Handy Craft vs Open The Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handy Craft
Engage in a creative building experience with numerous ASMR tasks. Solve engaging puzzles as you construct your dream home in this simulation game.
- House building simulation
- ASMR tasks
- Puzzle solving
- Cozy place creation
- Handicraft gameplay
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Enjoy the best handicraft game of 2025! Build your house in dozens of ASMR tasks. Solve puzzles on a way to your cozy place.
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 ratings volume: Handy Craft at 26K against Open The Box's 4.1K. Open The Box's advantage is iOS requirement (12.5 vs 14.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Handy Craft sells 9 one-off in-app purchases 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 Handy Craft against 4.8 for Open The Box. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Handy Craft has 26K ratings behind it against 4.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of Handy Craft's written reviews are positive against 44% of Open The Box's.
Handy Craft ships an update fortnightly, Open The Box every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handy Craft | Open The Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (26K ratings) | 4.8 (4.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.4% of reviews — better | 44.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26K — better | 4.1K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | 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 | 14.0 | 12.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 525 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | HOMA GAMES |
Customer experience
Handy Craft
Open The Box
User reviews
Handy Craft
From 26K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Satisfying gameplay
- 🚀 Smooth animations
- 💎 Cute and charming visuals
- 🎨 Enjoyable house customization
Room to improve
- 🔍 Repetitive tasks
- ⭐ Excessive star requirements for progression
- 📺 Intrusive advertisements
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
Open The Box
From 4.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😍 Best game ever
- 👍 Love it
- 🔥 It's lit
- 👍 Good game
- 🎮 Fun game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Opening game doesn't load
- 🐛 Doesn't work
- 🐛 Bad, can't get in the game
- 🐛 Ads ruin the game
- 🔍 Too easy, needs more challenge
Bugs and requests
Handy Craft
Reported bugs
3 issues- Stuck on 'take photo' task in kitchen
- Game freezing and crashing
- Progress not saving properly
Requested features
4 requests- More house customization options
- Additional rooms and levels
- Ability to revisit and modify completed areas
- Reduced star requirements for tasks
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
Handy Craft
- Wheel of Fortune$0.99
- 1000 coins$1.79
- 1000 coins$1.99
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- No Ads$2.99
- 5000 Coins$2.99
- 10000 coins$4.99
- 25000 Coins$8.99
- 50000 coins2 variants$14.99
- 100000 coins$99.99
Open The Box
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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