Comparison

Blockade Game vs Boxpush

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

Head to head
About

Blockade Game

Features
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BLOCKADE — It's not about speed. It's about control. Forget everything you know about classic board games. In Blockade, pieces are never knocked off the board — but every time you're blocked, you lose a life. Run out of lives and it's over. HOW TO PLAY Roll the dice and move your pieces around the board toward home. Simple — until every path is cut off and there's nowhere left to go. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • No knocking out — pieces block, they don't eliminate • Every blocked move costs you a life • Finish all pieces of one color and earn +2 lives back • Roll a 6 and take another turn • Beat the AI before it traps you completely THINK AHEAD The AI doesn't make random moves. It pushes forward, claims territory, and cuts off your paths. You'll need to balance racing home with keeping your routes open. A fast game. A deep strategy. One board. Can you bring all your pieces home before you run out of lives?

About

Boxpush

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Push every box onto its target. That is the whole game — and it is harder than it sounds. 500 hand-verified levels Every level in Boxpush was built by a solver working backwards from the finished position, which means two things no other puzzle pack can promise: every level definitely has a solution, and the game knows the shortest one. The "best" counter next to your score is the real optimum, not a guess. Difficulty that actually ramps Levels are not sorted by how long they take. They are sorted by how many ways there are to ruin them — the legal moves that quietly leave a level unsolvable. Five bands, each measurably harder than the last, each introducing exactly one new idea. Two mechanics, introduced one at a time - One-way tiles: a box standing on an arrow can only be pushed that way. - Typed boxes: a marked box only counts on the target bearing the same mark. Built to be read Every piece on the board is distinguished by shape as well as colour. The whole game is playable in a black-and-white screenshot. Text scales with your system setting. Nothing is hidden behind a gesture. No timers. No lives. No streak to lose. Unlimited undo, because changing your mind is the mechanic. Works completely offline. Your progress stays on your phone. Free with ads. One optional purchase removes them — it unlocks nothing, because all 500 levels are free from the start.

Screenshots

Blockade Game4 screens
Boxpush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blockade Game at none against Boxpush's 1. Blockade Game also leads on ads (none vs shown). Boxpush's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Boxpush sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Blockade Game asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 2 level
Blockade Game versus Boxpush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlockade GameBoxpush
PriceFreeFree
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid ZeusSergio Diaz Marcos

In-app purchases

None

Blockade Game

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Boxpush

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Blockade Game free?
Blockade Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boxpush free?
Boxpush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blockade Game or Boxpush have ads?
Boxpush shows ads; Blockade Game does not.

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