Blackbox vs Consoly
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.) ■
Consoly
Test your coding comprehension with daily challenges and interactive lessons. Prove your developer skills by predicting code output or learning new languages. Features practice modes and global leaderboards.
- Daily global code challenges
- Interactive language lessons
- Archived practice challenges
- Shareable performance cards
- IDE-style dark interface
- Global performance statistics
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Think you can read code better than a compiler? Prove it. Consoly is the ultimate daily challenge designed exclusively for developers who think they’ve seen it all. No tutorials, no hand-holding. Just you, a snippet of code, and your logic. THE DAILY CHALLENGE Every day, a new puzzle is released globally. Thousands of developers face the exact same code snippet. You have only 3 attempts to guess the correct output. Will you nail it on the first try and prove your seniority, or will you fail like a script kiddie? NEW: LEARN MODE Ready to expand your tech stack? Dive into our interactive lessons and master new programming languages from scratch. Choose your language, follow bite-sized lessons, and level up your coding skills right from your pocket. Perfect for beginners and veterans alike. DOJO MODE & KATAS Don't want to wait? Enter the Dojo to sharpen your skills with hundreds of Katas. Unlike before, you can now choose your preferred programming language to train: from "Hello World" logic to complex asynchronous hell, master reading and debugging code at the speed of light! FEATURES: • One global code challenge every 24 hours. • Interactive learning with step-by-step lessons for multiple languages. • Dojo Mode: select your favorite language and solve tailored Katas to hone your logic. • "No-spoiler" share cards to flex your streak on LinkedIn or X. • Premium, IDE-style dark interface that's easy on the eyes. • Global stats: track your performance and prove you belong in the top 1%. Most senior engineers fail the first time. What about you? Download Consoly. Compile in your brain. Terms of Use: https://consoly.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://consoly.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Blackbox at none against Consoly's shown. Blackbox also leads on ratings volume (109K vs 3) and chart position (#31 vs unranked). Consoly's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Consoly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Consoly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blackbox has 109K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Blackbox ships an update every 9 days, Consoly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blackbox | Consoly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (109K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 109K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #31 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Shapes and Stories LLC | Diego Velasquez Lopez |
Customer experience
Blackbox
Consoly
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
Consoly
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
Consoly
- Consoly Pro$5.991 Month
- Consoly Pro$39.991 Year









