Save the Zacks vs Vlobs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Save the Zacks
Guide adorable Zacks to safety by digging tunnels and tilting your device to alter gravity. Navigate through hazardous environments filled with monsters, lasers, and lava. Enjoy a unique, ad-free experience with soothing music and compete on leaderboards.
- Dig underground pathways
- Tilt device to change gravity
- Avoid monsters and hazards
- Leaderboard competition
- Minimalistic design
- Soothing music
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Guide the cute little Zacks to teleports and other escapes by digging the terrain to create underground pathways and tilting your device to change gravity. Did we mention that you can explode a few Zacks to clear the path? Well, you can. Watch out for monsters, lasers, saw blades, lava and other dangers along the way. Enjoy the soothing music and minimalistic design for a unique experience that's hard to put away once you've started. Totally ad-free, yay! Game Center enabled, make your way to the leaderboard top! You can compete per level as well as for a grand total score.
Vlobs
A relaxing arcade puzzle game where players connect colorful blobs to score points. Discover new mechanics, multipliers, and unlockable game modes as you progress. Enjoy satisfying gameplay with personal and online high scores.
- Connect colorful blobs
- Arcade puzzle gameplay
- Unlockable game modes
- Personal and online leaderboards
- Increasing complexity levels
- Satisfying and addictive gameplay
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Vlobs is a relaxing casual arcade puzzle game where you build groups of colorful blobs (vlobs) that connect to each other. Figure out the mechanics and see how many points you can score before you fill up the board. Get far enough and you'll encounter new mechanics, combo multipliers, mysterious powers and maybe even unlock a second game mode. Features: - Nice connecting colorful blobs, sometimes with dots on them. - Satisfying and (mildly) addictive gameplay. - Sound and music. - Your own personal highscore! - Multiple levels with increasing complexity and a few surprises. - Unlockable second game mode. - 8 unlockable challenges with different mechanics and goals. - No ads, no microstransactions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Save the Zacks at Free against Vlobs's $2.99. Save the Zacks also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Vlobs's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ratings volume, ads 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
Save the Zacks is free to download; Vlobs costs $2.99 up front. Save the Zacks sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Vlobs asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vlobs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Save the Zacks's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vlobs's.
Save the Zacks ships an update every 2 months, Vlobs every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Save the Zacks | Vlobs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bytesize Technology | Lost Minds |
Customer experience
Save the Zacks
Vlobs
In-app purchases
Save the Zacks
- Technopia$0.99
- Volcavious$0.99
Vlobs
No in-app purchases
