Mr. Box vs Craft Skills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mr. Box
Embark on a side-scrolling running adventure as a lovable character navigating unique worlds. Battle enemies, overcome obstacles, and collect items to unlock upgrades and power-ups. Customize your character with new costumes and enhance your abilities to progress through challenging levels.
- Side-scrolling runner gameplay
- Navigate unique worlds
- Battle enemies and avoid obstacles
- Collect coins, hearts, and keys
- Unlock upgrades and power moves
- Customize character with costumes
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Mr. Box is a challenging side-scrolling running adventure that takes you into the zany world of Mr. Box, the most lovable, energetic 'Sad Sack' of our generation. Help Mr. Box navigate unique worlds, battle dastardly enemies, and avoid treacherous obstacles. Unravel the mysteries of each world as you progress through levels, completing objectives and collecting Coins, Hearts, and Keys to help you on your journey. Smash PowerBoxes to unlock the tools you'll need to succeed, and activate Power Moves to unleash a fury on your surroundings, pushing you further into your quest. Visit the Upgrades section to spend your Coins and power up the Axe, Wheelbarrow, and Magnet, as well as all three Power Moves: Superness, Slowness, and Cleverness. Head over to our Shop, where you can unlock awesome new costumes for Mr. Box and grab powerful Power Moves to supercharge your adventure! Stuck on a tough obstacle? No worries! Use the Hearts you’ve collected to revive and jump right back into the action from where you left off! REVIEWS: "Best game of all time!" — My Sister Rated 10 stars by Uncle Pete! Voted #1 Game for the Holidays by everyone who came to Thanksgiving dinner. "The most addicting thing I’ve ever experienced!" — Random Dude on the Street
Craft Skills
Engage in a casual room-clearing adventure, combining ingredients to craft unique skills and battle evolving monsters. Discover artifacts, upgrade your abilities, and face challenging bosses in a post-apocalyptic world.
- Ingredient mixing for unique skills
- Evolving enemies and challenging bosses
- Room-based progression with random upgrades
- Artifact collection for power-ups
- Post-apocalyptic setting with trash can shops
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Craft skills is a casual game where you have to clear rooms full of monsters and improve your skills by mixing ingredients! UNIQUE SKILLS Obtaining new ingredients and mixing them will allow you to get unique skills and participate in a challenging experience against monsters! ARTEFACTS AND DNA Completing a room will get you a random upgrade which will help you become stronger against your foes! VARIOUS ENEMIES Enemies inside the rooms evolve and gain new abilities, which increases your reward after completing a room! BOSSES Each boss has a unique behavior that allows you to get an amazing challenge! TRASH CANS In the post-apocalyptic world, only trash cans remained protected, which you can purchase in the game and get ingredients to mix! Key Features: - many different skills - a large number of enemies - various bosses - cool visual - a large number of ingredients - each room contains surprises
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Verdict
Mr. Box and Craft Skills both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Mr. Box's written reviews are positive against 0% of Craft Skills's. Craft Skills's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (131 vs 22). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Mr. Box sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Craft Skills asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mr. Box against 4.9 for Craft Skills. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Craft Skills has 131 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Mr. Box's written reviews are positive against 0% of Craft Skills's.
Mr. Box ships an update every 2 weeks, Craft Skills fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mr. Box | Craft Skills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (22 ratings) — better | 4.9 (131 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 131 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 235 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Graveltree Productions, LLC | Raman Kamarou |
Customer experience
Mr. Box
Craft Skills
In-app purchases
Mr. Box
- 2,000 Coins$0.99
- 15 Hearts$0.99
- 500 Keys$0.99
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- 5,000 Coins$1.99
- 45 Hearts$1.99
- 1,200 Keys$1.99
- 120 Hearts$4.99
- Coin Tripler$4.99
- 4,000 Keys$4.99
- 280 Hearts$9.99
Craft Skills
No in-app purchases
