About Love and Hate 2 vs Blocktactic HD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
About Love and Hate 2
Guide two characters through challenging puzzles in diverse environments. Solve intricate problems by utilizing their unique abilities to find a lost child. This hand-drawn 3D adventure tests your logic and strategic thinking.
- Hand-drawn 3D graphics
- Challenging logic puzzles
- Character-based abilities
- Diverse environments
- Story-driven adventure
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Never press the red button. Everybody knows that. By some mishap, HATE's kid trips the red button and disappears immediately. And thus LOVE and HATE set off again, this time to find the careless child. Stay calm, think, and train your grey cells. With the power of LOVE and the energy of HATE, you steer the two main characters through airy heights, dark castles and endless expanses. Look forward to a reunion with LOVE, HATE, and of course the OTHER ONES. What the press says: About Love and Hate 2 is going to test and probe your grey matter in some incredibly interesting ways. (gamezebo) ...polish and charm that can only come from a developer who is passionate about their craft. (toucharcade) ...So for a platform puzzler that’s fun, challenging, and feels nice to play, look no further. (tapsmart)
Blocktactic HD
A challenging puzzle game that blends block drop and match-3 mechanics. Make strategic moves on a dynamic board to achieve high scores. Unlock new block sets through skill, not purchases.
- Block drop and match-3 mechanics
- Strategic move selection
- Shifting board dynamics
- Multiple selectable block sets
- Skill-based unlocks
- Retro soundtrack
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Merging together mechanics from block drop and match-3 style games, Blocktactic HD is the ultimate easy to learn, hard to master challenge. Every turn there are many potential moves available on the shifting board, it's down to you to decide the best ones. Features: -Multiple selectable block sets, all unlocked through skill (not IAPs) -Slick, easy to use interface -Original retro soundtrack How high can you score?
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Verdict
About Love and Hate 2 and Blocktactic HD both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Blocktactic HD's written reviews are positive against 52% of About Love and Hate 2's. Blocktactic HD also leads on price ($0.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). About Love and Hate 2's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 18 months) and chart position (#100 vs unranked). On rating, 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
About Love and Hate 2 costs $2.99 and Blocktactic HD $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for About Love and Hate 2 against 5.0 for Blocktactic HD. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: About Love and Hate 2 has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of About Love and Hate 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Blocktactic HD's.
About Love and Hate 2 ships an update every 2 months, Blocktactic HD every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | About Love and Hate 2 | Blocktactic HD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #100 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 238 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Black Pants Studio GmbH | A To Play Ltd. |
Customer experience
About Love and Hate 2
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In-app purchases
About Love and Hate 2
No in-app purchases
Blocktactic HD
No in-app purchases
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