About Blackbox
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.) ■
Blackbox details
Blackbox is a free Games app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, developed by Shapes and Stories LLC. It is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 108,777 ratings on the App Store, requires iOS 16.6 or later, is 209 MB to download and is available in 20 languages. It was first released on February 24, 2016 and last updated on September 14, 2026.
- Category
- Games
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5 (108,777 ratings)
- Price
- Free
- Current version
- 3.2
- Size
- 209 MB
- Requires
- iOS 16.6 or later
- Compatibility
- iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
- Languages
- English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, French, Georgian, German and 12 more
- Age rating
- 4+
- Released
- February 24, 2016
- Last updated
- September 14, 2026
- Developer
- Shapes and Stories LLC
Ratings breakdown
What’s new in Blackbox
■ Stretch, Rotate, Split, Resize… For the first time in ten years, Blackbox supports rotation and resizing on iPad :) ■ Trying out some shiny new barriers for locked content ■ New build-in animation for the home grid (something I’ve dreamed of for years!) ■ Missing a notification permission? Now I’ll finally tell you exactly which one. ■ Other fixes that help me sleep at night
Version 3.2 · Updated September 14, 2026
Blackbox app privacy
The developer, Shapes and Stories LLC, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Other Data: Other Data Types
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics, App Functionality
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbox | 4.8 / 5 (108,777 ratings) | Free | September 14, 2026 |
| Brain It On! | 4.5 / 5 (5,148) | Free | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Automatoys | 4.5 / 5 (7,887) | Free | Jun 19, 2026 |
| Tiny Room Story: Town Mystery | 4.8 / 5 (11,251) | Free | Sep 5, 2026 |
| KAMI 2 | 4.7 / 5 (15,099) | Free | Jun 17, 2025 |
| I Love Hue Too | 4.9 / 5 (40,605) | Free | May 18, 2026 |
| Empty. | 4.8 / 5 (2,565) | Free | Mar 24, 2026 |