Comparison

Giga vs Cody Block

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Giga

Experience classic arcade brick-breaking action with a modern twist. Navigate through numerous levels, collect power-ups, and customize your game. Enjoy a retro soundtrack and compete with friends on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • 110 levels across 11 themed packs
  • Endless Mode for survival
  • 28 unlockable power-ups
  • Customizable themes for paddle and ball
  • Retro arcade-inspired soundtrack
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • iCloud sync for progress
Features
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Classic arcade brick-breaking fun. Use your paddle to keep the ball in play, collect power-ups and destroy bricks. Work through 110 levels across 11 themed packs in Classic Mode, see how high you can climb in Endless Mode, test your limits in Endless Mayhem, and take on the world in the Daily Challenge. Giga-Ball is a casual yet challenging game you can play for minutes or hours, and keep coming back to year after year. Progress through the levels, collect every power-up and sharpen your skills to beat your high score. With so many brick and power-up combinations, no two games are ever the same. Key Features: • 110 curated levels across 11 themed level packs. • Endless Mode: see how far you can go with continuously falling bricks, one ball and ever-increasing difficulty. • NEW Endless Mayhem: 37 more power-ups, including portals, new ball types, paddle modifiers, multi-balls and many, many more, plus new brick types and combinations. • NEW Daily Challenge: a fresh challenge every day, each with its own twists. Everyone plays the same one, so see where you rank on the global leaderboard. • Collect or avoid 28 classic power-ups to help your progress or increase the challenge. Bonuses include a larger paddle, points boost or the help of lasers, while penalties include a super-speed ball, bricks hiding from view or the activation of a gravity field. • Customise your paddle, ball, background and app icon, choosing from 12 unlockable themes and icon designs. • Enjoy the original retro arcade-inspired soundtrack composed exclusively for Giga-Ball. • Track your progress with comprehensive gameplay statistics, and see how you compare across the globe on the Game Center leaderboards. • Complete 98 achievements to track your progress and show off your skills. • Keep game progress and statistics synchronised across your devices with iCloud. • Resume games on launch to pick up where you left off. • Adapted for one-handed play, so it's easy to pick up and play any time, any place. • Entirely free to play, with no content locked behind a paywall and no ads.

About

Cody Block

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Spark imagination and discovery with the smart wooden car that helps kids code. Get the latest features, optimise your toys and discover new products via the QUBS app.

Screenshots

Giga4 screens
Cody Block3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cody Block at every 4 days against Giga's every 2 months. Cody Block also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Giga ships an update every 2 months, Cody Block every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Giga versus Cody Block: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGigaCody Block
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames HardingMettle Studio

In-app purchases

None

Giga

No in-app purchases

None

Cody Block

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Giga free?
Giga is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cody Block free?
Cody Block is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Giga or Cody Block have ads?
Neither Giga nor Cody Block shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Giga or Cody Block?
Giga ships an update every 2 months, and Cody Block every 4 days. Most recently, Giga was updated on November 3, 2026 and Cody Block on November 8, 2026.

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