The Blox vs ArtsWave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Blox
Access a unique competition docu-series featuring startups, learn from expert mentor consultations, and utilize guided meditations and functional music designed to enhance focus and relaxation. This platform offers free tools and assets to educate and empower entrepreneurs.
- Startup competition docu-series
- Mentor consultations
- Guided meditations
- Functional music (binaural beats)
- Task-specific music settings
- Topic-based content filtering
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Welcome to The Blox! We are a series of tools and assets designed to entertain, educate, and empower entrepreneurs - for free! Our flagship asset is a competition docu-series about 20 startups living under a single roof, competing to se who is the best startup on The Blox. This show is exclusively available on the app. Use it to binge-watch their trials and tribulations in the largest live-in startup competition on the planet. We also have hundreds of hours of video and audio based consultations between our world-class mentors and our startups. This will allow you to be a fly-on-the-wall of a startup accelerator - so you can learn alongside our teams. Use the app to filter by topic to ensure you're learning only the things that are most relevant to you! The app also features a series of guided meditations designed to help entrepreneurs harness the power of their brainspace. By doing so, we can physically strenghten your brain, allowing you to more easily build your business. We also have functional music, AKA bi-naural beats, which is ambient music with a scientific twist. Use the app to pick a task, such as study, sleep, flow state, etc. Our music will then auto-tune subliminal frequencies into the background of the music that will sync your brainwaves to the optimal frequency for the task. Use it to help you turn on your focus for the day, or relax at night when it's time to wind down.
ArtsWave
Discover and plan your arts and entertainment experiences with a personalized event calendar. Unlock exclusive pass savings, discounts, and behind-the-scenes content to support local arts.
- Personalized event calendar
- ArtsWave Pass savings
- Exclusive content
- Customizable itineraries
- Support local arts
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The ArtsWave App is your one-stop calendar for arts and entertainment in Greater Cincinnati! Sign up to become a member of ArtsWave and save time and money while supporting the region through its arts. Key Features: Personalized Events Calendar: Explore, customize and create itineraries with Cincy A&E, your one-stop calendar for arts and entertainment. ArtsWave Pass Savings: Give & Go to unlock free and last-minute passes to dozens of concerts, shows, performances and exhibitions. Level up to Unlimited Membership to enjoy more arts with an additional 100+ half-price experiences as well as shopping and dining savings. Exclusive Content: Watch the calendar come to life with behind-the-scenes videos, interviews and more designed to help you experience all the region has to offer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Blox at 4.9 against ArtsWave's 4.1. The Blox also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). ArtsWave's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. ArtsWave sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. The Blox asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Blox holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Blox has 231 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of The Blox's written reviews are positive against 71% of ArtsWave's.
The Blox ships an update every 9 days, ArtsWave fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Blox | ArtsWave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (231 ratings) — better | 4.1 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 231 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BetaBlox Series, LLC | ArtsWave |
Customer experience
The Blox
ArtsWave
In-app purchases
The Blox
No in-app purchases
ArtsWave
- The BLINK® Insider$10.00
- ArtsWave Pass Unlimited$100.00
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