Comparison

Black Box vs Velmora Mind Weave

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

Head to head
About

Black Box

Features
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THINK INSIDE THE BOX. Black Box: Photon Logic is a pure deduction puzzle. There is a grid. There are mirrors hidden inside it. Your job is to figure out where they are — using nothing but lasers fired from the edges. HOW IT WORKS • Tap any edge to fire a laser into the box. • See where it exits — that's your only clue. • Place / and \ mirrors on the grid to recreate the same exit pattern. • Match every laser path and the box is cracked. That's it. No tutorials, no hand-holding, no enemies, no timers stealing your stars. Just clean, focused photon-tracing logic. 50 LEVELS, ONE BIG CURVE From a 4×4 calibration with 2 mirrors to a 12×12 black box with 50 mirrors. Every level has a fixed seed — retry as often as you like, the puzzle never changes. Every level is solvable; some have multiple solutions. EARN THREE STARS • Solve fast → keep more time bonus • Fire fewer probe lasers → keep more efficiency bonus • A clean run on a 12×12 grid is the brag-worthy goal DESIGNED FOR THE COMMUTE • Plays in portrait — one-thumb friendly • Levels save your progress automatically • Works fully offline once installed • No log-in, no email, no friend requests • Soft procedural sound — keep headphones in, or play silent FEATURES • 50 hand-tuned levels across 5 grid sizes • Smart hint system: stuck on a 12×12? Watch a quick ad, get one mirror revealed • Star-rating system that rewards efficient play • Neon visual style with smooth scene transitions • Subtle haptic feedback on cell taps and laser fires (mobile) • Custom procedural audio — no music files, instant install WHO IT'S FOR If you played Sokoban, Lasers, Light Up, Hashi, Slitherlink, Nonograms, or you just like games where the only opponent is the puzzle itself — this is for you. PRIVACY • No analytics tracking your gameplay • No accounts, no email, no profile • Banner and rewarded ads are served by Google AdMob — see our privacy policy for what AdMob collects Crack the first level in 30 seconds. Crack level 50 over a long weekend. Either way, welcome to the box.

About

Velmora Mind Weave

Engage in a card-based logic experience with three unique puzzle modes that test your pattern recognition and strategic planning. Solve puzzles, earn a Strategic Score, and progress through a mastery ladder. Offers progressive hints and a daily challenge.

Highlights
  • Card-based logic puzzles
  • Three distinct puzzle modes
  • Pattern recognition challenges
  • Strategic planning gameplay
  • Progressive hint system
  • Daily challenges
  • Mastery ladder progression
Features
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Velmora Mind Weave is a card-based logic experience built around three distinct puzzle modes that reward pattern recognition and forward planning. Rankshift asks you to transform a starting layout of columns into a target layout in as few moves as possible. Rankweave has you place cards on a grid so a continuous Weave Path runs from the start anchor to the end anchor. Pattern Vault presents a row of cards built from a hidden rule with one card missing, and you choose the value that fits. Every puzzle is generated and verified by the app before it appears, so a solution is always reachable. The Strategic Score rewards clean solutions by combining completion, move efficiency, pace, difficulty, and how sparingly you use hints. Insight offers progressive help in three tiers, revealing a key position, then a useful sequence, then the recommended step, so you can get a nudge without giving away the answer. Progress along the Mind Weave Path unlocks new regions of glowing puzzle nodes, and the mastery ladder climbs from Curious Mind up to Mind Weave Master. A daily challenge gives you one shared task each day. Puzzle Lab lets you browse curated sets by mode and difficulty. Think Ahead previews the result of a move before you commit, so choices stay deliberate. Rounded typography, layered artwork, and calm haptics keep the focus on thinking.

Screenshots

Black Box4 screens
Velmora Mind Weave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Velmora Mind Weave at none against Black Box's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Black Box versus Velmora Mind Weave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlack BoxVelmora Mind Weave
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.5 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSampath ShanivarapuBui Van Duc

In-app purchases

None

Black Box

No in-app purchases

None

Velmora Mind Weave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Black Box free?
Black Box is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Velmora Mind Weave free?
Velmora Mind Weave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Black Box or Velmora Mind Weave have ads?
Black Box shows ads; Velmora Mind Weave does not.

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