Comparison

Blackbox vs Bloxorz path finder

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

Head to head
About

Blackbox

This puzzle game challenges you to solve intricate problems without touching the screen. It utilizes minimalistic visual cues, sonic interfaces, and haptic feedback to guide you through unique challenges that require thinking outside the box. Discover a new way to interact with your device and prove your cleverness.

Highlights
  • Touchless gameplay
  • Minimalistic visual clues
  • Sonic interfaces
  • Haptic feedback
  • External puzzle solving
  • Easter eggs
Features
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So you think you understand this thing you’re holding? Think again. Stop tapping. Stop swiping. In fact, stop touching the screen at all. To crack Blackbox’s puzzles you’ll need to find solitude and stillness, climb mountains, call on friends, get in tune with the cosmos, and think outside the box. Minimalistic visual clues make for incredibly satisfying “Aha!” moments, while sonic interfaces provide an extra level of guidance and nuance that makes Blackbox accessible with or without vision. Thoughtful haptic feedback, Easter eggs on Easter eggs, and solutions that can’t be found beneath the glass of your screen redefine what a puzzle can be. You’ll never see your device the same way again. Think you’re clever? Prove it. (Blackbox is a living game under active development by Ryan McLeod. When not eating burritos or drinking coffee, he’s busy designing and developing new Blackbox challenges.) ■

About

Bloxorz path finder

Navigate a block across floating platforms to reach a target hole. Levels increase in difficulty, introducing mechanics like splitting the block into multiple controllable pieces. It's a challenging puzzle game that is easy to learn but hard to master.

Highlights
  • Block navigation puzzle
  • Floating platform levels
  • Split block mechanic
  • Increasing difficulty
  • Solveable levels
Features
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Bloxorz is a simple yet addictive game – move a block around a floating platform using the arrows, dropping it through the square hole to complete the level. That’s it! Simple as it sounds, the levels get more and more taxing, though we can assure you that they are all actually solveable! Later levels see you splitting your block into to separately controllable pieces, use the spacebar to toggle between them. Other than that, everything else is pretty self explanatory. Be warned – once you start playing this you might find it hard to stop!

Screenshots

Blackbox4 screens
Bloxorz path finder3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blackbox at 93% against Bloxorz path finder's 24%. Blackbox also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 16 months). Bloxorz path finder's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.6). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Blackbox sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Bloxorz path finder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blackbox holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blackbox has 110K ratings behind it against 204, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Blackbox's written reviews are positive against 24% of Bloxorz path finder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blackbox ships an update every 9 days, Bloxorz path finder every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Blackbox versus Bloxorz path finder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackboxBloxorz path finder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (110K ratings) — better3.3 (204 ratings)
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews — better23.8% of reviews
Number of ratings110K — better204
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#44 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.68.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size209 MB94 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperShapes and Stories LLCTTCX Inc.

Customer experience

Blackbox

All ratings109,239 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews4,745 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.9%

Bloxorz path finder

All ratings200 ratings
Positive54.0%
Neutral9.0%
Negative37.0%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive23.8%
Neutral11.9%
Negative64.4%

User reviews

Blackbox

From 110K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Unique and creative gameplay
  • 🤔 Challenges users to think outside the box
  • 😄 Humorous and witty comments
  • 🔑 Utilizes phone features in innovative ways

Room to improve

  • 🤯 Extremely challenging puzzles
  • 💰 Expensive for additional content
  • 🤖 Concerns about app accessing device permissions
  • 🚗 Puzzles requiring travel/location are inaccessible for some

Bloxorz path finder

From 204 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Nostalgic classic gameplay experience
  • 🎵 Great music and sound design
  • 📱 Successfully ported to mobile platform
  • ⭐ Challenging and engaging puzzle mechanics
  • ✨ Graphics match original quality

Room to improve

  • 📺 Excessive ads throughout gameplay
  • 💰 Ad-removal purchase doesn't work
  • 🎮 Unresponsive and finicky controls
  • 🔘 Button placement too close together
  • 🐌 Slow and laggy performance

Bugs and requests

Blackbox

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Hints not working as expected
  • Progress reset after app update

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to earn hint credits through watching ads
  • Include more free puzzles
  • Improve accessibility for users with limited mobility
  • Provide better guidance and instructions for puzzles

Bloxorz path finder

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Black screen on app launch
  • Ad-removal purchase causes app to freeze/crash
  • Ads still appear after paying for ad-free version
  • Input lag causing unintended movements
  • Game freezes between level loading screens
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  • Audio settings reset on app restart
  • Clipboard access prompt on startup
  • Level 9 block switching malfunction

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more levels beyond 33
  • Restore swiping control option
  • Improve button spacing on mobile devices
  • Better control responsiveness
  • Fix audio settings persistence

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Blackbox

One-time10
  • Tiny Hint Pack$1.19
  • Small Hint Pack$2.39
  • Erudite Pack$2.99
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  • Push Pack$2.99
  • Coffee for Ryan$4.49
  • Basic Pack$4.99
  • Medium Hint Pack$5.00
  • All Knowing Pack$7.99
  • Large Hint Pack$10.00
  • Extra Large Hint Pack$20.00
1 purchases

Bloxorz path finder

One-time1
  • Remove Ads.$4.99

Questions

Is Blackbox free?
Blackbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bloxorz path finder free?
Bloxorz path finder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blackbox or Bloxorz path finder?
Blackbox is rated higher. Blackbox averages 4.8 out of 5 from 110K ratings, while Bloxorz path finder averages 3.3 from 204 ratings.
Do Blackbox or Bloxorz path finder have ads?
Neither Blackbox nor Bloxorz path finder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blackbox or Bloxorz path finder?
Blackbox ships an update every 9 days, and Bloxorz path finder every 16 months. Most recently, Blackbox was updated on November 4, 2026 and Bloxorz path finder on November 2, 2026.

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