Buildy Blocks vs Slithery Snake
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
Slithery Snake
Navigate a slithering snake through treacherous obstacles, collecting gems to boost your score. Master simple controls for endless arcade fun and compete globally for the top leaderboard spot. Can you conquer 100 challenges and become the ultimate snake master?
- Intuitive snake controls
- Gem collection for score boosts
- Dodge treacherous obstacles
- Compete on global leaderboards
- Complete 100 challenges
- Unlock new snakes
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Steer left, steer right, and don't touch the walls. Slithery Snake is an endless runner where you play the snake. Your snake slithers up the screen on its own. Hold the left side of the screen to steer left and the right side to steer right. Weave through narrow corridors and past moving barriers. Touch one and the run ends. HOW TO PLAY • Hold the left side of the screen to steer left • Hold the right side to steer right • Slip through narrow gaps and past moving barriers • Collect gems as you go FASTER AND FASTER Your snake speeds up with every obstacle you pass. In Hard Mode it starts out about twice as fast. COLLECT AND UNLOCK • 104 snake skins, from Watermelon and Panda to Neon Fusion and Mondrian • Spend gems on new skins • 100 challenges, with special skins as rewards • Spin the prize wheel for free every 12 hours COMPETE • Normal and Hard Mode leaderboards • 18 achievements to earn • Share your high score and challenge your friends to beat it PLAY OFFLINE No wifi needed. Slithery Snake plays offline, so it's ready for flights, road trips and waiting rooms. Easy to learn, hard to master, and made for one finger. How far can your snake go?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Slithery Snake at 100% against Buildy Blocks's 32%. Slithery Snake also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Buildy Blocks's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). 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 Slithery Snake sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Slithery Snake 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Buildy Blocks's written reviews are positive against 100% of Slithery Snake's.
Buildy Blocks ships an update every 2 days, Slithery Snake every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buildy Blocks | Slithery Snake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Umbrella Games LLC | Power-Up Game Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Buildy Blocks
Slithery Snake
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
Slithery Snake
- Remove Ads$1.99
