Comparison

Inkboxes vs Digicity

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

Head to head
About

Inkboxes

This game reimagines a classic pencil-and-paper box-claiming challenge with a digital twist. Enjoy various game modes, customizable boards, and a sharp AI opponent, all playable offline. It offers a visually appealing experience with themes and animations, and tracks your progress privately on your device.

Highlights
  • Classic and reimagined game modes
  • Customizable board sizes
  • Challenging AI opponent
  • Pass & Play multiplayer
  • Two visual themes
  • Progress tracking
  • Offline play
Features
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Claim boxes. Build chains. Outsmart the Inkmaster- AI. Inkboxes takes the classic pencil-and-paper game and turns it into a beautiful, fast, on-device experience. Connect the dots, claim boxes, chain combos, and outsmart a razor-sharp AI — no account, no sign-up, no internet required. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY • Classic — the timeless rules, refined. • Blitz — race the clock in a timed showdown. • Power-Up — special moves that shake up the board. • Streak — line up your marks N-in-a-row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal). PLAY YOUR WAY • Board sizes from 3×3 up to 10×10 — plus a custom grid. • Face a sharp AI across four difficulties: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert. • Or go head-to-head in Pass & Play on a single device. BEAUTIFUL BY DESIGN • Two hand-crafted themes: warm Paper (light) and vivid Neon (dark). • Satisfying haptics, chain-celebration bursts, and smooth animations. • Universal — looks stunning on iPhone and iPad, portrait or landscape. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Wins, losses, streaks, boxes claimed, and best times. • Eight achievements to unlock as you master the board. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Everything lives on your device. No accounts, no tracking, no data collection. Rediscover the game everyone knows — reimagined for your pocket. — Remove Ads is available as an auto-renewing subscription: • Yearly — $12.99/year • Monthly — $2.99/month Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your device's Account Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://neoninkbox.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://neoninkbox.com/privacy

About

Digicity

Build and manage a city from 1900 through different eras, facing challenges like pollution and demand. Visualize city data to understand growth and make informed decisions.

Highlights
  • Isometric city building simulation
  • Zone residential, commercial, industrial areas
  • Manage power, water, and transportation infrastructure
  • Visualize city data layers (pollution, crime, etc.)
  • Scenario mode with era-based rule changes
  • Procedurally generated maps
  • Undo functionality
Features
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Start small. Think big. Build a city that feels like yours. Digicity is an isometric city builder for iPhone, iPad and Mac with Apple silicon. Turn a randomly generated 128x128 landscape into connected neighbourhoods, busy industry and a city shaped by your decisions. NEIGHBOURHOODS WITH CHARACTER Zone homes, shops and industry, then watch 22 building types develop through three visible stages. Streets, services, land value and nearby development shape what grows. Larger buildings can bring four lots together into one site. MAKE EVERY CONNECTION COUNT Lay roads, tram lines, freight rail, power lines and water pipes. Connect homes to jobs, provide essential services, and balance tax income against upkeep. Your choices affect traffic, pollution and demand. GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY Use data overlays and tile inspection to understand what helps your city grow—or holds it back. The city overview brings population, finances, utilities and transport together, with shortcuts to relevant map layers and controls. TAKE ON A NEW CHALLENGE Optional Scenario mode follows four historical eras: Rail, Motor, Service and Logistics. Start fresh or take charge of nine established challenge cities: Industrial River Town, Aging Tram City, Utility Squeeze, Budget Rescue, Safe Streets, Quiet Neighborhoods, Transit Turnaround, Boomtown and The Compact City. Choose transport priorities and emergency-service funding, review their costs, and compare city figures after policies take effect. Pursue seven optional ambitions and pin a goal while you play. Scenario access depends on the eras you own. Everyone can preview all nine challenge cities; starting one requires Ultimate. BUILD AT YOUR OWN PACE Pause to plan or choose Normal, Fast or Fastest. Open Build is a complete, free sandbox with every building tool and the whole map. No ads, energy meters or play timers. SAVE AND RECOVER YOUR CITY Saving your cities requires a one-time purchase. Without it, your city is lost if the app closes or the system terminates it. Saving and Ultimate include autosaves on this device, enabled by default. Keep up to three recent recovery versions per city history and restore an earlier checkpoint from the city menu. Named saves remain available separately. Force quitting can lose changes made after the last successful autosave. Scenario eras are sold separately. Ultimate includes saving, all Scenario eras and all nine challenge cities. Purchases are not subscriptions and do not expire. PLAY IN YOUR LANGUAGE Available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. Digicity follows your supported device language, with English as the fallback. You can choose another supported app language in Settings. We use AI to translate from English into other languages. Translations may contain mistakes; English is the original source. Share suggested improvements through Translation feedback in the city menu. Play in landscape on iPhone, build on iPad, or use a Mac with Apple silicon. No account or sign-in is required. https://digicitybuilder.app/privacy

Screenshots

Inkboxes4 screens
Digicity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Digicity at none against Inkboxes's shown. Digicity also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). Inkboxes's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Inkboxes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Digicity sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Inkboxes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digicity has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inkboxes ships an update every 8 days, Digicity every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Inkboxes versus Digicity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInkboxesDigicity
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.7 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings212 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB165 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperECOMXCHANGEMV PRIVATE LIMITEDA Secret Company, LLC

Customer experience

Inkboxes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Digicity

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Inkboxes

Subscriptions2
  • Remove Ads (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Remove Ads (Yearly)$12.991 Year
6 purchases

Digicity

One-time6
  • Scenario: 1900-1930$1.99
  • Scenario: 1930-1970$1.99
  • Scenario: 1970-2010$1.99
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  • Scenario: 2010 onword$1.99
  • Save your cities$9.99
  • Everything, forever$19.99

Questions

Is Inkboxes free?
Inkboxes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Digicity free?
Digicity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Inkboxes or Digicity?
Inkboxes is rated higher. Inkboxes averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Digicity averages 4.7 from 12 ratings.
Do Inkboxes or Digicity have ads?
Inkboxes shows ads; Digicity does not.
Which is updated more often, Inkboxes or Digicity?
Inkboxes ships an update every 8 days, and Digicity every 10 days. Most recently, Inkboxes was updated on October 10, 2026 and Digicity on October 15, 2026.

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