Comparison

Ball Sort vs Block Joy

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

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About

Ball Sort

An addictive puzzle game where you sort colored balls into matching tubes. Exercise your brain with simple, yet challenging gameplay. Perfect for all ages and playable offline.

Highlights
  • Sort colored balls into tubes
  • Addictive and challenging gameplay
  • Brain exercise
  • Simple and highly addictive
  • Play offline
  • Fun for all ages
Features
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Color Sorting is an addictive and challenging puzzle game! Try to sort the colored balls in the tubes until all balls with the same color celebrating completion in the same tube. Try to challenge and exercise your brain! Are you bored of classic water sort puzzles and ball sort puzzle games? Color Sorting puzzle is a fun and challenging ball sort puzzle color game with a huge breakthrough in the gameplay of sorting puzzles. Tap any tube to move the ball to another tube. The rule is that you can only move a ball on top of another ball if both of them have the same color. Features: ● Fun for all ages: The best game for family & friends’ gatherings! ● Download this funny game for free. ● Great exercise for the brain. ● Simple and highly addictive game play. ● Play without the internet. ● Play offline. Have fun!

About

Block Joy

An addictive IQ puzzle game with a treasure-hunting theme. Arrange falling blocks of various shapes to fill lines on a 9x9 grid, destroying lines for points. Train your brain with this challenging and classic puzzle-solving experience.

Highlights
  • IQ puzzle game
  • Brain training
  • Block arrangement
  • Fill lines to score
  • No color matching
  • No time limit
Features
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Block Joy is an addictive IQ puzzle game, with simple yet challenging puzzles designed to train your brain. Challenge your puzzle game skills with this exciting game that will give you fun and challenge for hours. * Inspired by the treasure-hunting theme with wood, gold, and gems, Block Puzzle - Gems Adventure gives you an adventurous and classic puzzle-solving experience. The rule is simple: You can only use the block given randomly to fill lines in this 9x9 block puzzle board. Get the highest score and show the world you're the best block puzzle solver * Train your brain and test your logical thinking with this simple game that lets you combine puzzle blocks, build and destroy structures by creating lines. Compete with friends around the world! Enjoy addicting brain training exercises with Block Puzzle - Gems Adventure OUR FEATURES: Connect Shapes, No Matter Where You Are − Organize puzzle blocks with different shapes into the puzzle board. Start and stop anytime, anywhere with no constrain. − Block Puzzle - Gems Adventure, a perfect challenge for a short period of refreshing brain training on the bus, at school, or in the office. − Connect shapes together with addicting, simple-to-learn brain teaser gameplay. Combine Puzzle Blocks − Combine blocks and fill a full line of 9 blocks to destroy the line. The more lines destroyed, the more points you score! − Solve block puzzles in this addicting challenge that will put your logic skills to the test. Don't let the shapes fill the grid! − Match shapes to collect precious gems in this addictive puzzle game. Play a simple puzzle game with no color matching, no time limit, and no match 3! Just fill the grid with shapes to form a line and train your logical thinking and problem-solving skills! Love puzzle games and looking for a game to play in your leisure time? Look no further, Block Puzzle - Gems Adventure is the perfect game you need! ----- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ball Sort4 screens
Block Joy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Block Joy at none against Ball Sort's shown. Block Joy also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 272). Ball Sort's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 19%). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ball Sort sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Block Joy sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Ball Sort against 4.7 for Block Joy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Joy has 1.6K ratings behind it against 272, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Ball Sort's written reviews are positive against 19% of Block Joy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ball Sort versus Block Joy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBall SortBlock Joy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (272 ratings)4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better19.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2721.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size242 MB262 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperUNICO STUDIOOVIVO Games

Customer experience

Ball Sort

All ratings265 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative37.5%

Block Joy

All ratings1,508 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive19.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative76.2%

Bugs and requests

Ball Sort

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Block Joy

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Difficulty ramps up too quickly
  • Crashes and freezes

Requested features

2 requests
  • Reward system that feels fair
  • Reduced ad frequency

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Ball Sort

One-time5
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • 500 Diamonds$4.99
  • 1500 Diamonds$6.99
Show 2 more
  • 3000 Diamonds$14.99
  • 5000 Diamonds$19.99
20 purchases

Block Joy

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly subscription$5.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
One-time18
  • 10 Skip Tickets SALE$1.99
  • 50 Skip Ad Tickets SALE$1.99
  • Hammers Bundle SALE$2.99
Show 15 more
  • Rotate Bundle SALE$2.99
  • 10 skip ad tickets$3.99
  • Hammer Bundle$3.99
  • High Roller$3.99
  • No Ads Discount$3.99
  • Rotate Bundle$3.99
  • Rewards Master SALE$3.99
  • Black Friday Mania$4.99
  • Score Madness SALE$4.99
  • Remove Ads$5.99
  • Rewards Master$5.99
  • Score Madness$6.99
  • 50 Skip Ad Tickets$7.99
  • Starter Pack$7.99
  • 100 Skip Ad Tickets$12.99

Questions

Is Ball Sort free?
Ball Sort is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Block Joy free?
Block Joy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ball Sort or Block Joy?
Block Joy is rated higher. Ball Sort averages 4.6 out of 5 from 272 ratings, while Block Joy averages 4.7 from 1.6K ratings.
Do Ball Sort or Block Joy have ads?
Ball Sort shows ads; Block Joy does not.
Which is updated more often, Ball Sort or Block Joy?
Ball Sort ships an update every 2 months, and Block Joy every 2 months. Most recently, Ball Sort was updated on October 31, 2026 and Block Joy on October 30, 2026.

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