Comparison

Blip Blup vs Boxville

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

Head to head
About

Blip Blup

Engage your mind with a visually stunning puzzle game where you strategically tap tiles to spread color and fill the entire board. Overcome 140+ challenging levels with unique mechanics and special tiles. Compete with friends and climb leaderboards to become the ultimate puzzle master.

Highlights
  • 140+ brain-busting puzzles
  • 10 packs of challenges
  • Special tiles for unique gameplay
  • Global leaderboards
  • Achievements
  • High-definition visuals
  • iCloud and Game Center support
Features
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BLIP BLUP is an addictive conundrum of coloration that will consume your thoughts and occupy your dreams. ======= "It's a game that feels familiar, though I'm certain I've never played anything like it." - Kotaku "An ideal mobile game" - The Verge "A hypnotically-addictive puzzle" - The Guardian "A very good puzzler for abstract visual thinkers" - Maclife "It’s simple, challenging, and just beautiful." - AppAdvice ======= You must carefully consider each move in order to fill every tile with color - 140+ perplexing puzzles await your brainpower. * Tap a tile to start a pulse of color which spreads outwards. * Color all tiles in as few pulses as possible. * Carefully place each pulse relative to walls and other obstacles. * Game-changing "trick" tiles alter your pulse’s path, so think ahead to succeed. Adapt your thinking to overcome 10 different packs of challenges. Compete with your friends to see who can three-star every level and climb the leaderboards to become the BLIP master. BLIP BLUP is made possible by showing you adverts. You can upgrade to get rid of ads at any time. Game Features: 140+ BRAIN BUSTING PUZZLES All magnificently adorned with a spectrum of beautiful colors. 10 PACKS OF FUN Solve your way through nine whole packs of levels, each featuring all new challenges and gameplay. SPECIAL TILES Devious combinations of special tiles, from insta-locking gate tiles to explosive death tiles, keep you searching for the perfect solution. FULL LEADERBOARD SUPPORT Become the BLIP-master and conquer all before you on the global leaderboards. DO YOU EVEN BLIP? 34 awesome achievements to flaunt to your friends. HIGH DEFINITION BLIPPING Full Retina display support for minimalist gorgeous visuals. iCloud AND Game Center Share your progress between all your devices. More apps from ustwo: * Monument Valley * - Manipulate impossible architecture and guide a silent princess through a stunningly beautiful world. * Whale Trail® * - Join Willow the Whale as he loops, soars and glides to collect bubbles and smash enemies.

About

Boxville

This animated adventure puzzle game features speechless cans navigating a city of boxes. Solve logic puzzles and riddles, explore a charming world, and uncover the mystery behind earthquakes. Enjoy a unique audio-visual experience, playable solo or with a friend.

Highlights
  • Animated film and puzzle game hybrid
  • Hand-drawn graphics and custom animations
  • Environmental quests and logical puzzles
  • Unique music for each scene
  • Wordless communication via speech bubbles
  • Playable solo or co-op
Features
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Boxville is 2-in-1: an animated film and a puzzle game. Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Boxville is good for playing alone to dive into the atmosphere and challenge your brain with sophisticated logic puzzles and riddles, or playing with a friend or family to share unique audio-visual experiences and solve the puzzles together. Design The core idea of the game is that it’s not just a game - but also an animated film that you can watch and play at the same time. We designed Boxville’s gameplay with the purpose of taking away your anxiety and stress. You can explore and observe the world without rushing and pressure. The game is full of environmental quests and logical puzzles that we have carefully picked from among hundreds of options. Story Boxville is a city of boxes populated with old cans. They live quiet and happy lives with their everyday routines and habits. But one day, unexplained earthquakes disturbed their idyll... Blue Can (our hero) lost his best friend because of that. He started his search but it is not so easy to move through the city after earthquakes. He has to find a way to move forward, return the friend back home and discover the real reason for all those earthquakes. There are many adventures, new friends and it’s not only friends that are waiting for him on the way. He has to be curious, inventive, careful, and to help others, to reach his goal. What you can expect to see and hear in Boxville: - Hand-drawn graphics — all backgrounds and characters are carefully drawn by our artists. - Every animation and sound is created especially for each interaction. - Unique music track was created for every scene to accomplish the atmosphere of the game. - Tens of logical puzzles and mini-games are tightly incorporated into the story of the game. - There are no words in the game — all characters communicate via cartoony speechbubbles.

Screenshots

Blip Blup4 screens
Boxville4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Boxville at 4.7 against Blip Blup's 4.3. Boxville also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (772 vs 43). Blip Blup's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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

Blip Blup costs $1.99 and Boxville $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boxville holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxville has 772 ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Blip Blup's written reviews are positive against 78% of Boxville's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blip Blup ships an update every 2 months, Boxville every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Blip Blup versus Boxville: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlip BlupBoxville
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.3 (43 ratings)4.7 (772 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.7% of reviews — better78.3% of reviews
Number of ratings43772 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#87 — better#105
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB1.2 GB
Age rating4+4+
Developerustwo gamesTriomatica Games

Customer experience

Blip Blup

All ratings42 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral9.5%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive79.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative13.5%

Boxville

All ratings755 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.0%
Negative13.7%

User reviews

Blip Blup

From 43 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Captivating physics and mechanics
  • 👍 Simple to learn, fun to play
  • ✨ Visually appealing and minimalist design
  • 🎧 Immersive audio experience
  • 🧠 Challenging and thought-provoking puzzles

Room to improve

  • 😠 Annoying level progression/paid version issues
  • 🤔 Unpredictable physics at times
  • 😕 Tutorial could be improved
  • 📉 Gets boring after a while for some
  • 💸 High price for some users

Boxville

From 772 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Enjoyable puzzles
  • 🎨 Beautiful art and animation
  • 🎶 Lovely music
  • 🧠 Challenging but logical puzzles
  • 🤗 Charming characters and story

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Short game length
  • 🔍 Tiny inventory items hard to see
  • 🤯 Some puzzles too obscure
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🤖 Lack of hint system or ability to skip puzzles

Bugs and requests

Blip Blup

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Frequent crashes on startup
  • Ads appearing in paid version
  • Memory leak
  • App freezes occasionally
  • "Try Again" button unresponsive
Show 4 more
  • Menu icons burned onto screen
  • Game not updating on iPad 3
  • Death tiles introduced too early
  • Crash on opening app

Requested features

5 requests
  • Hint system for difficult levels
  • Stage editor for sharing levels
  • Option to delete game progress
  • Larger menu buttons
  • More stars for certain achievements

Boxville

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress reset after updates
  • Inventory items disappearing
  • Puzzle mechanics not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer game with more content
  • Ability to use stylus/Apple Pencil
  • Improved save/load system
  • In-game hints or ability to skip puzzles

In-app purchases

None

Blip Blup

No in-app purchases

None

Boxville

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blip Blup free?
Blip Blup costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boxville free?
Boxville costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blip Blup or Boxville?
Boxville is rated higher. Blip Blup averages 4.3 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while Boxville averages 4.7 from 772 ratings.
Do Blip Blup or Boxville have ads?
Neither Blip Blup nor Boxville shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blip Blup or Boxville?
Blip Blup ships an update every 2 months, and Boxville every 9 days. Most recently, Blip Blup was updated on October 24, 2026 and Boxville on October 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Blip Blup or Boxville?
Blip Blup currently peaks at #87 in the App Store charts, and Boxville at #105. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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