SameGame vs BoxKing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SameGame
Clear large areas of same-colored gems to achieve the highest score. Progress through increasingly challenging levels in this classic puzzle game. Customize your experience with ambient music or play with shapes instead of colors.
- Clear same-colored gems
- Achieve high scores
- Progress through levels
- Ambient background music
- Play with shapes
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The goal of SameGame is to get the highest score by removing as large areas of the same-colored gems as possible — bigger areas mean higher scores. It couldn't be simpler — the further you progress, the harder it is to reach the next level. Toggle the included ambient background music, play with shapes instead of colors.
BoxKing
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BoxKing is the classic pen-and-paper grid game, reborn with captivating visuals, intuitive mechanics and seamless controls. Draw a line between two points. Close a square and it is yours — and you get another turn. The player with the most boxes when the grid fills up wins. FEATURES • Play offline against a smart opponent across three difficulty levels • Online matches with a friend using a 6-digit game code • Add friends by code, see who is online, and invite them straight into a game • Quick chat emotes to celebrate a good capture • Choose your avatar, name and board size • Turn timer, statistics and a first-run guide that teaches the strategy • No account needed — jump straight in Easy to learn, hard to master. Chain your boxes, force your opponent into the sacrifice, and take the grid.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BoxKing at every 4 days against SameGame's every 8 months. BoxKing also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). SameGame's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SameGame ships an update every 8 months, BoxKing every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SameGame | BoxKing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (48 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steven Troughton-Smith | ICI TECH TEKNOLOJI ANONIM SIRKETI |
Bugs and requests
SameGame
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes and reboots iPhone
- No game over notification
- Game freezes or slows down phone
- UI is pleasing but game is not
- Blocks flashing before retap
Requested features
9 requests- Game over notification
- Undo button
- Statistics and play level selection
- Different levels or themes
- Option to resize app
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- New mode for high scores
- Score for each brick clicked
- Ability to select number of tiles
- Increase tile movement speed
BoxKing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SameGame
No in-app purchases
BoxKing
No in-app purchases









