Comparison

Gem Towers vs Box Blaster Quest

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

Head to head
About

Gem Towers

A physics-based puzzle game where you strategically break gem towers. The objective is to shatter all green gems while preserving red ones, managing your limited lives. It offers a challenging experience that is simple to learn but difficult to master.

Highlights
  • Physics-based gameplay
  • Break green gems
  • Save red gems
  • Level-based challenges
  • Life management system
  • Easy to learn, hard to master
Features
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Gem Towers is easy to play but hard to master. See if you can get three stars on each level. Gem Towers is a physics based game that simulates collisions and gravity. The towers are constructed of gems which may vary in size and shape. Your goal is to break all green gems and to save as many red gems as possible. Removing a red gem and gems that go off the platform will subtract one "life". You have 3 lives at the beginning of each level.

About

Box Blaster Quest

Engage in a captivating puzzle adventure with hundreds of challenging levels. Swap and match three or more boxes to create explosive chain reactions and clear the board. Enjoy hours of brain-teasing fun with smooth graphics and engaging sound effects.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of challenging puzzle levels
  • Score and Treasure level types
  • Timed and move-limited levels
  • Special boxes, treasures, and obstacles
  • Smooth HD graphics and animations
  • Beautiful background music and sound effects
Features
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Play an awesome game. Swap and match 3 or more boxes in a line to make them blast. Hundreds of exciting levels! It can keep you entertained for hours. The further you advance, the more challenging the levels will become. Ready to join the fun and relax your brain? 340+ levels for you to enjoy. FEATURES - 342 levels of endless fun packed with awesome puzzles - 2 types of levels: * Score - Get a certain number of points to win * Treasure – Collect all the treasures on board - Levels must be completed in a certain amount of moves or within a time limit - 6 types of special boxes - 3 types of treasures - 4 types of obstacles - BoxPedia section, where you can read and find out more about different special boxes, treasures and obstacles - smooth HD quality graphics and animations - beautiful background music and sound effects; - Hours of awesome fun, easy to play and more challenging as you advance through the levels! - You can complete all levels without making a single purchase. However, if you want to speed up your progress, you can make in-app purchases to get extra moves, time or lives. The account owner should always be consulted beforehand. By downloading this game, you confirm that you agree to our terms of service: http://www.gsoftteam.com/eula TIPS * Each level must be completed before you can progress to the next. You can replay any level to earn three stars. * You can move boxes by dragging them one onto the other or drag a box to a free place and let it drop. * If you are unable to make a match the boxes will bounce back to their initial place and no moves are lost. * If you make a match of three boxes you will get 10 points for each box. * Forming a line of four boxes will get you 100 points for each box and a vertical or horizontal box is created. * If you create a match that contains a vertical or horizontal box these will be ignited and blast a vertical or a horizontal line of boxes. * You can set up chain reactions using aligned super boxes which will score you additional points for each overlapping explosion. If you have any technical problems, please email us directly at support@gsoftteam.com. Please, don’t leave support problems in our comments – we don’t check those regularly and it will take longer to fix any issues that you might encounter. Thank you for your understanding! Last but not least, a big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who has played Box Blaster Quest!

Screenshots

Gem Towers4 screens
Box Blaster Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Box Blaster Quest at Free against Gem Towers's $0.49. Box Blaster Quest also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (50% vs 20%). Gem Towers's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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

Box Blaster Quest is free to download; Gem Towers costs $0.49 up front. Box Blaster Quest sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Gem Towers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Box Blaster Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Gem Towers's written reviews are positive against 50% of Box Blaster Quest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gem Towers ships an update every 37 months, Box Blaster Quest every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Gem Towers versus Box Blaster Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGem TowersBox Blaster Quest
Price$0.49Free — better
Rating3.3 (4 ratings)4.7 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 37 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMike HempflingG Soft Team

Customer experience

Gem Towers

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Box Blaster Quest

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Gem Towers

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Box Blaster Quest

One-time9
  • 30 Gold2 variants$0.99
  • Unlock 27 Levels - Pack 1$0.99
  • Unlock 27 Levels - Pack 2$0.99
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  • Unlock 27 Levels - Pack 3$0.99
  • Unlock 27 Levels - Pack 8$0.99
  • Unlock 27 Levels - Pack 9$0.99
  • Unlock 27 Levels - Pack 10$0.99
  • Unlock 27 Levels - Pack 11$0.99
  • 160 Gold$4.99

Questions

Is Gem Towers free?
Gem Towers costs $0.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is Box Blaster Quest free?
Box Blaster Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gem Towers or Box Blaster Quest?
Box Blaster Quest is rated higher. Gem Towers averages 3.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Box Blaster Quest averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Gem Towers or Box Blaster Quest have ads?
Box Blaster Quest shows ads; Gem Towers does not.
Which is updated more often, Gem Towers or Box Blaster Quest?
Gem Towers ships an update every 37 months, and Box Blaster Quest every 6 months. Most recently, Gem Towers was updated on November 1, 2026 and Box Blaster Quest on November 1, 2026.

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