Cog Hero vs Crazy Gears Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cog Hero
A puzzle game where you make gears spin by tapping and moving them. Stacked gears turn if their colors match neighbors, and different colors can overlap. Unlock new color schemes and enjoy infinite replays with random levels.
- Gear rotation puzzles
- Color matching mechanics
- One-way gear challenges
- Unlockable color schemes
- Randomly generated levels
- Offline play
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A board full of Gears. Can you make them all turn? Tap to select, then tap to move. Stacked gears turn if either of the colors match their neighbor. Different colors can overlap and spin. One-way gears can't be moved. Use others to connect and spin them. Win to unlock more color schemes. Random levels for infinite replays. No ads. No WiFi needed. Play Easy as much as you want, upgrade for higher difficulty levels!
Crazy Gears Box
Engage in a relaxing ASMR puzzle experience by connecting gears and cogs on a cube. Progress through over 1000 levels of increasing difficulty, from easy to challenging brain teasers. Enjoy a no-pressure gameplay with simple controls and offline play.
- 1000+ levels
- ASMR sounds
- Simple one-finger control
- No time limit
- Offline play
- Easy to hard puzzles
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Gear up in this logical ASMR game where you connect gears and cogs on a cube. If you like steam punk puzzles you will love this gear logic puzzle game. Experience various and increasing levels of puzzle difficulty. Start with an easy gear logic puzzle and finish with the hardest gear box game. Link the cogs and gears, finish all levels and become the Gear cube puzzle master! FEATURES • 1000+ levels • ASMR sounds • Simple one finger control • Autosave • No time limit • Easy to hard gear puzzles • Formidable cogs brain teasers • Restart a gears game when stuck • Easy to learn and quick to play • Play gear box game offline HOW TO PLAY • Select an available gear size • Tap a pin to place a gear • Connect the black and white gears • Complete the level and unlock the next cog puzzle • Play on and solve the next gear box game! CONTACT Cellcrowd is a small Dutch indie developer focused on developing quality apps and games for iPhone™ and iPad™ devices. For any questions or feedback, contact us at support@cellcrowd.com Terms & Conditions: https://www.cellcrowd.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.cellcrowd.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Crazy Gears Box at 4.4 against Cog Hero's 3.4. Crazy Gears Box also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (82 vs 8). Cog Hero's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Cog Hero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Crazy Gears Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Crazy Gears Box holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crazy Gears Box has 82 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Cog Hero's written reviews are positive against 78% of Crazy Gears Box's.
Cog Hero ships an update every 12 months, Crazy Gears Box every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cog Hero | Crazy Gears Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (8 ratings) | 4.4 (82 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 82 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Headlight Software, Inc. | Daniel Cornelis Johannes Maria van Geel |
Customer experience
Cog Hero
Crazy Gears Box
In-app purchases
Cog Hero
- Unlock All Difficulty Levels$0.99
Crazy Gears Box
- Premium$3.99
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