Block Puzzle Gem vs FivesFlow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Block Puzzle Gem
A classic strategy jewel block puzzle game designed to enhance visual enjoyment and improve spatial skills. Drag and drop colorful jewel blocks to fill rows and columns, clearing them to achieve high scores. Play anytime, anywhere, with no internet or time restrictions.
- Classic strategy jewel block gameplay
- Enhances spatial skills and trains the brain
- Colorful jewel blocks for visual enjoyment
- No internet, time, or location restrictions
- Easy to play, suitable for all families
- Rotation treasure chest for high scores
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Block Puzzle Gem is a new classic strategy jewel game. Designed by exquisite beautiful gems, its jewel blocks can maintain peace of mind while enhancing your visual enjoyment. It's a jewel board puzzle improving your spatial skills and training your brain. Play Block Puzzle Gem anytime and anywhere to relax to have a healthy life. Why choose this puzzle? - 100% free to play jewel tile block game. - A grid to place a temporarily unwanted block. - Colorful jewel blocks beauty enjoyment. - Without any internet/time/location restrictions. - It's easy to play, suitable for all families. The beginner's guide. - Drag jewel blocks to any place you want into the grid. - Fill in horizontal and vertical rows and clear the gem cube. - Rotation treasure chest helps you break the high scores. Tips may help you. - Remove multiple lines at a time. - Use the excess grid wisely to create more possibilities. - Explode the spinning star blocks cleverly. Relieve stress and enjoy Block Puzzle Gem as long as you like. Or compete with your friends to see who will get the highest score.
FivesFlow
This number merging puzzle game lets you swipe matching tiles to grow your board and achieve higher scores. Explore multiple game modes, including career progression and timed challenges. Enjoy offline play with optional iCloud syncing across devices.
- Offline gameplay
- Number merging mechanics
- Expandable game board
- Four distinct game modes
- Undo last move option
- iCloud save syncing
- Apple Watch companion game
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FivesFlow turns small tiles into a growing puzzle. Swipe matching numbers together: 5, 10, 20, 40… Plan your next move, earn more room and hear your merges climb the notes. PLAY IN AIRPLANE MODE Take your puzzle on a flight. All five modes work offline once available, with no Wi-Fi or mobile signal needed for gameplay. Your boards, Career progress and local scores save on your device, ready when you return. PLAY WITH SOUNDS ON Soft, piano-like notes rise with bigger merges. Build your own little sequence as the board comes together. Sound and haptics can be switched off in Settings. FIVE WAYS TO PLAY • Free Fall: guide falling 5, 10 and 20 tiles left or right. Swipe down to drop quickly, merge equal neighbours and keep room at the top as the pace rises. Connected pairs can appear later. Any settled column reaching the top ends the run. Available immediately, with musical drops and separate scores. • Career: 50 stages, fresh boards and a higher target every stage. Each begins on 4×4. Earn 5×5 at 81,920; later expansions need tiles 64 times higher, up to 11×11. • Survival: build your best run with only 5 and 10 appearing as new tiles. Unlocks after clearing Career Stage 5. • Race the Clock: start with 10 minutes. Each merge into 1,280 or higher adds 10 seconds. Unlocks after clearing Career Stage 10. • No Going Back Here: an endless challenge with no Undo. Unlocks after clearing Career Stage 15. Survival, Race the Clock and No Going Back Here retain their own growth schedule: earn 5×5 at 10,240, then work toward later tile milestones. Existing saved boards keep their size. ONE MORE CHANCE TO PLAN Career, Survival and Race the Clock have one ordinary Undo for the latest move. On iPhone and iPad, after using it, Career and Survival can offer one additional step back through an optional completed advert. The action appears only when a second saved move and a ready advert are available. Verified Remove Ads owners get the same extra step without an advert. There is no third consecutive Undo, and completed wins or losses are final. KEEP YOUR GAME MOVING Enable optional iCloud saved-game sharing in Settings to continue the same game across iPhone and iPad using the same Apple Account. Play offline, then sync when connected again. Local high-score history stays on each device. Keep local scores offline, or connect to Game Center for separate Free Fall, Survival, Race the Clock and No Going Back Here global rankings. Internet access is needed for cloud sync, global rankings, adverts and purchases. FivesFlow includes adverts and an optional one-time Remove Ads purchase. Regular adverts become due after five active gameplay minutes or three losses, whichever comes first. Free Fall, Career, Survival and No Going Back Here use a clearly labelled Ad break before a ready mid-run advert. Race the Clock has adverts only at natural breaks. Independent-app banners can appear on the main menu. Remove Ads disables both banner and full-screen adverts. OPTIONAL MEASUREMENT Adults aged 18+ can choose advertising measurement in Settings. It stays off unless you explicitly opt in and grant Apple’s permission. Gameplay never depends on it. You can turn it off at any time. APPLE WATCH Play the original four modes in an offline companion game, with optional Career unlock sharing from your paired iPhone. Watch boards and local scores stay on the Watch. Rewarded adverts, purchases and global rankings are iPhone/iPad features. Support: https://fivesflow.com/support Privacy: https://fivesflow.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FivesFlow at daily against Block Puzzle Gem's monthly. FivesFlow also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Block Puzzle Gem's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). 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. Block Puzzle Gem sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and FivesFlow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FivesFlow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Puzzle Gem has 1.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Block Puzzle Gem's written reviews are positive against 100% of FivesFlow's.
Block Puzzle Gem ships an update monthly, FivesFlow daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Puzzle Gem | FivesFlow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| 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, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Shanghai Freemind Software Co., Ltd. | Arman Moradi |
Customer experience
Block Puzzle Gem
FivesFlow
Bugs and requests
Block Puzzle Gem
Reported bugs
2 issues- Issues with level 29 of the Great Wall event
- Calendar feature causing crashes
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to rotate/move blocks
- More daily challenges and events
- Clearer gameplay instructions
FivesFlow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Block Puzzle Gem
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Spin Coin × 5$0.99
- Spin Coin × 20$2.99
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- Remove Ads$3.99
- Spin Coin × 50$5.99
- Superior Pack$7.99
- Spin Coin × 120$9.99
- Spin Coin × 300$19.99
FivesFlow
- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
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