Comparison

Boxville 2 vs TR

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

Head to head
About

Boxville 2

Embark on an adventure in a city of boxes to find a missing friend and fix a fireworks mishap. Explore diverse locations, solve puzzles, and enjoy charming hand-drawn visuals and unique interactions.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn visuals
  • Unique animations and sounds
  • Original music tracks
  • Logic puzzles
  • Story-driven mini-games
  • No dialogue
Features
Currently charting
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Boxville 2 tells a new story set in the city of boxes. Two can friends are given an important task by the mayor: to set up fireworks for the city’s celebration. But due to a mistake, the fireworks go off incorrectly, causing chaos throughout the city. Worse yet, one of the friends goes missing. Now, the main character — a red can — must explore different areas and secret corners of Boxville, and even venture beyond the city, to set things right and find his friend. What’s Inside Boxville 2: - Hand-drawn visuals crafted with love - Unique animations and sounds for every interaction - Original music tracks set the mood in every scene - Dozens of logic puzzles and story-driven mini-games - No dialogue — characters speak through fun sketches

About

TR

Uncover a WWII-era mystery by navigating a vast archive of obscure texts. Communicate with a mysterious handler to find a stolen book and unravel the secrets of the machine's creators before time runs out.

Highlights
  • Narrative deduction gameplay
  • Interactive audio drama
  • Archive exploration
  • Link obscure texts
  • Dynamic dialogue system
  • Original soundtrack
Features
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A voice is saying your name. A WWII-era machine, long hidden in a church basement, whirs to life. Through a crackling speaker a man asks you to find a stolen book. He only knows the title. Time is running out. The machine, created by Bletchley Park engineers Cecil Caulderly and Beatrice Dooler, contains a vast archive of obscure books, letters, and journals fed in over the span of fifty years in an attempt to crack the code of reality. As their lives fell apart, the machine kept working. Navigate the computer’s archive. Link its obscure texts and uncover its creators’ secrets. Communicate with the man behind the speaker to figure out your role in this mystery. Destroy the book at the core of the machine — before it’s too late. NARRATIVE DEDUCTION - Deduce links through the archive to locate hidden sources. - Unravel the stories and unearth the secrets of the books’ authors and the machine's creators. - Map the archive and find the book that will rewrite the world. INTERACTIVE AUDIO DRAMA - Talk with your handler at any time, creating a dynamic audio drama that responds as you explore. - Featuring the voices of Rebekah McLoughlin (The SCP Archives, Eternal Threads), Paul Warren (A Highland Song, Viewfinder, The Séance of Blake Manor) and Phillipe Bosher (Baldur's Gate 3, Doctor Who, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy). - Original soundtrack by Laurence Chapman (A Highland Song, Heaven's Vault, The Mask of the Rose). INSPIRATIONS TR-49 takes inspiration from narrative deduction games like The Roottrees are Dead and The Return of the Obra Dinn, and from audio dramas like The Magnus Archives and ars PARADOXICA. Written and created by the award-winning team behind 80 Days, Heaven's Vault, Overboard!, and A Highland Song.

Screenshots

Boxville 24 screens
TR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Boxville 2 at 88% against TR's 64%. Boxville 2 also leads on price ($1.99 vs $6.99) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). TR's advantage is chart position (#16 vs #142). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Boxville 2 costs $1.99 and TR $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boxville 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boxville 2 has 319 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Boxville 2's written reviews are positive against 64% of TR's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Boxville 2 versus TR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxville 2TR
Price$1.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.8 (319 ratings) — better4.5 (37 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better64.0% of reviews
Number of ratings319 — better37
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#142#16 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size513 MB505 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTriomatica Gamesinkle

Customer experience

Boxville 2

All ratings292 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%

TR

All ratings37 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative28.0%

Bugs and requests

Boxville 2

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Controls not sensitive enough on mobile

Requested features

2 requests
  • More Boxville games
  • Longer story and gameplay

TR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Boxville 2

No in-app purchases

None

TR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boxville 2 free?
Boxville 2 costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TR free?
TR costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Boxville 2 or TR?
Boxville 2 is rated higher. Boxville 2 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 319 ratings, while TR averages 4.5 from 37 ratings.
Do Boxville 2 or TR have ads?
Neither Boxville 2 nor TR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boxville 2 or TR?
Boxville 2 ships an update weekly, and TR weekly. Most recently, Boxville 2 was updated on November 8, 2026 and TR on November 6, 2026.
Which is more popular, Boxville 2 or TR?
Boxville 2 currently peaks at #142 in the App Store charts, and TR at #16. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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