Block Stack 3D vs Active Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Block Stack 3D
A 3D physics-based game where players tap blocks to score points while preventing a ball from falling off the platform. Rotate the camera to strategize your moves and aim for the highest score in this addictive challenge.
- 3D physics-based gameplay
- Tap to crush blocks
- Prevent ball from falling
- Camera rotation for strategy
- High score chasing
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This is a simple and addictive 3d physical elimination game。 The play of this game is very easy: 1.Tap any block to crush it and get score. 2.Don't let the ball fall off from the platform. 3.Draging left or right to rotate the camera. 4.Try your best to get the highest score.
Active Chess
Experience a unique chess variant with randomized starting positions and modified rules for dynamic gameplay. Develop your strategic thinking and planning skills in this engaging board game.
- Randomized starting positions
- Modified chess rules
- Strategic gameplay
- Cognitive skill development
- Choice of board sizes
- Play against a chess bot
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Playing chess regularly develops human cognitive abilities, such as: logical thinking, attentiveness, memory, ability to analyse and plan. However, in classical chess there is one drawback that does not contribute to the interest in the game on the part of millions of potential players. For thousands of years of the existence of chess, all combinations, the so-called openings, that can appear on the chessboard at the beginning of the game, have been developed and well studied. A professional player who knows several of these openings will certainly gain an advantage over an ordinary player, even if his cognitive abilities are obviously lower. Active Chess got its name because it excludes the use of different preliminary preparations in different game situations, especially at the beginning of the game. In active chess, there is no well-known traditional arrangement of pieces, and this precludes the use of a library of openings. From the first moves of the game, an active game begins, the result of which depends on the player's cognitive abilities, his ability to think and a bit of luck. The luck factor is associated with the formation of the starting position randomly for each player. But in order not to depend on capricious luck, the player can independently form his position on the board. At the same time he does not know what position his opponent will have. This gives a special sharpness of the game. In Active Chess, almost all the rules of classical chess are followed with a few exceptions: • Rule for castling of kings is absent since a player, when creating an initial position, can place his king in that part of the board and among other pieces, where he will be in the greatest safety. • Chess pieces can be placed on the first three ranks of each side in the order that suits the player. • A special mark is applied to the image of the pawns of the first move, which disappears after the first move. • Bishops can be of the same color field or different color fields at the choice of the player. Active Chess has to a choice of two options for boards 8x8 and 8x10. In the current version of the application, only a game with a chess bot is available. The application has ads are shown after the end of the game. The winner does not see ads! You can remove all Ads and limit of preset positions by subscription. Enjoy Game! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: http://books.virenter.com/policy.php
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Block Stack 3D at every 6 months against Active Chess's every 39 months. Block Stack 3D also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Block Stack 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Active Chess sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Block Stack 3D against 5.0 for Active Chess. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Stack 3D has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Block Stack 3D ships an update every 6 months, Active Chess every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Stack 3D | Active Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 39 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 光耀 宁 | Alexey Polunin |
Customer experience
Block Stack 3D
Active Chess
In-app purchases
Block Stack 3D
- Remove Ads$0.99
Active Chess
- Unlimited Positions 1 Week$0.997 Days
- Unlimited Positions 1 Month$1.991 Month
- Unlimited Positions 3 Month$4.993 Months
Questions
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