Comparison

Block Earth vs Exploration Pro

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

Head to head
About

Block Earth

Create and explore 3D block worlds and mini-games with realistic graphics and animals. Build your own games, ride fantastical creatures, or play with friends locally. Share your creations with a global community.

Highlights
  • Build games and sandbox worlds
  • Explore thousands of worlds and games
  • Realistic animals and advanced shading
  • Ride horses, boars, or dragons
  • Build railways and roller coasters
  • Local multiplayer
  • Share worlds and games
Features
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Block Earth is a 3D app for building games, browsing and sharing worlds and mini-games. It works in a Minecraft-style world of blocks, with realistic animals and advanced shading. Download to explore thousands of worlds and games, or build games of your own. Don't just build a house — build a game. Add buttons, switches, and doors that open when your friend answers a riddle. Set a checkpoint race against the clock. Turn goblins loose in your dungeon. Then share it, and watch other players complete it. Ride horses, wild boars, or even a dragon (if you can land on one). Build a railway or a roller coaster to ride. Explore Standard, Flat, and Alien worlds — lit, weathered, and alive at any time of day. Play with friends on a wifi network, or go solo through a catalog of thousands of worlds and games made by other players. FEATURES * Make mini-games: triggers, races, story scrolls, and goblin encounters * Thousands of worlds and games to explore and download * High-end lighting, weather, and realistic animals * Ride horses, wild boars, or dragons * Jetpack and rocket launcher * Share worlds and games with the world "Wow!!! - Well now, I have Minecraft & I'm addicted to it, but this - is out of this world!! Graphics 100% better than the former... Minecraft watch out, you have a very serious rival." - catnipqueen "I love how there is nowhere near as many ads as any other games! It gives you soo many block choices..."

About

Exploration Pro

Build and explore your own fictional worlds with an intuitive interface and a vast collection of free blocks. Craft unique creations, from small empires to perfect kingdoms, and save your progress to continue building later. Enjoy endless creative possibilities in this free-to-play world builder.

Highlights
  • Build fictional worlds
  • Intuitive controls
  • Flight mode navigation
  • Save and load worlds
  • Customizable world dimensions
  • Large collection of free blocks
Features
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Start building Today! Create your ultimate fictional world! Enjoy this addictive endless world builders. This all for FREE game brings to you an easy and intuitive to use controls that makes it super swift to build, delete, move, fly, jump and Save. Choose the terrain, move through your world and make it unique, one of a kind, creative creation. Enjoy a large collection of free blocks that include different grounds, tools, plants all colorful, vivid and eye catching. Use flight mode to navigate this endless world, save your world, come back again later. Choose to use your saved worlds or start from scratch, generate a new world, you can choose it to be flat or regular terrain, you can choose the world dimensions, 512, 1024, 2048. You can start with a few blocks and gradually build an empire, nothing can beat your imagination. nothing is impossible. Explore and start crafting your wildest dreams. You can use many different items, so you could create your perfect kingdom. Don't forget to send us your feedback Keep Clam and start crafting! Apple subscription service: Service name: Weekly VIP Subscription: Features Free 3 day trial, Funds will be deducted from your iTunes account once confirmed and 3 day trial period is expired. The subscription price is US $4.99 per week, auto renewed. Weekly VIP Subscription subscribers will get rewards mentioned below*. Service name: Monthly VIP Subscription: Funds will be deducted from your iTunes account once confirmed. The subscription price is US $14.49 per Month, auto renewed. Monthly VIP Subscription subscribers will get rewards mentioned below*. Service name: Yearly VIP Subscription: Funds will be deducted from your iTunes account once confirmed. The subscription price is US $73.99 per Year, auto renewed. Yearly VIP Subscription subscribers will get rewards mentioned below*. * Subscription rewards: ONE TIME 1500 instant ingame cash, One Free Premium Phone Block, Automatic Double daily reward including 2 premium blocks on special daily quest days. Only 1 subscription may be active at any time. Once you subscribe, corresponding price will be automatically deducted from your iTunes account 24 hours before your current subscription ends, and your subscription will be renewed for corresponding period of time, unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of your current subscription. To cancel your subscription, go to Settings-iTunes and App Store-View Apple ID to go to your account subscription settings and manage or cancel your subscriptions. Please see the Exploration Pro PRIVACY POLICY and TERMS OF USE bellow: http://explorationpro.com/privacy-policy/ https://explorationpro.com/terms-of-service/

Screenshots

Block Earth4 screens
Exploration Pro2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Block Earth at 4.4 against Exploration Pro's 3.2. Block Earth also leads on review sentiment (61% vs 49%) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 522). Exploration Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Block Earth sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Exploration Pro sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Block Earth holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.2K and 522 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Block Earth's written reviews are positive against 49% of Exploration Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Block Earth ships an update monthly, Exploration Pro every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Block Earth versus Exploration Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlock EarthExploration Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.2K ratings) — better3.2 (522 ratings)
Positive reviews61.2% of reviews — better49.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2.2K — better522
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1510.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size300 MB108 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperChoofun Games ABBIG8 LABS LTD

Customer experience

Block Earth

All ratings2,166 ratings
Positive83.2%
Neutral4.0%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews552 reviews
Positive61.2%
Neutral9.2%
Negative29.5%

Exploration Pro

All ratings522 ratings
Positive49.8%
Neutral10.9%
Negative39.3%
Written reviews263 reviews
Positive49.0%
Neutral12.2%
Negative38.8%

User reviews

Block Earth

From 2.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Realistic graphics
  • 🦄 Unique animals like unicorns
  • 👍 Lots of building options
  • 🏰 Ability to create complex structures

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🔒 Locked features behind paywall
  • 🔋 Drains device battery quickly
  • 💤 Boring or repetitive gameplay

Exploration Pro

From 522 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 🚀 Lots of building options
  • 🚀 Relaxing experience
  • 👍 Nostalgic for some users

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🐛 Disappearing builds
  • 🔒 Paywall for premium blocks
  • 🔒 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 👎 Lonely gameplay without multiplayer

Bugs and requests

Block Earth

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when switching between worlds
  • Blocks disappearing or not saving properly
  • Inability to rejoin or continue previous sessions
  • Ads causing the app to freeze or close unexpectedly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more animals to tame and ride
  • Implement a save/load system for worlds
  • Introduce multiplayer functionality
  • Expand block and building options
  • Improve overall performance and stability

Exploration Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Builds randomly disappearing
  • Crashes and freezes when switching between menus
  • Inconsistent block colors and textures
  • Inability to save progress across sessions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add multiplayer functionality
  • Introduce more blocks and customization options
  • Implement a survival mode
  • Add animals and NPCs
  • Improve performance and stability

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Block Earth

One-time16
  • Alien World$0.99
  • Doodle World$0.99
  • Retro World$0.99
Show 13 more
  • Super Jetpack$0.99
  • Upload Worlds$0.99
  • Pile of Materials$0.99
  • Small Pack$0.99
  • Full Game with Essentials Pack$1.99
  • Essentials Pack$2.99
  • Trigger Pack$2.99
  • Story Pack$2.99
  • Race Pack$2.99
  • Goblin Pack$2.99
  • Full Game$3.99
  • Full Game with Essentials Pack$4.99
  • Pro Version$5.99
15 purchases

Exploration Pro

Subscriptions1
  • 7 Days Subscription$4.997 Days
One-time14
  • 640 Coins$0.99
  • Sink$1.99
  • Gadgets$2.99
Show 11 more
  • Special Offer!$2.99
  • 4000 coins$2.99
  • Kitchen Special Pack$2.99
  • Special Party Pack$2.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Signs Special Pack$3.99
  • Gadgets Special Pack$4.99
  • Home Appliance$5.99
  • 8000 Coins$5.99
  • 5000 Coins$5.99
  • Appliance Special Pack$5.99

Questions

Is Block Earth free?
Block Earth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Exploration Pro free?
Exploration Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Block Earth or Exploration Pro?
Block Earth is rated higher. Block Earth averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.2K ratings, while Exploration Pro averages 3.2 from 522 ratings.
Do Block Earth or Exploration Pro have ads?
Block Earth shows ads; Exploration Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Block Earth or Exploration Pro?
Block Earth ships an update monthly, and Exploration Pro every 6 weeks. Most recently, Block Earth was updated on October 15, 2026 and Exploration Pro on October 13, 2026.

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