Comparison

Magic Grid Box vs Gate Runner

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

Head to head
About

Magic Grid Box

Features
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Magic Grid Box is a calm, friendly logic puzzle for phones and tablets. Fill every grid so that each symbol appears exactly once in every row and every column - a Latin square, the same idea behind Sudoku, but with playful picture symbols instead of numbers. Designed to be relaxing and completely frustration-free, it is a great fit for kids and grown-ups alike. There is no failure state: if a symbol would break the rule, it simply springs back, so the grid can never end up wrong. FEATURES - 5 themed boxes: Sport, Farm, Pirates, Vehicles and Cosmos - 100 hand-tuned levels - 4x4 grids to start, 5x5 grids to master - Two ways to play: drag and drop, or tap a symbol then tap a cell - Gentle, juicy feedback and a satisfying fusion animation on every solve - Unlock the next box as you progress - Plays in portrait and landscape, on phone and tablet NO PRESSURE, NO TRACKING - No ads - No in-app purchases - No accounts and no internet required - play fully offline - No data collected - your progress is saved only on your device Sit back, think it through, and enjoy the quiet satisfaction of a perfectly filled grid.

About

Gate Runner

Features
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Logic gates power every device you own. Now you get to race through them. This is a fast-paced puzzle game built around digital logic circuits. Signals flow. Gates process. You decide the path. AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, XOR โ€” each gate behaves differently. Learn them by doing. Solve puzzles under pressure. Speed matters, but accuracy matters more. As you progress, circuits grow more complex. New gates appear. The clock keeps ticking. Your understanding deepens with every level. No tutorials to read. Just play, fail, and figure it out. The logic teaches itself. How fast can you wire your brain?

Screenshots

Magic Grid Box4 screens
Gate Runner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Magic Grid Box at none against Gate Runner's shown. Gate Runner's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 3 level
Magic Grid Box versus Gate Runner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic Grid BoxGate Runner
PriceFreeFree
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size29 MB149 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander Lemkenๆตทๆด‹ ็ฅ

In-app purchases

None

Magic Grid Box

No in-app purchases

None

Gate Runner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Magic Grid Box free?
Magic Grid Box is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gate Runner free?
Gate Runner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Magic Grid Box or Gate Runner have ads?
Gate Runner shows ads; Magic Grid Box does not.

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