Comparison

Place Box vs Smart Bloxx

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

Head to head
About

Place Box

A single-player game designed to enhance focus and reaction time. Players tap to place boxes on a canvas, avoiding previously placed blue boxes to continue playing. Compete globally on the Game Center Leaderboard.

Highlights
  • Enhance focus and reaction time
  • Tap to place boxes
  • Avoid placing on blue boxes
  • Single-player gameplay
  • Global Game Center Leaderboard
Features
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Place Box is a single-player game. The goal of the game is to increase focus and reaction time. You have to tap to place boxes on the canvas. Blue boxes are previously placed boxes. The red box is the most recent placed box. As for the white one, it's the indicator where the next box will be placed. Once you tap, it will be placed. Please avoid placing boxes on blue ones, otherwise, the game will be over. Also, you can compete with the whole world through Game Center Leaderboard. Can't wait to see your score.

About

Smart Bloxx

Features
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Every box you close relights a star. The constellations of the Dotverse have gone dark. A soft shadow called the Gloom has swallowed their light, and Quadot, a small star-keeper robot, needs your help to bring it back. Smart Bloxx turns the classic pen-and-paper game Dots & Boxes into a journey among the stars: dark, glowing and friendly, never scary. HOW TO PLAY • Take turns drawing a line between two neighbouring dots. • Draw the fourth side of a box to capture it, and you get another turn. • Several boxes in one turn make a combo. • When every box is taken, the most points win. QUADOT'S JOURNEY • 5 worlds and 40 missions on a galaxy map, from the Nebula Nursery to the Gloom Gate. • Earn up to 3 stars per mission. • Boards with holes, frozen lines and golden supernova boxes. • Puzzles that teach real endgame tricks, boss missions against the Gloom and a grand finale. • Every world you clear restores a constellation in the sky. QUADOT, YOUR GUIDE • A playable tutorial for new players. • Mission briefings and friendly tips during matches (tips can be turned off). DAILY CONSTELLATION • A new board every day, the same for every player. • Your first finished game counts; after that, keep practising. • Share your result card. • Three daily quests and a streak earn you stardust. ACHIEVEMENTS AND GAME CENTER • 34 medals to collect in the gallery. • Optional Game Center: leaderboards and achievements, plus challenges and activities on iOS 26. THE HANGAR • Spend the stardust you earn by playing on glowing line styles and new looks for Quadot. • Pick one of three app icons for free. QUICK PLAY • Play a friend on one iPhone or iPad, take on a robot, or watch two robots play each other. • Three difficulty levels with ever-changing symmetric board shapes. • Five opponent strengths across the game, from a dozy Shadeling to the Gloom, which knows real endgame strategy. MORE TO DISCOVER • Siri and Shortcuts: start the Daily Constellation, continue your journey or begin a quick match. • A Daily Constellation widget for your Home Screen and an optional daily reminder. • Glowing nebulas, constellation effects and haptic feedback. • Accessibility: VoiceOver on Quadot's Journey, very large text sizes and Reduce Motion throughout. • Available in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. FOR PARENTS • No ads, no tracking, no analytics and no in-app purchases. • No account needed: Smart Bloxx is fully playable offline. • Progress stays local unless you enable optional iCloud sync. Game Center is optional. • Play on iPhone and iPad, with portrait and landscape layouts on iPad. • Optional iCloud sync: take your completed progress, stars, stardust and Hangar items to your other devices. Active matches stay on their device.

Screenshots

Place Box3 screens
Smart Bloxx4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Place Box at Free against Smart Bloxx's $1.99. Place Box also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.6). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Place Box is free to download; Smart Bloxx costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Place Box ships an update every 2 weeks, Smart Bloxx every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Place Box versus Smart Bloxx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlace BoxSmart Bloxx
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmin EminiSmart-Byte GmbH

In-app purchases

None

Place Box

No in-app purchases

None

Smart Bloxx

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Place Box free?
Place Box is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smart Bloxx free?
Smart Bloxx costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Place Box or Smart Bloxx have ads?
Neither Place Box nor Smart Bloxx shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Place Box or Smart Bloxx?
Place Box ships an update every 2 weeks, and Smart Bloxx every 4 months. Most recently, Place Box was updated on November 3, 2026 and Smart Bloxx on November 9, 2026.

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