Comparison

Miner Escape! vs NC Blox

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

Head to head
About

Miner Escape!

Guide a mine cart full of gold to safety by strategically sliding other carts out of the way. Solve increasingly challenging puzzles with limited moves per level. Enjoy beautiful graphics and intuitive controls in this exciting adventure.

Highlights
  • Mine cart sliding puzzles
  • Limited moves per level
  • Collect gold
  • Challenging levels
  • Intuitive controls
  • Beautiful graphics
Features
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Help the Miner escape by getting his cart full of gold out of the mine by sliding the carts filled with rocks out of the way. Watch out! You have a limited number of moves per level. Embark on an exciting adventure with Miner Escape! Help our hero, the miner, navigate through treacherous mines by sliding carts filled with rocks out of the way and collecting as much gold as possible. With each level, the challenges become increasingly difficult and the stakes get higher. The game features intuitive controls, challenging levels and beautiful graphics that will keep you engaged for hours. With a limited number of moves per level, you will have to use strategy and quick thinking to outsmart the obstacles and reach the end of the mine. Each level is a new puzzle to solve, and each victory brings you one step closer to the ultimate goal of escorting the miner and his cart full of gold out of the mine. Download Miner Escape now and start your journey to the top!

About

NC Blox

Experience a unique block puzzle game where blocks fall from four walls. Strategically move and rotate pieces to fill rows and clear space, offering a fresh challenge with multiple game modes and a twisted perspective.

Highlights
  • Blocks fall from four walls
  • Unique twisted view perspective
  • Sprint, Classic, and Marathon modes
  • Global leaderboards and achievements
  • On-screen arrow controls
  • Block rotation and dropping
Features
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Like playing block puzzle games? Play classic block puzzle game where blocks falling from four walls instead of one! Enjoy freedom of space, challenge twisted view! Imaging that you are looking into the square glass from the top. You see four walls and the bottom. The flat 2d blocks falling down from the walls one by one. Move them to fill rows or columns at the bottom, get scores for full rows and free some space for your next block! * Different block types for your choice * Mixed blocks to give you more varieties * Sprint, Classic and Marathon modes * Twisted view to challenge your brain * Global leaderboards and achievements Controls: * Use on-screen arrows to move block clockwise or counter-clockwise from one wall to another. * Rotate the block on the wall to position properly against the bottom. * Tap on the field to drop the block Enjoy our free block puzzle game, no ads! P.S: This is a free, non-profit implementation of once popular welltris game by Alexey Pajitnov

Screenshots

Miner Escape!4 screens
NC Blox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: NC Blox at none against Miner Escape!'s shown. NC Blox also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Miner Escape! against 5.0 for NC Blox. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Miner Escape! versus NC Blox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiner Escape!NC Blox
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn RoudaLeonid Khramov

Customer experience

Miner Escape!

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NC Blox

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Miner Escape!

No in-app purchases

None

NC Blox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Miner Escape! free?
Miner Escape! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NC Blox free?
NC Blox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Miner Escape! or NC Blox?
Miner Escape! and NC Blox are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Miner Escape! or NC Blox have ads?
Miner Escape! shows ads; NC Blox does not.

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