SameGame vs Drop Blocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SameGame
Clear large areas of same-colored gems to achieve the highest score. Progress through increasingly challenging levels in this classic puzzle game. Customize your experience with ambient music or play with shapes instead of colors.
- Clear same-colored gems
- Achieve high scores
- Progress through levels
- Ambient background music
- Play with shapes
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The goal of SameGame is to get the highest score by removing as large areas of the same-colored gems as possible — bigger areas mean higher scores. It couldn't be simpler — the further you progress, the harder it is to reach the next level. Toggle the included ambient background music, play with shapes instead of colors.
Drop Blocks
A highly addictive puzzle game where you tap adjacent blocks of the same color to score points. Enjoy over 50,000 levels in the free version, or upgrade for more content and backgrounds.
- Tap adjacent same-colored blocks
- Score points by matching blocks
- Over 50,000 free levels
- Ad-supported free version
- Pro version with over 500,000 levels
- High-quality backgrounds (Pro)
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Play it over and over again with ad support or upgrade to the Pro version for over 500,000 levels and high quality backgrounds. The free version is a FULLY functional game with 50,000+ levels for the iPhone for the iPad. This fun, highly addictive game of dropping blocks is similar to games like Bubble Pops! and other smash hits. But this is free! Tap the blocks that are adjacent to other blocks of the same color. Score points by getting the most adjacent blocks in a row. This game is a similar game to the popular FreeCell game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SameGame at none against Drop Blocks's shown. SameGame also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (55% vs 38%). Drop Blocks's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 8 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Drop Blocks holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 96 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of SameGame's written reviews are positive against 38% of Drop Blocks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SameGame ships an update every 8 months, Drop Blocks every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SameGame | Drop Blocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (48 ratings) | 4.6 (96 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 | 96 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steven Troughton-Smith | John Rouda |
Customer experience
SameGame
Drop Blocks
In-app purchases
SameGame
No in-app purchases
Drop Blocks
No in-app purchases
