Comparison

Mazers vs The Box

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

Head to head
About

Mazers

Features
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Mazers is a physics-based maze game where you tilt your device to roll a ball through increasingly challenging levels. Four ways to play: - Solo: Classic maze solving. Navigate from start to finish as fast as you can. - Race: Compete head-to-head against an AI opponent. Three difficulty levels from Slow Dimwit to Golden Bullet. - Cannonball: Dodge bullets, avoid traps, hit switches, and escape through devious hand-crafted levels. - Chaser: Outrun color-coded ghosts in a Pac-Man-inspired mode. Collect jewels, grab power pills, and eat the ghosts before they eat you. Features: - 120+ built-in levels across all game modes - Tilt-based physics controls - Level editor to create and share your own Cannonball levels - Track your best times and high scores - Sound effects and haptic feedback - Works offline, no ads, no in-app purchases

About

The Box

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Turn your iPhone into a 3D gravity chamber. No buttons. No joysticks. Use your phoneโ€™s gyroscope to tilt, roll, and navigate a physics-based labyrinth that reacts to your every move. Can you escape The Box? THE BOX is a brutal physics puzzler where your phone is the controller. Guide your ball through procedural 3D mazes, dodging lethal modifiers and racing the clock. EVOLVING CHALLENGES * Levels 1-5: Master the tilt. Find the exit. * Levels 6-10: Procedural mazes begin to crawl across the walls. * Levels 11+: Collect golden orbs to unlock the portal while battling internal dividers. 9 GAME-CHANGING MODIFIERS Experience pure chaos when the rules shift mid-game: * Ice Floor: Zero friction. Pure momentum. * Blind Box: The lights go out. Navigate by memory. * Gravity Chaos: Gravity flips every 8 seconds. * Combo Mode: Face two modifiers at once (e.g., Wind Force + Moving Portal). WEEKLY GLOBAL CHALLENGES Every Monday, the world competes on the same seed. Three attempts a day. One global leaderboard. Do you have the steadiest hands on Earth? INFINITE VARIETY Powered by recursive algorithms, no two boxes are the same. From simple 3x3 grids to dense 5x5 labyrinths across multiple faces, the challenge scales with your skill. PREMIUM EXPERIENCE * Play 13 levels for FREE. * Zero Ads. No loot boxes. No energy timers. * One-time Unlock: One IAP for the full game and unlimited challenge attempts.

Screenshots

Mazers4 screens
The Box3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mazers at none against The Box's 1. Mazers also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). The Box's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. The Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mazers asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mazers ships an update every 3 weeks, The Box every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Mazers versus The Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMazersThe Box
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better26.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size72 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShane O'SullivanDaniel Szlaski

In-app purchases

None

Mazers

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Box

One-time1
  • Full Game$2.99

Questions

Is Mazers free?
Mazers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Box free?
The Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mazers or The Box have ads?
Neither Mazers nor The Box shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mazers or The Box?
Mazers ships an update every 3 weeks, and The Box every 2 days. Most recently, Mazers was updated on September 11, 2026 and The Box on September 26, 2026.

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