Comparison

This way vs Elemental Box

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

Head to head
About

This way

A challenging reaction and concentration game where you guide colored circles to matching squares. Test your reflexes and strategic pathfinding skills across 30 levels. Compete for high scores and share your achievements with friends.

Highlights
  • Guide circles to matching squares
  • Test reaction and concentration
  • 30 exciting levels
  • High score tracking
  • Share achievements on Facebook
  • Train reflexes
Features
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This Way - reaction and concentration game, just guide all circles to squares. Game “This way” - will test your skills of reaction and concentration. Try to collect more than 1,010 points - it's bloody difficult. 1700 - it is impossible (no way!) Story: The circle (dot) just wants to be friends with the square (box) of the same color, so don't mix them, when you will choose the way for dots. This Way is like a games about trains, but it is very sketchy. It’s like to choose the right path for the train by throwing railroads switch. Circles is your trains and railways is lines (path) leading to the square (the station where train stops). You able control only path direction by tapping arrows button. Warning! This way is game uses your concentration, reaction and reflexes skills. This Way - play for free, you can enjoy the game without any restrictions. Train your concentration in 30 exciting levels, be careful and you can achieve a better result and post it on facebook, let your friends try to beat your high score. Download This Way now! Vote and leave your review, what you think about this way. Help us improve gameplay. Even if you are somehow pass the last level, you can't rejoice a long time because new levels is coming soon.

About

Elemental Box

Engage in a sandbox game focused on realistic physical simulations. Experiment with various shapes and materials to observe their unique interactions and transformations. This app offers a creative space for exploration and discovery through physics.

Highlights
  • Physical simulation
  • Material interaction
  • Shape manipulation
  • Sandbox gameplay
  • Real-time physics
Features
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Physical simulation game that enjoys real physical operation of each shape and change in each material.

Screenshots

This way4 screens
Elemental Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Elemental Box at none against This way's 1. This way's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). On price, update cadence, 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. This way sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Elemental Box asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

This way ships an update every 3 months, Elemental Box every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
This way versus Elemental Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThis wayElemental Box
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (63 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better72.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—63 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikita MorozovDAN-BALL

Customer experience

This way

Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Elemental Box

All ratings63 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral7.9%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive72.1%
Neutral14.0%
Negative14.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

This way

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99
None

Elemental Box

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is This way free?
This way is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elemental Box free?
Elemental Box is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do This way or Elemental Box have ads?
Elemental Box shows ads; This way does not.
Which is updated more often, This way or Elemental Box?
This way ships an update every 3 months, and Elemental Box every 4 months. Most recently, This way was updated on June 1, 2026 and Elemental Box on September 21, 2026.

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