Comparison

Count How Many vs Hidden Blocks

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

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About

Count How Many

Test your counting speed and focus in this arcade game. Drag to rotate and count 3D shapes, with increasing difficulty as you progress. Compete globally or with friends on leaderboards and unlock achievements.

Highlights
  • Rotate and count 3D shapes
  • Increasing difficulty
  • Global leaderboards
  • GameCenter friend challenges
  • 12 unique achievements
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Flex your counting speed and your focus in Count How Many. Drag across the screen to rotate and count the 3D shapes you see on the screen as fast as you can. Get rewarded for your speed, but make one mistake, and it's Game Over. Can you Count How Many? The more rounds you beat, the more objects you'll have to count. Soon enough, shapes will be moving or fading in and out of the screen, making it even more difficult to count the right number. Test your counting ability against the world in the global leaderboards. Or, get personal and challenge your GameCenter friends. Compete to find out if they can beat your score or match your achievements. See if you can get all 12 unique GameCenter achievements!

About

Hidden Blocks

Features
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How many blocks? Look again. Some blocks are in plain sight. Others hide behind the stack. HIDDEN BLOCKS is a 3D block-counting logic puzzle where the real challenge is figuring out what you can't see. Study the stack, picture the hidden layers, and choose your answer. Simple to understand. Surprisingly tricky to solve. ▣ TWO MODES. TWO WAYS TO THINK. ● Count All Blocks Work out the total number of blocks, including the ones hidden from view. Every layer counts. ● Find Hidden Blocks Count only the blocks you can't see. Look beyond the visible faces and imagine what completes the stack. ▣ SMALL STACKS. BIG AHA MOMENTS. Start with simple shapes and progress to trickier, multi-layer structures. Use spatial reasoning to work out each answer. That satisfying moment when the whole stack makes sense? That's the fun. ▣ A FRESH PUZZLE EVERY DAY Daily Blocks gives you a new challenge each day. Take on the same daily puzzle as other players and see how your solve time compares. ▣ JUST FEEL LIKE A PUZZLE? Practice serves up a random puzzle each time. No stars, records, or rankings. Warm up before a stage or enjoy another little challenge. ▣ HOW FAR CAN YOU GO? Solve within the time limit, earn stars, and keep moving through the stages. Compare your stage progress with players around the world on the global leaderboard. ▣ A NOTEBOOK FULL OF PERSONALITY Warm paper, blue-ink answer marks, and three playful block companions give each challenge a little character. Clean puzzle layouts keep the focus on the blocks, while the Cubie trio brings the celebrations. Enjoy logic puzzles, visual brain teasers, or number challenges? Discover a different kind of block puzzle: count the stack and imagine what lies out of sight. ▣ WHERE THE IDEA CAME FROM Counting stacked unit cubes is a classic spatial reasoning exercise found in math curricula around the world — Common Core in the US, Singapore Math, the UK National Curriculum, and more. It trains the same 3D thinking that engineers, architects, and pilots use every day. HIDDEN BLOCKS takes that proven concept off the classroom page and turns it into a competitive daily brain game. There's more to every stack than meets the eye. #brain_training #spatial_reasoning #block_puzzle #logic_game #unit_cubes #3D_thinking #IQ #math_puzzle #puzzle_game #brain_game #hidden_blocks #casual_game #mind_game #focus #cube #counting #visual_puzzle #logic_puzzle #mental_training #block_counting

Screenshots

Count How Many3 screens
Hidden Blocks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Count How Many at none against Hidden Blocks's 8. Count How Many also leads on iOS requirement (13.1 vs 15.0). Hidden Blocks's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 9 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hidden Blocks sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Count How Many asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Count How Many ships an update every 9 months, Hidden Blocks weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Count How Many versus Hidden Blocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCount How ManyHidden Blocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGianluca CapraroLogan Land

In-app purchases

None

Count How Many

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Hidden Blocks

One-time8
  • 10 Gems$0.99
  • 20 Gems$1.99
  • Unlimited Play · 3 Hours$2.99
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  • 50 Gems$4.99
  • Unlimited Play · 24 Hours$6.99
  • 125 Gems$9.99
  • 250 Gems$19.99
  • 700 Gems$49.99

Questions

Is Count How Many free?
Count How Many is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hidden Blocks free?
Hidden Blocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Count How Many or Hidden Blocks have ads?
Both Count How Many and Hidden Blocks show ads.
Which is updated more often, Count How Many or Hidden Blocks?
Count How Many ships an update every 9 months, and Hidden Blocks weekly. Most recently, Count How Many was updated on October 2, 2026 and Hidden Blocks on October 17, 2026.

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