Comparison

Growbot Mobile vs Boxville 2

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

Head to head
About

Growbot Mobile

Embark on a point-and-click adventure as a robot on a biopunk space station. Solve puzzles using unique abilities and collect flower sounds to defend your home from a crystalline threat. Uncover a story of flower power amidst a visually stunning and musically rich environment.

Highlights
  • Explore a biopunk space station
  • Interact with alien flora and fauna
  • Solve puzzles using unique mechanics
  • Collect and combine flower sounds
  • Experience a narrative-driven story
  • Enjoy award-winning art and music
Features
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Growbot is a 2D point&click adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a beautiful biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens, you play as Nara, a growbot in training to become a captain. When your station home is attacked by rapidly growing crystals, it's down to you to save it. The game is inspired by classic adventure games like Loom, modern adventure games like Machinarium, and aims to appeal to both seasoned and new gamers. Features • Explore a beautiful space station and repair its strange machinery. • Interact with fantastic plants and aliens. • Use your Brain(apilla) to solve puzzles. • Collect the sounds of flowers and combine them to create powerful shields. • Meet a fluffy white hologram called Star Belly with a galaxy inside. • Unearth a tale of flower power with twisted roots. • Art by award winning illustrator Lisa Evans. • Beautiful music by musician Jessica Fichot.

About

Boxville 2

Embark on an adventure in a city of boxes to find a missing friend and fix a fireworks mishap. Explore diverse locations, solve puzzles, and enjoy charming hand-drawn visuals and unique interactions.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn visuals
  • Unique animations and sounds
  • Original music tracks
  • Logic puzzles
  • Story-driven mini-games
  • No dialogue
Features
Currently charting
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Boxville 2 tells a new story set in the city of boxes. Two can friends are given an important task by the mayor: to set up fireworks for the city’s celebration. But due to a mistake, the fireworks go off incorrectly, causing chaos throughout the city. Worse yet, one of the friends goes missing. Now, the main character — a red can — must explore different areas and secret corners of Boxville, and even venture beyond the city, to set things right and find his friend. What’s Inside Boxville 2: - Hand-drawn visuals crafted with love - Unique animations and sounds for every interaction - Original music tracks set the mood in every scene - Dozens of logic puzzles and story-driven mini-games - No dialogue — characters speak through fun sketches

Screenshots

Growbot Mobile4 screens
Boxville 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Boxville 2 at 317 against Growbot Mobile's 5. Boxville 2 also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and chart position (#173 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Growbot Mobile costs $4.99 and Boxville 2 $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Growbot Mobile against 4.8 for Boxville 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxville 2 has 317 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Growbot Mobile's written reviews are positive against 88% of Boxville 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Growbot Mobile ships an update monthly, Boxville 2 weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Growbot Mobile versus Boxville 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrowbot MobileBoxville 2
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better4.8 (317 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings5317 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#173 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size619 MB513 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApplication Systems Heidelberg Software GmbHTriomatica Games

Customer experience

Growbot Mobile

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%

Boxville 2

All ratings292 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%

Bugs and requests

Growbot Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Boxville 2

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Controls not sensitive enough on mobile

Requested features

2 requests
  • More Boxville games
  • Longer story and gameplay

In-app purchases

None

Growbot Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Boxville 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Growbot Mobile free?
Growbot Mobile costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boxville 2 free?
Boxville 2 costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Growbot Mobile or Boxville 2?
Growbot Mobile is rated higher. Growbot Mobile averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Boxville 2 averages 4.8 from 317 ratings.
Do Growbot Mobile or Boxville 2 have ads?
Neither Growbot Mobile nor Boxville 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Growbot Mobile or Boxville 2?
Growbot Mobile ships an update monthly, and Boxville 2 weekly. Most recently, Growbot Mobile was updated on November 3, 2026 and Boxville 2 on November 4, 2026.

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