Comparison

Push boxes vs Push the Circles Extreme

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

Head to head
About

Push boxes

Engage your mind with a logic puzzle game featuring thousands of levels. Push boxes to designated spots in a warehouse, with simple rules and no internet required. Enjoy this brain-training experience on multiple Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Thousands of levels
  • Offline play
  • Push-only mechanics
  • Simple rules
  • Play on Apple Watch and Apple TV
Features
Read full description

Push boxes onto their targets. Sounds simple — until it isn't. Sokoban is one of the most elegant logic games ever invented: you can only push boxes, never pull. One wrong move and you've painted yourself into a corner. Every level is a small, satisfying puzzle that rewards patience and planning over luck or speed. 7,814 LEVELS. ALL YOURS. From gentle warm-ups to fiendishly tricky brain-benders — there's a reason only 15 players have solved more than 400. Are you next? MADE FOR EVERY MOMENT Got 5 minutes on the bus? A long flight ahead? This game plays beautifully offline on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Mac — your puzzle collection goes wherever you do. WHY PLAYERS LOVE IT → No timers. No pressure. Just pure logic. → Levels up to 10×10 — deceptively complex layouts → Completely offline — no Wi-Fi required, ever → Universal purchase — one game, all your Apple devices No energy bars. No pay-to-win. No distractions. Just you and the box. "The simplest games are the hardest to master."

About

Push the Circles Extreme

A challenging strategy game where players must stack rings of the same color vertically or horizontally. Advance through 100 levels, utilizing boosters to achieve higher scores and complete objectives. The game features unique rules for ring superposition and value accumulation.

Highlights
  • 100 unique levels
  • Strategic ring stacking
  • Ring value accumulation
  • Special booster rings
  • Game variations
Features
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Push the Circles Extreme is a strategy game with 100 different levels and different game variations. Rules: Rings of the same color have to be vertically or horizontally placed on each other. While no rings of a different color can be skipped, only empty fields can be skipped. The value of a ring increases with the number of superposed rings. The startvalue of a ring is 1. When superimposing, the values of the start and end ring are added, the value of the starting ring is doubled. The value of a ring can increase to max. 10,000 points. After each move, the field is filled up with rings again. During the game, different boosters can be used to reach the level goal: - Joker-Ring - Silver-Ring - Multimove-Ring - Hammer-Ring

Screenshots

Push boxes4 screens
Push the Circles Extreme4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Push the Circles Extreme at Free against Push boxes's $3.99. Push boxes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On review sentiment, ads and iOS requirement 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

Push the Circles Extreme is free to download; Push boxes costs $3.99 up front. Push the Circles Extreme sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Push boxes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Push boxes ships an update monthly, Push the Circles Extreme every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Push boxes versus Push the Circles Extreme: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPush boxesPush the Circles Extreme
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperValerii AndrusykDirk Schulz-Judith

Customer experience

Push boxes

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Push the Circles Extreme

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Push boxes

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Push the Circles Extreme

One-time4
  • Basic Boosterset$0.99
  • Small Goldtaler package$0.99
  • Medium Goldtaler package$1.99
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  • Large Goldtaler package$2.99

Questions

Is Push boxes free?
Push boxes costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Push the Circles Extreme free?
Push the Circles Extreme is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Push boxes or Push the Circles Extreme have ads?
Neither Push boxes nor Push the Circles Extreme shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Push boxes or Push the Circles Extreme?
Push boxes ships an update monthly, and Push the Circles Extreme every 5 months. Most recently, Push boxes was updated on October 22, 2026 and Push the Circles Extreme on October 27, 2026.

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