Blocks io vs Paper.io 4
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blocks io
Control a character to expand your territory by moving across the screen. Avoid touching other players' tails outside your safe zone to survive. Collect diamonds to unlock new characters and compete globally.
- Expand territory by moving character
- Guard your territory
- Destroy enemy tails outside their territory
- Collect diamonds for characters
- Play online or offline against AI
- Global leaderboard
- Over 20 unlockable characters
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Touch the screen up, down, left or right to move your character and cover as much territory as possible. Make sure to guard your territory, If you or any other players touch your tale when you are out of your territory, you will be dead. Touch the other player’s tail when they are out of their territory to destroy his area. Catch the diamonds to unlock all the funny characters. Features: * Play online or without internet connection (AI). * Challenge other players around the world (Leather-board) * Over 20 funny characters to play.
Paper.io 4
Experience a smooth 3D drawing and territory conquest game. Expand your zone, avoid other players, and aim to capture 100% of the map. Compete to claim the most land.
- Smooth 3D drawing experience
- Territory conquest gameplay
- Multiplayer competition
- Capture 100% of the map
- Avoid other players
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Discover the smooth and immersive drawing experience of Paper.io 4 Conquer as much territory as possible and beat the competition. Create your zone, avoid others players and try to conquer 100% of this brand new 3D map!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blocks io at 100% against Paper.io 4's 25%. Blocks io also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Paper.io 4's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (14K vs 19). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Paper.io 4 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Blocks io asks for nothing beyond the download.
Paper.io 4 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paper.io 4 has 14K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Blocks io's written reviews are positive against 25% of Paper.io 4's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Blocks io ships an update every 4 weeks, Paper.io 4 monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blocks io | Paper.io 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (19 ratings) | 4.4 (14K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 24.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 14K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 243 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Emanuel Ortiz | Voodoo |
Customer experience
Blocks io
Paper.io 4
Bugs and requests
Blocks io
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Paper.io 4
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes when reaching high coverage percentages
- Invisible players and disappearing territory
- Controls becoming inverted or unresponsive
- Inconsistent scoring and progress not saving
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to see other players on the map
- More game modes and level variations
- Improved stability and bug fixes
- Option to disable ads or pay for ad-free experience
In-app purchases
Blocks io
No in-app purchases
Paper.io 4
- No Ads$2.99
