Castle Blocks vs Meet the Numberblocks!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Castle Blocks
This app allows children to unleash their creativity by building and designing various structures like palaces, fortresses, and ancient cities. It's a fun way for kids to develop their imagination through drawing and construction.
- Castle creator
- Palace building
- Fortress design
- Ancient city construction
- Drawing and painting tools
- Develops creativity
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Castle creator for children who love to paint, draw and build. Let your kids develop creativity and impress you with their imagination. See how easy it is to make a beautiful palace, a medieval stronghold or an ancient city.
Meet the Numberblocks!
This app introduces children to the animated characters known as Numberblocks and helps them develop essential counting skills. Children tap to count the "Numberblobs" associated with each character, unlocking fun video clips and interactive features.
- Counting Numberblobs
- Unlock video clips
- Interactive character features
- Develop counting skills
- Character catchphrases
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From the multi-award-winning animators and producers of BAFTA nominated pre-school learning favourites Alphablocks and Numberblocks, we bring you Meet the Numberblocks. As seen on Cbeebies. This free introductory app introduces the child to the Numberblocks and helps develop their counting skills. Each Numberblock has its number of Numberblobs to count, the child has to tap on the Numberblobs to count them and when they have all been counted, a video clip plays the Numberblocks song. Tapping on the Numberblock will trigger them to say one of their catchphrases and changes their shape. This app does not contain any in-app purchases or involuntary adverts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Meet the Numberblocks! at Free against Castle Blocks's $1.99. Meet the Numberblocks! also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 261). Castle Blocks's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 61%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On rating, update cadence, 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
Meet the Numberblocks! is free to download; Castle Blocks costs $1.99 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 — 4.4 for Castle Blocks against 4.4 for Meet the Numberblocks!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 261 and 1.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Castle Blocks's written reviews are positive against 61% of Meet the Numberblocks!'s.
Castle Blocks ships an update every 2 months, Meet the Numberblocks! monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Castle Blocks | Meet the Numberblocks! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (261 ratings) | 4.4 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 61.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 261 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 206 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marek Dobrowolski | Blue-Zoo |
Customer experience
Castle Blocks
Meet the Numberblocks!
Bugs and requests
Castle Blocks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Meet the Numberblocks!
Reported bugs
4 issues- Numberblock limbs and hair colors not accurate
- Numberblock 20 doesn't change shape
- Numberblocks 18 and 19 don't speak when waving
- App crashes on launch for some users
Requested features
4 requests- Add Numberblocks 21-100
- More shapes and arrangements for existing Numberblocks
- Ability to create custom Numberblocks
- More voice lines and interactions
In-app purchases
Castle Blocks
No in-app purchases
Meet the Numberblocks!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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