Comparison

Place Box vs Chain

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

Chain

Features
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Chain Balls is a fast, satisfying chain-reaction puzzle. Tap once to drop a white starter ball. Watch it expand, collide with the bouncing coloured balls, and set off a chain that ripples across the screen. Time it right and every ball explodes, time it wrong and you'll leave too many behind. SIMPLE TO LEARN One tap. No tutorial required. The physics do the rest. TWENTY HANDCRAFTED LEVELS Normal mode eases you in at 33% and ramps up to 80% of balls required. Twenty levels: each one a new puzzle in how many balls you need to catch. HARD MODE - UNLOCKABLE Beat all 20 Normal levels to unlock Hard Mode: tighter targets (50% → 94%), double the score multiplier, and the same satisfying chain reactions at a whole new level of difficulty. GAME CENTER Compete on the global leaderboard with your total score across the full run. Collect seven achievements - from your first chain to half a million points. LOOKS AND FEELS GREAT Smooth 60fps physics, animated gradient backdrop, satisfying haptic feedback on every chain, and seven distinct pop sounds that play in the order of your chain depth. SETTINGS THAT RESPECT YOU Toggle sound, haptics, and a Reduce Motion mode that freezes all decorative animations without touching gameplay.

Screenshots

Place Box3 screens
Chain2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Place Box at none against Chain's shown. Place Box also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Place Box ships an update every 2 weeks, Chain weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Place Box versus Chain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlace BoxChain
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmin EminiSimon Steinhage

In-app purchases

None

Place Box

No in-app purchases

None

Chain

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Place Box free?
Place Box is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chain free?
Chain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Place Box or Chain have ads?
Chain shows ads; Place Box does not.
Which is updated more often, Place Box or Chain?
Place Box ships an update every 2 weeks, and Chain weekly. Most recently, Place Box was updated on October 25, 2026 and Chain on October 7, 2026.

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