Comparison

Causality vs Boxville 2

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

Head to head
About

Causality

Manipulate time to solve intricate puzzles and guide stranded astronauts to safety. Work with your past selves across alien landscapes to overcome paradoxes and complete hazardous levels within a time limit.

Highlights
  • Manipulate time to change level outcomes
  • Work with past selves
  • Solve paradoxes
  • Guide astronauts to safety
  • 60 challenging levels
  • Unlock achievements
Features
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Causality is a puzzle game about manipulating time, altering the sequence of events and changing the outcome of each level. Set across strange and alien landscapes, help a group of stranded astronauts find a route to safety. Travel through time, work with your past selves and solve paradoxes as you take on this uniquely challenging puzzler. Each level represents a brief but hazardous moment in time. Levels are completed by guiding each astronaut to an exit that matches their colour, within a limited time frame. When all astronauts reach an exit the level is complete. - Control time and change the outcome of each level - Work with your past selves to solve puzzles - 60 levels to complete - 13 achievements to unlock

About

Boxville 2

Embark on an adventure in a city of boxes to find a missing friend and fix a fireworks mishap. Explore diverse locations, solve puzzles, and enjoy charming hand-drawn visuals and unique interactions.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn visuals
  • Unique animations and sounds
  • Original music tracks
  • Logic puzzles
  • Story-driven mini-games
  • No dialogue
Features
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Boxville 2 tells a new story set in the city of boxes. Two can friends are given an important task by the mayor: to set up fireworks for the city’s celebration. But due to a mistake, the fireworks go off incorrectly, causing chaos throughout the city. Worse yet, one of the friends goes missing. Now, the main character — a red can — must explore different areas and secret corners of Boxville, and even venture beyond the city, to set things right and find his friend. What’s Inside Boxville 2: - Hand-drawn visuals crafted with love - Unique animations and sounds for every interaction - Original music tracks set the mood in every scene - Dozens of logic puzzles and story-driven mini-games - No dialogue — characters speak through fun sketches

Screenshots

Causality4 screens
Boxville 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Boxville 2 at weekly against Causality's every 3 months. Boxville 2 also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (88% vs 70%). Causality's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Causality costs $1.99 and Boxville 2 $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boxville 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 185 and 292 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Causality's written reviews are positive against 88% of Boxville 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Causality ships an update every 3 months, Boxville 2 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Causality versus Boxville 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCausalityBoxville 2
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.4 (185 ratings)4.8 (292 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.8% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings185292 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB513 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLoju LTDTriomatica Games

Customer experience

Causality

All ratings185 ratings
Positive83.8%
Neutral5.9%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews139 reviews
Positive69.8%
Neutral8.6%
Negative21.6%

Boxville 2

All ratings292 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%

User reviews

Causality

From 185 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Unique and challenging puzzles
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-use UI
  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics and sound design
  • 💡 Innovative time travel mechanics
  • 🧠 Mind-bending gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches in certain levels
  • 🤔 Lack of clear instructions or tutorials
  • 🕹️ Unintuitive controls on some devices
  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay after a while

Boxville 2

From 292 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎉 Cute and fun game
  • 👍 Entertaining and enjoyable
  • 💡 Challenging but not frustrating puzzles
  • 🎨 Wonderful graphics and characters

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Lack of guidance on some puzzles
  • ⏱️ Game is too short

Bugs and requests

Causality

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Certain levels (e.g. 307, 407, 410) not working as expected
  • Game crashing or freezing on some devices
  • Issues with achievements not unlocking properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Ability to replay completed levels
  • Cloud save/sync support
  • Difficulty settings or options

Boxville 2

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Controls not sensitive enough on mobile

Requested features

2 requests
  • More Boxville games
  • Longer story and gameplay

In-app purchases

None

Causality

No in-app purchases

None

Boxville 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Causality free?
Causality costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boxville 2 free?
Boxville 2 costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Causality or Boxville 2?
Boxville 2 is rated higher. Causality averages 4.4 out of 5 from 185 ratings, while Boxville 2 averages 4.8 from 292 ratings.
Do Causality or Boxville 2 have ads?
Neither Causality nor Boxville 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Causality or Boxville 2?
Causality ships an update every 3 months, and Boxville 2 weekly. Most recently, Causality was updated on October 14, 2026 and Boxville 2 on October 15, 2026.

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