Comparison

Noodles! vs Boxville

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

Head to head
About

Noodles!

Engage in a relaxing yet strategic puzzle game where you tap to spin and connect noodle pieces. Progress through increasingly complex levels, aiming to achieve perfect scores and discover new strategies.

Highlights
  • Thousands of puzzles
  • Tap to spin and connect
  • Increasing difficulty
  • Share progress on social media
  • Track game progress
Features
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Over 1.5 million downloads!! "Noodles is a game you need to have in your life." - Gamezebo Chosen as an App Store Free App of the Week, and a Starbucks Pick of the Week. Looking for a relaxing, strategic and addictive puzzle? Find your Zen and become one with Noodles! Tap to spin and connect all the noodle pieces – once you solve a puzzle, figure out the strategy and beat your own score to get FIVE DIAMONDS! Sound easy? It might be in the first few levels, but as you progress try connecting a giant hexagon Noodle ... puzzles get more complex as more sides are added. What are you going to do then? *** Find out why Noodles! has 4.5 stars in every country!*** And now, some words from some happy Noodlers: “Damn this game for being awesome and super addictive” – User Review by Miayadu “Pretty graphics, Zen-like sounds, you will get hooked and you won't mind!” – User Review by WalnutCake Key Features: • Thousands of addicting puzzles, all available immediately. No unlocks, annoying tricks or bags of diamonds to buy • Facebook and Twitter enabled to share your Noodles success • Game progress status tells you how far you have to go • Increasing difficulty makes you feel smarter when you are done Noodles comes to you from the bumbling genius of Lummox Labs Happy Noodle-ing!

About

Boxville

This animated adventure puzzle game features speechless cans navigating a city of boxes. Solve logic puzzles and riddles, explore a charming world, and uncover the mystery behind earthquakes. Enjoy a unique audio-visual experience, playable solo or with a friend.

Highlights
  • Animated film and puzzle game hybrid
  • Hand-drawn graphics and custom animations
  • Environmental quests and logical puzzles
  • Unique music for each scene
  • Wordless communication via speech bubbles
  • Playable solo or co-op
Features
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Boxville is 2-in-1: an animated film and a puzzle game. Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Boxville is good for playing alone to dive into the atmosphere and challenge your brain with sophisticated logic puzzles and riddles, or playing with a friend or family to share unique audio-visual experiences and solve the puzzles together. Design The core idea of the game is that it’s not just a game - but also an animated film that you can watch and play at the same time. We designed Boxville’s gameplay with the purpose of taking away your anxiety and stress. You can explore and observe the world without rushing and pressure. The game is full of environmental quests and logical puzzles that we have carefully picked from among hundreds of options. Story Boxville is a city of boxes populated with old cans. They live quiet and happy lives with their everyday routines and habits. But one day, unexplained earthquakes disturbed their idyll... Blue Can (our hero) lost his best friend because of that. He started his search but it is not so easy to move through the city after earthquakes. He has to find a way to move forward, return the friend back home and discover the real reason for all those earthquakes. There are many adventures, new friends and it’s not only friends that are waiting for him on the way. He has to be curious, inventive, careful, and to help others, to reach his goal. What you can expect to see and hear in Boxville: - Hand-drawn graphics — all backgrounds and characters are carefully drawn by our artists. - Every animation and sound is created especially for each interaction. - Unique music track was created for every scene to accomplish the atmosphere of the game. - Tens of logical puzzles and mini-games are tightly incorporated into the story of the game. - There are no words in the game — all characters communicate via cartoony speechbubbles.

Screenshots

Noodles!4 screens
Boxville4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Boxville at every 9 days against Noodles!'s every 2 months. Boxville also leads on chart position (#122 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). Noodles!'s advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 78%) and price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

Noodles! costs $1.99 and Boxville $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Noodles! against 4.7 for Boxville. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 514 and 781 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Noodles!'s written reviews are positive against 78% of Boxville's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noodles! ships an update every 2 months, Boxville every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Noodles! versus Boxville: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoodles!Boxville
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.8 (514 ratings) — better4.7 (781 ratings)
Positive reviews92.4% of reviews — better78.3% of reviews
Number of ratings514781 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#122 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB1.2 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLummox Labs IncTriomatica Games

Customer experience

Noodles!

All ratings514 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews578 reviews
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.2%

Boxville

All ratings755 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.0%
Negative13.7%

User reviews

Noodles!

From 514 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and fun gameplay
  • 🚀 Endless levels to play
  • 🎨 Pleasing visual design
  • 💰 No ads or in-app purchases
  • 🕰️ Great time-filler game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional loss of progress
  • 🔍 Lack of an undo button
  • 🔆 Bright background can be tiring
  • 🔢 Repetitive puzzles at higher levels

Boxville

From 781 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Enjoyable puzzles
  • 🎨 Beautiful art and animation
  • 🎶 Lovely music
  • 🧠 Challenging but logical puzzles
  • 🤗 Charming characters and story

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Short game length
  • 🔍 Tiny inventory items hard to see
  • 🤯 Some puzzles too obscure
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🤖 Lack of hint system or ability to skip puzzles

Bugs and requests

Noodles!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Graphical issues causing distorted tiles
  • Slower response to touch input

Requested features

3 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Progress tracking and leaderboards
  • Ability to reset individual puzzle sets

Boxville

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress reset after updates
  • Inventory items disappearing
  • Puzzle mechanics not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer game with more content
  • Ability to use stylus/Apple Pencil
  • Improved save/load system
  • In-game hints or ability to skip puzzles

In-app purchases

None

Noodles!

No in-app purchases

None

Boxville

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noodles! free?
Noodles! costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boxville free?
Boxville costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Noodles! or Boxville?
Noodles! is rated higher. Noodles! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 514 ratings, while Boxville averages 4.7 from 781 ratings.
Do Noodles! or Boxville have ads?
Neither Noodles! nor Boxville shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noodles! or Boxville?
Noodles! ships an update every 2 months, and Boxville every 9 days. Most recently, Noodles! was updated on November 13, 2026 and Boxville on November 12, 2026.

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