Comparison

Build A Squishy vs Squishbox

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

Head to head
About

Build A Squishy

Create and interact with unique virtual squishies. Customize their appearance, explore various textures and sounds, and even open them up to play with the internal slime. Save your creations to a personal collection and trade rare ones with others.

Highlights
  • Create custom squishies
  • Interact with textures and sounds
  • Open squishies to play with slime
  • Collect and arrange squishies
  • Trade rare squishies
  • Send squishies as links
  • Offline play
Features
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Make a squishy, watch it form, then squeeze, poke, stretch and jiggle it as long as you like. Every material has its own calm ASMR sound. No ads. No coins. No tricks. Just squishies. Made by Arden and her dad, in Georgia. Arden plays every version first, and a lot of what's in here started as something she asked for. Make one that's yours. Pick a shape, a color, a finish and what floats inside, from a plain jelly orb to something patterned, pearly or see-through. Play with it. Twenty-seven ways to touch it. Flick it into a flip, slow it down, freeze it solid and crack the ice. Open it up. Cut it open to see what's inside, then let the slime out and play with that too. A gift every week. A new squishy arrives each week, and every player starts with a World Treat: Dubai Chocolate, New York Cheesecake, Manila Ube Halo-Halo, Paris Macaron or Java Klepon. Collect and trade. Fill your shelf, finish sets, find hidden recipes, and trade with a cast of shopkeepers (computer characters, never other players) for the rare ones. Send one to a friend as a link, a card or a short video. The link carries only the recipe. For grown-ups: it works fully offline, with no accounts, no chat and no ads. One optional purchase, Squishy Deluxe, adds more to collect. It sits behind a grown-ups gate, is handled by Apple and never expires. Privacy policy: buildasquishy.com/app-privacy

About

Squishbox

Collect and trade squishy dumplings from virtual steamer baskets. Each box reveals its odds, and your collection is saved locally. A parent-controlled section allows for daily limits and disabling trades.

Highlights
  • Collect squishy dumplings
  • Trade with friends
  • View box odds
  • Local collection saving
  • Parental controls
  • Daily coin rewards
Features
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No ads. No in-app purchases. No accounts. Coins are free once a day and your collection stays on your device. Open steamer baskets, collect squishy dumplings, and trade spares with friends. Every box shows its odds before you open it. A Parent corner with a PIN lets grown-ups set a daily box limit and turn trading off.

Screenshots

Build A Squishy4 screens
Squishbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Squishbox at none against Build A Squishy's 1. Squishbox also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Build A Squishy's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads 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. Build A Squishy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Squishbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Squishbox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Build A Squishy has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Build A Squishy ships an update every 6 days, Squishbox every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Build A Squishy versus Squishbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuild A SquishySquishbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (22 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGladio LLCKENDALL BARRY SORENSON

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Build A Squishy

One-time1
  • Squishy Deluxe$6.99
None

Squishbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Build A Squishy free?
Build A Squishy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Squishbox free?
Squishbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Build A Squishy or Squishbox?
Squishbox is rated higher. Build A Squishy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Squishbox averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Build A Squishy or Squishbox have ads?
Neither Build A Squishy nor Squishbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Build A Squishy or Squishbox?
Build A Squishy ships an update every 6 days, and Squishbox every 2 weeks. Most recently, Build A Squishy was updated on November 6, 2026 and Squishbox on October 31, 2026.

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