Comparison

BlockIn vs SlatesArcade

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

Head to head
About

BlockIn

A relaxing puzzle game where you slide tiles of the same color to connect them. Strategize to overcome challenges and win all levels without a time limit. Enjoy this brain-training experience anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Slide tiles to connect same colors
  • Combine tiles for strategic play
  • No time limit for relaxed gameplay
  • Challenging levels
  • Brain training puzzles
Features
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Slide and relax! Block In: Puzzle Game is a game for relaxing with many challenges. With this game, all you need to do is to slide the tiles with the same color to connect together as sample provided. But be careful because when tiles with same color are close to each other, they will combine together and cannot be moved any more. No time limit, you can enjoy game for any time, anywhere. Find out the best strategy and win all levels to prove that no obstacles can hinder your way to success. Enjoy your time!

About

SlatesArcade

Features
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Forty-two games for Apple Watch. Cards, board games, puzzles, arcade action and a few things that just look good on your wrist — all of them built for a small screen and a spare minute. Nothing here needs the internet. No accounts, no ads, no purchases, and nothing leaves your watch. Open a game and play. THE GAMES Cards — Aces Up, Crazy Eights, Cribbage, Go Fish, Pyramid Board — Backgammon, Checkers, Dominoes, Dots & Boxes, Four in a Row, Reversi, Salvo, Yacht Puzzle — 2048, Blackout, Bulls & Cows, Crates, Mines, Peg Solitaire, Sliding, Sudoku Action — Blocks, Bricks, Chomp, Glide, Hopper, Pinball, Runner, Snake Aim — 9-Ball, Bowling, Darts, Dogfight, Drift, Flick, Golf, Tilt Maze Eye Candy — Automata, Fractal, Langton's Ant, Life, Pendulum BUILT FOR THE WATCH, NOT SHRUNK TO FIT Tap and drag do most of it. Eleven games take the Digital Crown, where it is the better control — aiming a cue, putting spin on a bowling ball, changing the speed of a simulation — and two are steered by leaning your wrist. EVERY GAME EXPLAINS ITSELF How to Play sits in every game's menu: what winning means, and which control the game is actually listening for. No game leaves you guessing. IT REMEMBERS WHERE YOU WERE A dropped wrist or a notification does not cost you a game. The long ones keep their position — the sudoku grid, the cribbage hand, the crate you were pushing — and hand it back when you return. IT KEEPS SCORE Best scores where a score makes sense, fewest moves where that is the better measure, and a win-loss record against Otto, the opponent in ten of the games.

Screenshots

BlockIn4 screens
SlatesArcade1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SlatesArcade at none against BlockIn's 1. BlockIn's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. BlockIn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SlatesArcade asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BlockIn ships an update every 2 days, SlatesArcade every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
BlockIn versus SlatesArcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlockInSlatesArcade
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLe Huu NghiaJAMES LEE SLATE

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BlockIn

One-time1
  • In-App Purchases$0.99
None

SlatesArcade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BlockIn free?
BlockIn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SlatesArcade free?
SlatesArcade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BlockIn or SlatesArcade have ads?
Neither BlockIn nor SlatesArcade shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BlockIn or SlatesArcade?
BlockIn ships an update every 2 days, and SlatesArcade every 4 days. Most recently, BlockIn was updated on November 9, 2026 and SlatesArcade on October 31, 2026.

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