Velo! vs Ascending Blocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Velo!
Guide a vehicle to color the road while avoiding obstacles. Discover various shapes to color and test your reflexes by not touching the red robot. A simple yet engaging experience for quick play.
- Color the road by swiping
- Avoid obstacles
- Discover fun shapes
- Don't touch the red robot
- Simple gameplay
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Color the road by avoiding obstacles! Discover all the fun shapes to color! Swipe to color the road, don't touch the red robot!
Ascending Blocks
Control a block in this 2D infinite runner and platformer game. Your goal is to reach new heights by ascending as high as possible. Unlock various costumes to customize your gameplay experience.
- Infinite runner gameplay
- 2D platformer mechanics
- Score-based unlocking
- Unlockable costumes
- Simple block control
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Jump from platform to platform and see how high your little block can climb! Ascending Blocks is a simple, tricky endless climber in crisp black-and-white pixel art. Steer left and right, time your jumps, ride the conveyor belts and stay ahead of the fog rising up from below. + Easy controls: move and jump + Conveyor belts that push you around + Collect coins and unlock 24 costumes + A Second Chance when a run ends too soon + Game Center leaderboard: beat your friends' best + Plays in English, Spanish and Chinese Tomato Factory makes fun games for everyone: tomatofactory.com Support: support@tomatofactory.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ascending Blocks at 100% against Velo!'s 44%. Ascending Blocks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4). Velo!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ascending Blocks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Velo!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Ascending Blocks's.
Velo! ships an update weekly, Ascending Blocks every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Velo! | Ascending Blocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plexonic Games | Tomato Factory |
Customer experience
Velo!
Ascending Blocks
In-app purchases
Velo!
No in-app purchases
Ascending Blocks
No in-app purchases
