Dumb Detective vs Box Bash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dumb Detective
Engage in a lighthearted leisure game where you play as a detective pursuing a suspicious individual. The target attempts to evade capture through comical and clumsy maneuvers. Enjoy quick hiding mechanics and a relaxing decompression experience.
- Detective pursuit gameplay
- Clumsy evasion mechanics
- Quick hiding opportunities
- Leisure and decompression
- Challenging escape scenarios
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Welcome to Dumb Detective! A hilarious challenge game featuring a goofy detective and crazy mini games! Follow suspicious people without getting caught, run away from danger, smash flying basketballs with funny moves, and test your strength by lifting heavier and heavier weights. Every challenge comes with unexpected funny failures: Get discovered, get knocked away, get chased by dogs, get shocked, or get crushed by heavy weights! Simple controls, funny characters, and endless challenges make every moment full of laughter. Game Features: • Funny meme-style characters • 4 crazy mini game challenges • Hilarious failure animations • Easy and fun controls • Challenge your highest score How far can you help the dumb detective go? Start your funniest adventure now!
Box Bash
Navigate a rolling cube through challenging, ever-changing environments. Swipe and tap to avoid obstacles, tricky turns, and dangerous gaps. Test your reflexes and see how far you can roll before falling into the sea.
- Endless rolling gameplay
- Obstacle avoidance
- Swipe and tap controls
- Procedurally generated levels
- Increasing difficulty
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Roll your cube as far as possible while avoiding obstacles and falling into the sea. Swipe and tap to move through ever-changing environments filled with tricky turns, narrow paths, and dangerous gaps. The further you go, the harder it gets - how far can you roll?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Box Bash at none against Dumb Detective's shown. Box Bash also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 22 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dumb Detective ships an update every 22 months, Box Bash every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dumb Detective | Box Bash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 建涛 黎 | Stuart Bermingham |
Customer experience
Dumb Detective
Box Bash
In-app purchases
Dumb Detective
No in-app purchases
Box Bash
No in-app purchases
Questions
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