Snake vs Snake Boxes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snake
A classic arcade game where players control a growing snake. The objective is to eat food blocks while avoiding collisions with walls and the snake's own body. Multiple game sizes and speeds are available for varied challenges.
- Eat food blocks
- Avoid walls
- Avoid own tail
- Three sizes
- Three speeds
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Very simple snake game. Eat food blocks. Avoid hitting walls and snake's tail. - three sizes (26x26, 26x15, 16x16) - three speeds
Snake Boxes
A classic snake game set within confined box environments. Players must eat food blocks while avoiding collisions with walls and their own growing tail. The game features 25 distinct levels.
- Classic snake gameplay
- Confined box environments
- Eat food blocks
- Avoid walls and tail
- 25 levels
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Snake game in small boxes. Eat food blocks. Avoid hitting walls and snake's tail. This game has 25 levels.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Snake at 4.1 against Snake Boxes's 2.8. Snake also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 38%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 21 months). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Snake holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snake has 121 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Snake's written reviews are positive against 38% of Snake Boxes's.
Snake ships an update every 2 months, Snake Boxes every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snake | Snake Boxes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (121 ratings) — better | 2.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 121 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FujiCubeSoft | FujiCubeSoft |
Customer experience
Snake
Snake Boxes
Bugs and requests
Snake
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game sometimes freezes or crashes
- Revive feature doesn't work as expected
- Controls become unresponsive at higher scores
Requested features
4 requests- Add different speed/difficulty options
- Implement swipe controls
- Include a dark mode option
- Introduce new game modes and levels
Snake Boxes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snake
No in-app purchases
Snake Boxes
No in-app purchases
