Cut the Rope vs Echo Blade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cut the Rope
Embark on a colorful puzzle adventure with Om Nom. Match tiles to create powerful boosters and solve challenging levels. Enjoy daily rewards, team play, and discover animated stories.
- Match color tiles
- Create powerful boosters
- Solve challenging puzzles
- Daily rewards and missions
- Team play and tournaments
- Discover animated vignettes
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A new exciting adventure in the Cut the Rope saga has arrived. It’s BLAST time! Dive into this addictive BLAST puzzle game, begin your dream journey in this toon world with your pet Om Nom and master challenging BLAST puzzles! Match color tiles and create powerful candy boosters and toy power-ups. Merge amazing special toy rockets, bombs and candies for an exciting explosion. Key Features - Simple but exciting gameplay: just match cubes, pop blocks and make tile combos - Solve challenging puzzles, receive rewards and collect stars - Constant updates with new levels and content - Get daily rewards from Crown Rush, Star Tournament, Daily Mission etc - Create or join a team to cooperate altogether - Crush opponents in tournaments and limited time events - Discover vignettes from the official cartoon series Om Nom Stories, including romantic garden, cute farm, magic mansion, and many other episodes - This game is also ads free!
Echo Blade
This is a strategic slash 'em up puzzle game with satisfying gameplay. Explore unique worlds, conquer challenging levels, and face diverse enemies with intuitive one-touch controls. Available through a subscription service.
- Strategic slashing gameplay
- 3 unique worlds
- 21 challenging levels
- 4 unique enemy types
- Intuitive one-touch controls
- No ads or in-app purchases (for subscribers)
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Available exclusively for Halfbrick+ members - Echo Blade is in Early Access! Slash, Repeat Conquer! Enjoy an uninterrupted experience with no ads. From the creators of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, we bring you Echo Blade! A strategic, satisfying, slash 'em up puzzle game that will have you hooked from the first swipe. Ready to join our hero on a thrilling quest across 3 unique worlds? Harness your strategic skills across 21 thrilling levels, facing off against diverse enemies, each with their own distinct behaviors. FEATURES: ● Experience the juicy thrill of slashing through enemies ● 3 unique worlds to explore and conquer ● Master 21 challenging levels ● Strategically navigate through 4 unique enemy types ● Enjoy intuitive one-touch controls ● No ads - no in-app purchases WHAT'S HALFBRICK+ Halfbrick+ is a mobile games subscription service featuring: ● Exclusive access to the highest-rated games ● No ads or in app purchases ● Brought to you by the makers of Award-winning mobile games ● Regular updates and new games ● Curated by hand - for gamers by gamers! Kick off your Guest Access with 60 minutes of gameplay! If you like what you see, start your One Month free trial and play all our games without ads, in app purchases, and fully unlocked games! Your subscription will auto-renew after 30 days, or save money with an annual membership! If you have any questions, please contact our support team https://support.halfbrick.com **************************************** View our privacy policy at https://www.halfbrick.com/halfbrick-plus-privacy-policy View our terms of service at https://www.halfbrick.com/subscription-agreement
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cut the Rope at 4.9 against Echo Blade's 1.5. Cut the Rope also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 10%) and ratings volume (552 vs 12). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Cut the Rope sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Echo Blade sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cut the Rope holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cut the Rope has 552 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Cut the Rope's written reviews are positive against 10% of Echo Blade's.
Cut the Rope ships an update every 3 weeks, Echo Blade every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cut the Rope | Echo Blade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (552 ratings) — better | 1.5 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 552 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 362 MB | 332 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | SKYWALK | Halfbrick Studios |
Customer experience
Cut the Rope
Echo Blade
Bugs and requests
Cut the Rope
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes on launch
- Levels not loading past level 6
- Levels freezing and becoming unplayable
- Losing progress and game data after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Add new levels and maps
- Improve level design and difficulty progression
- Fix bugs and stability issues
- Optimize performance and battery usage
Echo Blade
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cut the Rope
- Om Nom Shop$0.99
- 150 Coin Pack$1.99
- Star Safe$2.99
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- Beginner's Bundle$4.99
- 500 Coin Pack$4.99
- Challenge Pass$4.99
- 1000 Coin Pack$9.99
- Magic Bundle$10.99
- 2000 Coin Pack$19.99
- Super Bundle$20.99
- Mega Bundle$56.99
Echo Blade
- Halfbrick+2 variants$2.991 Month
- Halfbrick+ (Early Adopter)6 Months trial$2.991 Month
- Halfbrick+1 Month trial$2.991 Month
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- Halfbrick+3 variants$29.991 Year
- Halfbrick+1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- Halfbrick+$99.99
