.99
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  • Fertilizer 15-Pack$1.99
  • Buy me a Coffee$1.99
  • Bucket of Sunshine 15-Pack$2.99
  • Access the Dev Diary$2.99
  • Super Supporter$2.99
15 purchases

Box Cat Jam

One-time15
  • 60 Coins$0.99
  • 150 coins$1.99
  • Bomb Package$1.99
Show 12 more
  • endless 01$2.99
  • Small Piggy bank$2.99
  • Weekend Package$3.99
  • endless 02$4.99
  • King Cat Bundle$4.99
  • Hard Package$4.99
  • No ads$7.99
  • 650 coins$7.99
  • No ads bundle$9.99
  • Season Pass$9.99
  • 1500 coins$14.99
  • 3500 coins$29.99

Questions

Is Grove free?
Grove is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Box Cat Jam free?
Box Cat Jam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Grove or Box Cat Jam?
Grove is rated higher. Grove averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Box Cat Jam averages 4.0 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Grove or Box Cat Jam have ads?
Box Cat Jam shows ads; Grove does not.
Which is updated more often, Grove or Box Cat Jam?
Grove ships an update every 11 days, and Box Cat Jam every 3 weeks. Most recently, Grove was updated on October 6, 2026 and Box Cat Jam on October 21, 2026.

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