Box Surprise vs Material Shifter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Box Surprise
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Smash boxes, you may find guns in them, and there may be enemies. Choose your strategy and most importantly, don't let your enemies reach the end of your screen!
Material Shifter
Transform between balloon and metal forms to navigate challenging levels. Master physics-based gameplay to reach the end of each stage. Enjoy a unique puzzle-platformer experience.
- Switch between balloon and metal forms
- Physics-based gameplay
- Level completion challenges
- Form-shifting mechanics
- Puzzle-platformer genre
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Switch between your balloon form to fly and your metal form to fall and complete all the levels!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Box Surprise at none against Material Shifter's 1. Box Surprise also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Material Shifter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Box Surprise asks for nothing beyond the download.
Box Surprise ships an update every 5 days, Material Shifter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Box Surprise | Material Shifter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.9 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kirill Kozlov | Yso Corp |
In-app purchases
Box Surprise
No in-app purchases
Material Shifter
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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