Mind Wall vs ArcadeBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mind Wall
This 3D arcade puzzler offers simple controls and challenging gameplay. Tap cells to clear a path for your shape and avoid crashing. Features randomly generated levels and unlockable modes for endless replayability.
- Unique 3D arcade puzzler
- Simple tap controls
- Randomly generated levels
- Unlockable Gauntlet Mode
- Unlockable Gauntlet DX Mode
- Unlockable shape editor
- Original stereo soundtrack
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- Ludumdare 48 Winner - - 2009 IGF China finalist - Mind Wall is a unique 3D arcade puzzler that is instantly understood, beautifully simple to control, and diabolically difficult to master. Tap a cell on the advancing wall to remove it so your shape can fly through before you crash! Features: • Randomly generated levels for unlimited replayability • Unlockable “Gauntlet Mode” with online leaderboard • Unlockable “Gauntlet DX Mode” with online leaderboard • Unlockable shape editor • Haunting original stereo soundtrack • Created by award winning game designer Seth A. Robinson (Legend Of The Red Dragon, Dink Smallwood, Growtopia)
ArcadeBox
This application serves as a free emulator for GameBoy and GameBoy Color games. It supports iCade controllers and offers customizable game modes. Users can legally add their own purchased ROMs via file sharing.
- GameBoy and GameBoy Color emulation
- iCade controller compatibility
- 80s and 90s arcade style design
- Color or green game mode
- Supports user-added ROMs
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"ArcadeBox" is a free emulator for GameBoy, GameBoyColor. The emulator is free, what you pay (at the price indicated in the App Store for downloading the app ArcadeBox) is the ROM of the ArkAttack game (COLOR version, copyright Gianluca Natalini 2024) already pre-installed inside the ArcadeBox emulator. To add new ROMs: ArcadeBox allows the installation (using file sharing or the FILE application - copy/paste or share with or AirDrop, see screenshots of the app) of additional original ROMs for GameBoy, purchased by You in other stores. Please remember that downloading ROMs from internet is ILLEGAL; you can therefore only install the ROMs that you have regularly purchased and for which you have the license to use. COMPLIANCE with the LAWS / COPYRIGHT for the ROMs is your responsibility. Features: - compatible with iCade - 80s and 90s arcade style console/controller - color or green game mode (green phosphors, it depends on the installed ROM) LICENSE for ArcadeBox: - ArcadeBox is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 License. LICENSE for ArkAttack ROM: - ArkAttack ROM is NOT FREE (copyright: Gianluca Natalini 2024).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mind Wall at 88% against ArcadeBox's 0%. Mind Wall also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 12 months). ArcadeBox's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.4). On ads, 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
Mind Wall is free to download; ArcadeBox costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ArcadeBox holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Mind Wall's written reviews are positive against 0% of ArcadeBox's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mind Wall ships an update every 4 months, ArcadeBox every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mind Wall | ArcadeBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (18 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | www.rtsoft.com | Gianluca Natalini |
Customer experience
Mind Wall
ArcadeBox
In-app purchases
Mind Wall
No in-app purchases
ArcadeBox
No in-app purchases
