Comparison

Blocky Snowboarding vs Elementex

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

Head to head
About

Blocky Snowboarding

Experience fast-paced snowboarding action with simple controls and retro blocky graphics. Collect characters and snowboards, perform tricks, and compete with friends on themed slopes. Enjoy free gifts and endless downhill fun.

Highlights
  • Easy snowboarding gameplay
  • Retro blocky graphics
  • Collectible characters and snowboards
  • Perform tricks and stunts
  • Themed slopes
  • Compete with friends
Features
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Hit the slopes and shred the fresh powder in a rad snowboarding runner! Carve, grind, jump, and grab big air with tricks and stunts! How high can you score? FEATURES • Easy to play snowboarding fun • Retro style blocky graphics • Lots of characters • Different snowboards to collect • Rare boarders with themed slopes • Compete with friends • Free Gifts facebook.com/fullfatgames

About

Elementex

A tactical tower-defense game focused on strategic placement and elemental combat. Build your defenses, bend enemy paths, and tap towers for skills to climb the global leaderboard. Every decision counts in this endless challenge.

Highlights
  • Hex-grid tower defense
  • Maze-builder pathing
  • Four elemental rock-paper-scissors matchups
  • Tap-to-cast active skills
  • Boss chests with transparent pricing
  • Global leaderboard
  • Endless mode
Features
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Elementex is a tactical tower-defense run. No worlds to grind. No campaign to crawl. One hex arena, one shot at the leaderboard, and every decision counts. Build between waves. Place towers on hex tiles. Bend the path with free walls. Tap a tower mid-wave to fire its skill. Lives reach zero, the run ends, and your best wave is the only number that matters. Fire beats Frost. Frost beats Nature. Nature beats Lightning. Lightning beats Fire. Hit a weakness for 1.5x damage. Hit a resistance for 0.7x. Read the wave, pick the counter, or pay for it. Every upgrade is bought with in-run gold. One tower per element — push its damage, its fire rate, or its range, each on a rising cost curve. No blueprints. No permanent unlocks to grind. Your build is what you can pay for, this run, right now. Every fifth wave is a boss. The boss drops a chest of three runes. You see every drop, every stat, every price, before you spend a single gem. Whatever you do not keep goes into the Recall Pool for seven days at +25 percent. Nothing disappears. Nothing is hidden. Runes you keep persist across runs. Combine two of the same rarity to climb to the next. Five rarities: Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Mythic. Mythic is boss-chest only and carries a unique passive skill. An element-matched rune on its tower hits 20 percent harder. There is no end state. There is only the next wave, the global leaderboard, and how far you can hold the line. • Hex-grid tower defense with maze-builder pathing • Four elements, one rock-paper-scissors wheel (1.5x / 0.7x matchups) • One tower per element, upgraded along +DMG / +RATE / +RANGE with in-run gold • A defining passive and a tap-to-cast active skill on every element • Boss chests every five waves, transparent gem pricing, seven-day Recall Pool • A global leaderboard, one endless mode, three- to seven-minute runs • No loot boxes. No energy. No timers. No paid randomness.

Screenshots

Blocky Snowboarding4 screens
Elementex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Elementex at every 3 weeks against Blocky Snowboarding's every 4 months. Elementex also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). Blocky Snowboarding's advantage is ratings volume (666 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Blocky Snowboarding sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Elementex sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Elementex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blocky Snowboarding has 666 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Blocky Snowboarding's written reviews are positive against 100% of Elementex's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blocky Snowboarding ships an update every 4 months, Elementex every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Blocky Snowboarding versus Elementex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlocky SnowboardingElementex
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (666 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings666 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size177 MB36 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFull Fat Productions LtdTassilo Posegga

Customer experience

Blocky Snowboarding

All ratings667 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral5.1%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral7.0%
Negative6.4%

Elementex

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Blocky Snowboarding

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Cassette tape unlock feature not working for some users
  • Occasional crashes or freezes during gameplay

Requested features

3 requests
  • More varied obstacles and challenges
  • Ability to customize the player character
  • Leaderboards or social features

Elementex

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Blocky Snowboarding

One-time10
  • Small Gem Pack$0.99
  • #Metalman$0.99
  • #KaratePanda$0.99
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  • #Rookie$0.99
  • #Reaper$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Medium Gem Pack$2.99
  • The VIP Pass$2.99
  • Starter Pack$3.99
  • Large Gem Pack$4.99
5 purchases

Elementex

One-time5
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • 550 Gems$3.99
  • 1,200 Gems$8.99
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  • 2,500 Gems$17.99
  • 6,500 Gems$44.99

Questions

Is Blocky Snowboarding free?
Blocky Snowboarding is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elementex free?
Elementex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blocky Snowboarding or Elementex?
Elementex is rated higher. Blocky Snowboarding averages 4.6 out of 5 from 666 ratings, while Elementex averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Blocky Snowboarding or Elementex have ads?
Both Blocky Snowboarding and Elementex show ads.
Which is updated more often, Blocky Snowboarding or Elementex?
Blocky Snowboarding ships an update every 4 months, and Elementex every 3 weeks. Most recently, Blocky Snowboarding was updated on November 2, 2026 and Elementex on October 31, 2026.

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