Buildy Blocks vs Vicious Varmints
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buildy Blocks
Build towering structures by precisely stacking blocks. Compete for the highest score in various modes and challenge yourself to keep your tower from tumbling.
- Single tap gameplay
- Multiple tower types
- Normal mode
- Hardcore mode
- Game Center leaderboards
- Achievements
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In Buildy Blocks, the sky is the limit. You have to stack blocks on top of each other in order to build a tower. Let's see how high you can go before it tumbles down! Features : - Fun single tap gameplay - 5 different tower types - Normal and hardcore modes - Game Center leaderboards and achievements
Vicious Varmints
Defend your yard from hungry critters by quickly zapping them with a foam dart gun. You have limited time and ammo to stop them from eating your food. Protect your family's treasures from these fast-eating varmints.
- Zap critters with foam darts
- Limited time and ammo
- Protect food treasures
- Family-friendly gameplay
- Fast-paced action
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Ma, git me my foam dart gun. Them vicious critters is after our dang yard waffles! Vicious Varmints are on the loose again and after all your foodly treasures. The traps have been set and the Varmints have taken the bait. All that's left is for you to load up your non-lethal, 9v battery modified foam dart gun, and Zap 'em back to where they came from. Once they get on your glorious goodies, they git to work pretty quickly, eatin' their way to the center so they can run off with the rest. You have a limited amount of time and ammo to stop 'em. The whole family is countin' on you to keep them Vicious Varmints off the food. Good luck nephew!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Buildy Blocks at none against Vicious Varmints's shown. Buildy Blocks also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (30 vs 1). Vicious Varmints's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Buildy Blocks sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Vicious Varmints sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vicious Varmints holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buildy Blocks has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Buildy Blocks ships an update every 2 days, Vicious Varmints every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Buildy Blocks | Vicious Varmints |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Umbrella Games LLC | Player1games Inc. |
Customer experience
Buildy Blocks
Vicious Varmints
In-app purchases
Buildy Blocks
- Tower Mode$0.99
- Rail Mode$0.99
- Ladder Mode$0.99
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- Mode 5$0.99
- No ads!$1.99
Vicious Varmints
- Ten Credits$0.99
- Credit 25$1.99
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