The riddle box vs Riddle Zen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The riddle box
Engage your logic and reflection skills with a game featuring a series of varied and increasingly difficult riddles. Challenge friends to solve levels you've already conquered for a fun, interactive experience.
- Varied and difficult riddles
- Logic and reflection challenges
- Increasing difficulty levels
- Challenge friends feature
- Riddle master crafted content
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Logic and reflection lovers, here is a game designed for you! A series of varied and increasingly difficult riddles. All concocted by our riddle master with love and tricks. Each level is a challenge for you. Ah, have you ever tried to challenge a friend or several friends to find the solution to a level you've already solved? It's going to be a fun experience. Thanks for playing the Riddle box!
Riddle Zen
Engage your mind with hundreds of unique riddles and brain teasers. Progress through different difficulty levels, unlock plants for your Zen garden, and enjoy a peaceful gameplay experience. Test your knowledge in a timed challenge mode.
- Hundreds of unique riddles
- Multiple difficulty modes
- Zen garden with plant collection
- Detailed riddle explanations
- Timed 'Quick Play' mode
- Peaceful and relaxing theme
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Ready to become the next riddle master? Join Neve in solving a game of riddles and brain teasers. There are hundreds of unique and challenging riddles. It is a good word guessing game for every age group. Features of Riddle Zen: One of nine: - Each riddle comes with 9 possible options with their respective image. - Only 1 of them is correct - After each riddle you get Zen necessary for upgrades Explanations: - Got an answer but unsure why it is that one? - An explanation for all the riddles is provided - At the end of a riddle you have an option to understand why! Modes for everyone: - If you are a veteran with riddles, then there are different options for you. - Each difficulty will affect the way the game is played (Easy, Medium, Hard). Zen garden: - As you progress you will unlock plants that will be required to complete various collections. - Rewards are granted as you get more plants and upgrade them with Zen. Peaceful theme: - The game focuses on peaceful and relaxing tasks like solving riddles and collecting plants. - There's no competition, it's all about savoring the process and finding your own state of Zen while keeping your brain active. Quick Play: - Answer as many riddles as you can within the time limit. - Each correct answer gets you extra time! - One wrong answer and you are done! - Unlocked after solving riddle 40! Additional information: - The game is free to play; however, in-app purchases are available for additional content and in-game currency. - Other than watching rewarded videos no internet or logins are necessary to play the game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Riddle Zen at 5.0 against The riddle box's 4.0. Riddle Zen also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). The riddle box's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. The riddle box sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Riddle Zen sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Riddle Zen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of The riddle box's written reviews are positive against 100% of Riddle Zen's.
The riddle box ships an update monthly, Riddle Zen weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The riddle box | Riddle Zen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 249 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gaetan Zanella | Admurin Arts |
Customer experience
The riddle box
Riddle Zen
In-app purchases
The riddle box
- Skip level$0.99
- Chapter 2$0.99
- Chapter 3$0.99
Riddle Zen
- 10 Hearts$0.99
- Helpful Bundle$1.99
- No ads$2.99
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- Calming Bundle$4.99
- Focused Bundle$9.99
- Mindful Bundle$19.99
- Neve's Bundle$19.99
- Sensei Bundle$39.99
- Enlightened Bundle$49.99
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