Linky Blocks vs Gemel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Linky Blocks
A tactile matching game where you link identical blocks to make them pop. Enjoy satisfying animations and sounds, with competitive and relaxing modes. Customize the game's look and feel with different themes.
- Link identical blocks
- Tactile popping animations
- Competitive Challenge mode
- Relaxing Endless mode
- Customizable themes
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Welcome to Linky Blocks! This is a matching game - match identical blocks by dragging your finger along the chain, in any direction. 2 blocks or more, then watch them pop! Linky Blocks squirm when pressed, drop, squish and bounce when popped. It's super tactile and satisfying. It's half game, half fidget toy! Tax yourself in the competitive modes, including the new Challenge mode filled with devious levels to clear, or play in Endless mode to just relax. Change theme to change the look and feel of the game and keep it fresh! Screenshots courtesy of the rather excellent Screenshots Pro - http://screenshots.pro
Gemel
A relaxing tile-matching game played on a round board. Clear pairs of matching tiles against the clock, with no pressure or fail states. Compete daily and weekly on shared boards or enjoy unlimited custom games with a one-time purchase.
- Tile matching gameplay
- Daily and weekly shared boards
- Customizable board sizes and rules
- Offline play
- Game Center leaderboards
- Thirteen achievements
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A candle-lit matching game. A round board of wooden tiles, cleared two at a time against your own best clock — no fail state, no pressure, just you, the tiles, and the seconds. Tap two matching tiles to clear them. Streaks reward rhythm with rising multipliers. Mistakes cost seconds, hints cost more — the clock you see is exactly the time on the leaderboard. THE SHARED BOARDS — ALWAYS FREE Every day at midnight UTC, the whole world gets the same daily board. Every Monday, a big weekly board — large, cleared from the edge inward. Fastest clear wins. Race your family and friends on the Game Center leaderboards and watch your rank travel through the week on the history charts. YOUR GAME, YOUR RULES • Three board sizes, from a quick coffee-break clear to a real sitting • Two rules: Classic (every tile free) and From the Edge (work your way in) • Colour tiles, or Black & White for purists • Hints and shuffles when you want them — records remember if you didn't THIRTEEN ACHIEVEMENTS Candle-lit artworks worth earning and worth sharing — from your first clean board to a hundred thousand pairs, each share card stamped with your own numbers. QUIET BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. No accounts. Works fully offline. Music and sound respond to your play, and everything respects Reduce Motion. The daily and weekly boards are free forever. A single small purchase — Gemel Unlimited, shared with your whole iCloud family — unlocks unlimited free play. In English, Polish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), and Russian.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Gemel at none against Linky Blocks's shown. Linky Blocks's advantage is iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Linky Blocks sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Gemel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Linky Blocks against 5.0 for Gemel. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Linky Blocks | Gemel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AW Games | Lukasz Pomianek |
In-app purchases
Linky Blocks
- Halloween ThemeFree
- Zen Theme$0.99
- Fabric Theme$0.99
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- Remove Ads$2.99
- Full Unlock$4.99
Gemel
- Gemel Unlimited$2.99








