Comparison

Blackbox vs orange (game)

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

orange (game)

Solve 50 unique logic puzzles by making the entire screen orange. This color-based puzzle game offers a new challenge with each level, building on a popular series. Hints are available to help you progress through the conundrums.

Highlights
  • 50 unique logic puzzles
  • Color-based challenges
  • Hint system available
  • Part of a puzzle game series
  • Multiple hints per level
Features
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Can you make the screen orange in 50 levels? Each level has its own logic. It's here, the next part of my colour puzzle series! After 'yellow', 'red', 'black, 'blue', 'green' and 'pink' it's time to solve 50 new conundrums! Do you need help? Use the light bulb button in the top right corner of each level to get hints. There are multiple hints for each level. With the in-app purchase you will not get ads before the hints. This is the seventh game in my color puzzle series. There are already 7 color games each with 50 new levels. A Bart Bonte / bontegames puzzle game. Enjoy! @BartBonte

Screenshots

Blackbox4 screens
orange (game)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Blackbox at none against orange (game)'s shown. Blackbox also leads on ratings volume (109K vs 405) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). orange (game)'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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 orange (game) 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Blackbox against 4.7 for orange (game). That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blackbox has 109K ratings behind it against 405, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Blackbox's written reviews are positive against 94% of orange (game)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blackbox ships an update every 9 days, orange (game) monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Blackbox versus orange (game): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackboxorange (game)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (109K ratings) — better4.7 (405 ratings)
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews93.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings109K — better405
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#31 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size209 MB22 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperShapes and Stories LLCBart BONTE

Customer experience

Blackbox

All ratings108,586 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews4,662 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.8%

orange (game)

All ratings405 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.7%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews365 reviews
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.8%

User reviews

Blackbox

From 109K 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

orange (game)

From 405 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🧡 Excellent game design
  • 🎨 Appealing color theme
  • 🎶 Enjoyable background music
  • 👍 Intuitive and engaging puzzles
  • 🤔 Challenges the mind

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Some puzzles can be confusing
  • 🙏 Hints not always helpful
  • 🕰️ Game feels a bit short

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

orange (game)

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Hint function not working for some
  • Occasional crashes or freezes

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and colors
  • Ability to save progress
  • Tilt/motion controls

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Blackbox

One-time10
  • Tiny Hint Pack$1.19
  • Small Hint Pack$2.39
  • Erudite Pack$2.99
Show 7 more
  • 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

orange (game)

One-time1
  • premium unlock$2.49

Questions

Is Blackbox free?
Blackbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is orange (game) free?
orange (game) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blackbox or orange (game)?
Blackbox is rated higher. Blackbox averages 4.8 out of 5 from 109K ratings, while orange (game) averages 4.7 from 405 ratings.
Do Blackbox or orange (game) have ads?
orange (game) shows ads; Blackbox does not.
Which is updated more often, Blackbox or orange (game)?
Blackbox ships an update every 9 days, and orange (game) monthly. Most recently, Blackbox was updated on September 25, 2026 and orange (game) on September 23, 2026.

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