Open The Box vs Idle Block Master
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open The Box
Uncover hidden items by unfolding box sides and solving puzzles. Decorate your virtual home with the treasures you discover. A fun and engaging experience for puzzle and decoration enthusiasts.
- Solve box puzzles
- Unfold box sides
- Discover hidden items
- Decorate your house
- Collect items
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What's in the box? Tap to fold the sides, open the box and solve the puzzle. Decorate your house with all the items you find in the boxes.
Idle Block Master
Create unique and amusing blocks in this highly addictive game. It's completely free and easy to play, with regular level updates to keep the fun going.
- Create unique blocks
- Easy to play
- Highly addictive gameplay
- Periodic level updates
- Free to play
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● Can you make funny and unique blocks? ● Totally free, ease to play, and highly addictive. ● Periodic LEVEL UPDATES!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Open The Box at 4.8 against Idle Block Master's 3.8. Open The Box also leads on ratings volume (3.8K vs 28) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks). Idle Block Master's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Open The Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Idle Block Master asks for nothing beyond the download.
Open The Box holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Open The Box has 3.8K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 44% and 44% positive.
Open The Box ships an update every 8 days, Idle Block Master every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open The Box | Idle Block Master |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.8K ratings) — better | 3.8 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.2% of reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.5 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 207 MB | 327 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | HOMA GAMES | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
Open The Box
Idle Block Master
Bugs and requests
Open The Box
Reported bugs
3 issues- Opening game shows black/grey screen
- Ads crash the game
- Boxes give duplicate items
Requested features
4 requests- Add more rooms/houses
- Make gems/diamonds easier to obtain
- Add more challenges and harder boxes
- Add a paid ad-free version
Idle Block Master
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Open The Box
- Remove Ads$2.99
Idle Block Master
No in-app purchases
Questions
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