Gameblox vs Kifu Snap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gameblox
Create your own games using a block-based programming language on a computer, then play them on your mobile device. Explore various game types like platformers and action games, with mobile-specific features such as tilt controls and QR code scanning.
- Block-based game editor
- Play created games on mobile
- Platformer game creation
- Action game creation
- Narrative game creation
- Tilt controls
- QR code scanning
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Gameblox is a game editor that uses a blocks based programming language to allow anyone to make games. On a computer, go to https://gameblox.org to create a game. Then use this mobile app to play the game. You can make different types of games on gameblox.org, including platformers, action and narrative games. With the mobile app, you can try out mobile specific features including games where you tilt your device, and read QR codes. Have fun making games, we look forward to playing the games you create! Gameblox is developed by the MIT Education Arcade/Scheller Teacher Education Program
Kifu Snap
This app digitizes Go board positions from images or video streams. It offers AI analysis, instant score counting, and broadcasting to online servers. Analyze game photos shared from any app.
- Capture Go board from picture
- Record game moves from video
- AI game analysis
- Instant score counting
- Broadcast games to OGS
- Analyze shared game photos
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Kifu Snap can capture a go-board position from a picture, or record all the moves of a game from a video stream. With Kifusnap, you can: - get AI analysis of a game you just played on a real board, - instantly count your score at the end of a game, - broadcast a game to OGS, the online Go server, - analyze a photo shared from any other app (web, social media, etc.). EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kifu Snap at 100% against Gameblox's 33%. Kifu Snap also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Gameblox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Kifu Snap sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Gameblox asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kifu Snap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Gameblox's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kifu Snap's.
Gameblox ships an update every 4 months, Kifu Snap monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gameblox | Kifu Snap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MIT STEP Lab | Kayufu |
Customer experience
Gameblox
Kifu Snap
In-app purchases
Gameblox
No in-app purchases
Kifu Snap
- Kifu Snap Subscription$1.991 Month
