Comparison

Block + Coloring Puzzle vs Line Forge

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

Head to head
About

Block + Coloring Puzzle

Engage your mind with a unique block puzzle experience where you color by overlapping blocks. Solve over 1000 free puzzles with a relaxing yet challenging gameplay. It offers a fresh take on logic puzzles, similar to picross and sudoku.

Highlights
  • Over 1000 addictive levels
  • Unique coloring concept
  • Picross, nonogram, sudoku style gameplay
  • Colorblind mode
  • Night mode
  • Offline gameplay
  • No time limit
Features
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Make color by overlapping blocks. Enjoy over 1000 puzzles for free! This is not an ordinary block puzzle. Enjoy special block puzzle with unique coloring concept. This is a brand new picross, nonogram and sudoku style block puzzle. Take a relax with simple but challenging puzzle game. Make the color darker by overlapping, fit the blocks into a shape. You can solve this puzzle using similar method when you play picross, nonogram or sudoku. 《Block + Coloring Puzzle Feature》 ◈ Over 1000 addictive levels! ◈ Colorful blocks and boards with various shapes! ◈ Infinite update with adding levels and packs. ◈ Colorblind mode is available. Color blind is not a problem. ◈ Night mode for bed time is available. ◈ Many free hints. ◈ Easy to learn for all ages ◈ No time limit ◈ Offline game play without internet connection (Wi-Fi or Data) 《Block + Coloring Puzzle Rule》 ◈ There are 3 color steps. ◈ You can make darker color by overlapping blocks. ◈ Fill the given board with step 3 color with blocks. ◈ Calculate available block position like picross, nonogram or sudoku. 《Ecapyc Fan Page》 ◈Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecapyc ◈Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ecapyc You can get the update news.

About

Line Forge

This numberlink puzzle game allows you to draw lines between matching pairs to fill a grid. It offers a vast catalog of puzzles with customizable difficulty and grid sizes, playable on any device. Enjoy a daily ritual or a weekly challenge with optional hints and no timer pressure.

Highlights
  • 19,414 puzzles across 39 grid sizes
  • Daily and Weekly challenges
  • Filter by difficulty
  • Choose grid dimensions
  • Sync across devices
  • Adjustable sound settings
  • Free hints available
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Line Forge is a numberlink puzzle game built around one idea: the puzzle should bend to you, not the other way around. Draw a line between every matching pair until each cell of the grid is filled. The rule is simple. What's different is everything around it. Forge your line. Your way. Most numberlink games push you through one linear progression. Line Forge gives you the whole catalog and lets you choose what to play, how to play, and where. A new puzzle every day if you want a daily ritual. One large puzzle per week if you want a fight. - 19,414 verified puzzles across 39 grid sizes — squares from 5×5 to 20×20, plus 26 rectangular shapes - Daily Puzzle — a new fixed puzzle every day, the same grid for everyone; build a streak - Weekly Challenge — one large puzzle per week from the heavy-end pool (16×16 and up) - Filter by difficulty — pick what fits your mood, not what the game decides for you - Pick your dimensions — small grids for a quick reset, mid-size grids when you want to settle in - iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape — every device and orientation built as first-class, not retrofitted. 20×20 grids fit on iPhone SE; 5×5s feel right on iPad Pro - Zoom and pan — see the whole board or focus where you're thinking - Sync across your devices — start on your iPhone, finish on your iPad. Streaks, completions, and your spot in the catalog follow you - Set the sound — a metal track forged for the game, an ethereal alternative if you want quiet focus, or no music at all; mute is a first-class choice, not a buried setting - Hints when you need them — first one each day is free; no manufactured paywalls Independently forged. Line Forge is built by Red Beard Foundry — a solo indie studio in Indiana making software with deliberate craft. Every puzzle in the catalog has been solved and verified before it ships. The forge is the point. No ads between puzzles. No timer pressure outside the weekly challenge. No dark patterns. Remove ads with a one-time purchase if you want, or play free with light banner support. Forge your line.

Screenshots

Block + Coloring Puzzle4 screens
Line Forge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Block + Coloring Puzzle at none against Line Forge's shown. Block + Coloring Puzzle also leads on ratings volume (46 vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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. Block + Coloring Puzzle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Line Forge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Line Forge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block + Coloring Puzzle has 46 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Block + Coloring Puzzle versus Line Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlock + Coloring PuzzleLine Forge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (46 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews98.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEcapyc Inc.Red Beard Foundry

Bugs and requests

Block + Coloring Puzzle

Requested features

2 requests
  • New levels needed
  • More challenging levels

Line Forge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Block + Coloring Puzzle

One-time4
  • 5 Hints$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • 27 Hints$4.99
Show 1 more
  • 60 Hints$9.99
1 purchases

Line Forge

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Block + Coloring Puzzle free?
Block + Coloring Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Line Forge free?
Line Forge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Block + Coloring Puzzle or Line Forge?
Line Forge is rated higher. Block + Coloring Puzzle averages 4.8 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Line Forge averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Block + Coloring Puzzle or Line Forge have ads?
Line Forge shows ads; Block + Coloring Puzzle does not.

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