Blackbox vs Toppl.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Touchless gameplay
- Minimalistic visual clues
- Sonic interfaces
- Haptic feedback
- External puzzle solving
- Easter eggs
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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.) ■
Toppl.
Engage your spatial reasoning with this perspective puzzle game. Swipe, topple, and rotate pieces to match target shapes across four worlds and 40 challenging levels. Earn stars to unlock new stages in this ad-free, no-in-app-purchase experience.
- Swipe, topple, and rotate pieces
- Match target shapes
- Unlock new stages with stars
- Four challenging worlds
- 40 different levels
- Minimalist design
- Jazzy music
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Toppl. a top down puzzler Swipe, topple, rotate - Toppl is a perspective puzzle game for fans of spatial brain teasers! The goal is to move and rotate the puzzle pieces so that they match the target-shape. For perfect plays you will be rewarded a star with which you can unlock new stages. Toppl will challenge you over the course of four exciting worlds and 40 different levels with varying puzzle mechanics. For fans of demanding puzzle games is Toppl the right choice! In a nutshell: - Playable on all iPhone and iPads with iOS 8.0+ - Four exciting & challenging worlds - 40 different levels - Two minimal designs - Jazzy music - No ads - No in-app-purchases
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Toppl. at none against Blackbox's 10. Toppl. also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). Blackbox's advantage is ratings volume (109K vs 154) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). 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
Both are free to download. Blackbox sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Toppl. asks for nothing beyond the download.
Blackbox holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blackbox has 109K ratings behind it against 154, 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 72% of Toppl.'s.
Blackbox ships an update every 9 days, Toppl. every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blackbox | Toppl. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (109K ratings) — better | 4.5 (154 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews — better | 72.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 109K — better | 154 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #30 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shapes and Stories LLC | Pascal Monaco |
Customer experience
Blackbox
Toppl.
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
Toppl.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Blackbox
- 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
Toppl.
No in-app purchases
