Comparison

Boxed In vs Box Box

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

Head to head
About

Boxed In

Embark on a cosmic puzzle adventure as a robotic explorer. Navigate mind-bending challenges by pushing boxes through mesmerizing space backdrops. Strategize to collect gear and outmaneuver forcefields to reach the exit.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of handcrafted puzzles
  • Create and share your own puzzles
  • Play community-created puzzles
  • Optional player rankings
  • Collect gear items
  • Navigate forcefields
Features
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Embark on an interstellar journey as a cunning robotic explorer in this stellar puzzle adventure! Enter a universe filled with mind-bending challenges, where pushing boxes takes on a whole new dimension. With each level set against a mesmerizing space backdrop, prepare to launch your strategic thinking into orbit! As a clever robot, you'll navigate through hundreds of meticulously designed cosmic puzzles. Push, collect, and outmaneuver the ever-changing configurations of boxes while aiming for the elusive exit. But remember, true mastery lies in acquiring all the gear items scattered throughout the celestial maze. Beware the colorful forcefields that dot your cosmic path! These ethereal barriers demand ingenious solutions. Locate matching floor switches and cleverly employ your box-pushing skills to unlock the way forward. It's a cosmic dance of strategy and logic, where triumph awaits the astute explorer. With its stellar visuals, captivating gameplay, and endless cosmic challenges, Boxed In takes puzzle-solving to new frontiers. Prepare to be astounded by the infinite possibilities in this celestial realm. Strap in, activate your circuits, and let the cosmic puzzle adventure begin! "This game will improve the way your brain thinks. (5/5)" - Becket's Guide to Phone Apps Magazine Features: • Easy to pick up and play anytime! • Play hundreds of handcrafted puzzles! • Create and share your own puzzles! • Play even more puzzles created by the community! • Optional player rankings let you compete! • Original music by Jyri Luukkonen! • Many hours of gameplay!

About

Box Box

Engage your logic with over 70 challenging puzzles that require strategic box pushing and interaction with dynamic elements like tornadoes and portals. Exercise your reasoning skills through increasingly complex stages inspired by classic puzzle games.

Highlights
  • Over 70 challenging puzzles
  • Interactive elements (tornadoes, portals)
  • Classic Sokoban-inspired gameplay
  • Progressive difficulty
  • Logical reasoning challenges
  • Scenario interaction mechanics
Features
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Push the boxes into the correct place and find the solution to more than 70 challenges in scenarios full of interactive objects like tornadoes, portals, one-way passages, locks and keys, blocks and barriers that make the puzzles even more challenging. Box Box is a puzzle solving game, inspired by the classics Sokoban and Box World, with stages made up of different mechanics and interactions between objects that will push your brain to the limit to solve problems while having fun and exercising your reasoning logical. The game mechanics go far beyond pushing boxes, requiring interaction with the scenario to remove barriers, open a path and discover new ways to reach the desired location, even if there is no obvious way, creating surprising dynamics and increasingly difficult stages . The game has a progression of difficulty that over time requires more and more reasoning skills, logic and puzzle solving skills. Interactions available in the scenario: 1. Boxes ● Should be pushed to the indicated location. ● You can only push one box at a time. 2. Tornado ● It pulls objects on top of itself and can be used to move boxes in a direction that was previously not possible. 3. One way passage ● Allows the player and other objects to be moved only in the direction indicated by the arrow. ● One-way pass has a variant that changes the allowable direction of movement whenever the player passes through it. 4. Lock/padlock ● Prevents the passage of the player and any other object in the scene until it is unlocked using the key. 5. Key ● Allows you to unlock the lock/padlock, opening the way to other parts of the scene. ● As with the Box, the key must be skillfully pushed to the desired location. 6. Hole ● The holes act as barriers in the scenario that prevent the player from passing until they are covered by another object. ● Attention! If you push a box into a hole, you can no longer retrieve it. 7. Blocks ● Blocks have a very box-like behavior and can be used by the player to help solve puzzles. ● Blocks are useful to cover other objects in the scene such as tornadoes and holes, thus facilitating the movement of the player and boxes. 8. Portal ● The portal is a magical object capable of teleporting the player and other objects from one position to another. ● Portals are always connected, so there is always a round-trip through them. ● Portals are essential for solving puzzles where there is no direct path in the scene, but the solution is possible by teleporting to another location. As a player, your objective is to solve all the puzzles and push the boxes to the marked locations, gradually advancing to the most difficult stages. Ready to have fun, exercise your brain and solve puzzles? So let's play! If you love solving puzzles, this game is definitely for you!

Screenshots

Boxed In4 screens
Box Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Box Box at 4.6 against Boxed In's 3.6. Box Box also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Boxed In's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (610 vs 5). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Boxed In sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Box Box sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Box Box holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxed In has 610 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Boxed In's written reviews are positive against 100% of Box Box's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boxed In ships an update every 2 months, Box Box every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Boxed In versus Box Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxed InBox Box
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (610 ratings)4.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings610 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size235 MB146 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDennis MengeltMustache Game Studio LTDA

Customer experience

Boxed In

All ratings611 ratings
Positive56.6%
Neutral20.0%
Negative23.4%
Written reviews255 reviews
Positive74.5%
Neutral11.4%
Negative14.1%

Box Box

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Boxed In

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes on certain levels
  • Progress not saved properly
  • Controls not responsive at times

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Option to revert to original 2D graphics
  • Ability to replay completed levels
  • Level editor or creator

Box Box

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Boxed In

One-time7
  • Unlimited Undos$0.99
  • Level Pack 2$0.99
  • Level Pack 3$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Level Pack 1 Unlock$0.99
  • Level Pack 2 Unlock$0.99
  • Level Pack 3 Unlock$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
2 purchases

Box Box

One-time2
  • Unlock Standard Stages$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Boxed In free?
Boxed In is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Box Box free?
Box Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Boxed In or Box Box?
Box Box is rated higher. Boxed In averages 3.6 out of 5 from 610 ratings, while Box Box averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Boxed In or Box Box have ads?
Box Box shows ads; Boxed In does not.
Which is updated more often, Boxed In or Box Box?
Boxed In ships an update every 2 months, and Box Box every 6 weeks. Most recently, Boxed In was updated on October 23, 2026 and Box Box on October 24, 2026.

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