Comparison

PathPix vs Block

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

Head to head
About

PathPix

Draw colored paths connecting numbered pairs, with path length matching the number. Solve puzzles to reveal miniature pictures and enjoy related quotes. Features graduated difficulty and helpful tools.

Highlights
  • Draw colored paths
  • Connect numbered pairs
  • Path length matches number
  • Reveal miniature pictures
  • Graduated puzzle difficulty
  • Check button for incorrect paths
  • Pinch zoom and one-finger scrolling
Features
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Fall in love with PathPix! Draw bright, bold lines of color to make paths connecting pairs of colored numbers. The length of each path must equal the numbers you are connecting. There's only one way to do it! Finish solving to see the miniature picture that you have created. As an extra reward you get a quote related in some way to the picture. Witty or wise, it will give you a little something to think about as you go on to the next puzzle. ****************** PATHPIX FEATURES: Graduated puzzles, small to large, easy to expert. All puzzles unlocked always. Stuck? Use the new Check button and remove incorrect paths. Pinch zoom to make squares larger or smaller. One finger scrolling. 189 beautiful picture puzzles. ****************** New to PathPix? Not sure which PathPix to buy?  Here's the lineup: There are many different PathPix apps for your iPhone and iPad. All puzzles are different.  ---PATHPIX LITE: Wondering if PathPix is for you? Start here. It's free! ---PATHPIX: Hooked? This is the next step, with 189 graduated levels, ranging from small, easy puzzles to large, advanced level puzzles. ---PATHPIX PRO: Are you an expert? Looking for a LOT of puzzles? Then PathPix Pro is for you, with 320 puzzles ranging from Medium difficulty to Extreme. ---PATHPIX ZEN: Relaxing and addictive! 99 beautiful puzzles, including an Advanced Levels section with 12 special challengers. ---PATHPIX JOY: Keep smiling! 99 puzzles = many happy hours of PathPix fun. Small to large, easy to advanced - you'll find it all here. ---PATHPIX MAGIC: Magic of all kinds! 99 puzzles, small to huge, easy to advanced.  ---PATHPIX LAUGH: Lots more puzzles to tickle your funnybone. 202 puzzles, each with a silly joke or quote related to the puzzle picture. Small to large, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BOO: Silly - spooky - scary - fun! 99 puzzles for Halloween and other dark nights.  ---PATHPIX XMAS: 99 puzzles with a Christmas theme to get you in the mood for the holidays. Whether you are looking for sentiment or silliness, you will find it here. ---PATHPIX LOVE: All you need is love! 99 puzzles, easy to advanced. ---PATHPIX MAX: Some of the biggest PathPix puzzles ever. 114 GIANT-sized puzzles, over a million squares total! ---PATHPIX ART: MAXimum fun - 150 HUGE puzzles based on famous paintings, including the biggest PathPix puzzles ever made. ---PATHPIX THANKS: 99 puzzles for Thanks Giving. Easy to Expert. ---PATHPIX EDGE: Live on the edge! None of these puzzles are rectangular. 180 puzzles, all different shapes, from teeny to gigantic, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX ALICE: The original Alice comes to life as you puzzle your way through 42 truly gigantic, colorful, and FUN illustrations for Lewis Carroll's masterpiece novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Puzzles are based on the classic Tenniel illustrations. Complete book included.  ---PATHPIX TIME: 99 forward-looking puzzles to welcome the New Year and beyond. Small to large, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX HEX: PathPix with a difference: the paths wander about on a grid of 6-sided cells (hexagons) . Warning: twisty paths make for tricky puzzles! 179 puzzles, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BUBBLE: Classic PathPix on special grids with squares and rectangles of different sizes. Paths can be wild and wacky. The theme is Water, oceans to raindrops. 160 puzzles, easy to expert.   PathPix is based on the PC game "PathPix" by Kris Pixton and KpixGames

About

Block

Uncover hidden pixel art by filling grids with colored blocks based on logic clues. This game offers a unique blend of deduction, art, and fun, providing hours of mentally stimulating entertainment. Navigate large grids with an intuitive fingertip cursor and enjoy a continuously updating puzzle library.

Highlights
  • Reveal hidden pixel art
  • Logic-based block filling
  • Intuitive fingertip cursor
  • Weekly bonus puzzles
  • Large grid sizes
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • No ads
Features
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Find the blocks, fill with color and discover a hidden pixel-art picture! Each puzzle consists of a grid containing clues in various places. The object is to reveal a hidden picture by dividing the whole area of the grid into rectangular blocks according to the rules. Block-a-Pix are exciting logic puzzles that form whimsical pixel-composed pictures when solved. Challenging, deductive and artistic, these puzzles offer the ultimate mix of logic, art and fun while providing solvers with many hours of mentally stimulating entertainment. The game features a unique fingertip cursor which enables playing large puzzle grids with ease and precision: to create a block, press and hold fingertip on a clue, wait until cursor fills the square and start dragging to neighboring squares. To delete a block, double-tap or use the eraser button above the puzzle. To help see the puzzle progress, graphic previews in the puzzle list show the progress of all puzzles in a volume as they are being solved. A Gallery view option provides these previews in a larger format. For more fun, Block-a-Pix contains no ads and includes a Weekly Bonus section providing an extra free puzzle each week. PUZZLE FEATURES • 125 free Block-a-Pix puzzles in color • Extra bonus puzzle published free each week • Puzzle library continuously updates with new content • Manually created by artists, top quality puzzles • Unique solution for each puzzle • Grid sizes up to 100x65 • Multiple difficulty levels • Hours of intellectual challenge and fun • Sharpens logic and improves cognitive skills GAMING FEATURES • No ads • Zoom, reduce, move puzzle for easy viewing • Unlimited check puzzle • Unlimited Undo and Redo • Error checking option when a block is completed • Exclusive fingertip cursor design for solving large puzzles • Concurrently playing and saving multiple puzzles • Puzzle filtering, sorting and archiving options • Dark Mode support • Graphic previews showing puzzles progress as they are being solved • Portrait and landscape screen support (iPad only) • Track puzzle solving times • Backup & restore puzzle progress to iCloud ABOUT Block-a-Pix have also become popular under other names such as Shikaku, Shikakunikire, Block Pix and Blockbuster Paint doku. Similar to Picross, Nonogram and Griddlers, the puzzles are solved and the pictures revealed using logic alone. All puzzles in this app are produced by Conceptis Ltd. - the leading supplier of logic puzzles to printed and electronic gaming media all over the world. On average, more than 20 million Conceptis puzzles are solved each day in newspapers, magazines, books and online as well as on smartphones and tablets across the world. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=info/doc/220

Screenshots

PathPix4 screens
Block4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Block at Free against PathPix's $1.99. Block also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 17 months). PathPix's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 23) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Block is free to download; PathPix costs $1.99 up front. Block sells 23 one-off in-app purchases. PathPix asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PathPix against 4.8 for Block. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 432 and 311 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of PathPix's written reviews are positive against 92% of Block's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PathPix ships an update every 17 months, Block every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PathPix versus Block: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathPixBlock
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (432 ratings) — better4.8 (311 ratings)
Positive reviews96.8% of reviews — better92.0% of reviews
Number of ratings432 — better311
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKris PixtonConceptis Ltd.

Customer experience

PathPix

All ratings432 ratings
Positive99.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.2%
Written reviews217 reviews
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.4%

Block

All ratings311 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral0.6%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews137 reviews
Positive92.0%
Neutral4.4%
Negative3.6%

User reviews

PathPix

From 432 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Relaxing and fun
  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 💡 Unique and innovative concept
  • 👍 Great value for money
  • 👍 Smooth controls and intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or performance issues
  • 🔋 Difficulty scrolling and zooming at times
  • 👎 Lack of sound effects or music
  • 👎 Limited number of puzzles

Block

From 311 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and challenging puzzles
  • 🚀 Easy to play and intuitive controls
  • 💡 Variety of puzzle sizes and difficulties
  • 🎨 Beautiful artwork and visuals
  • 🧠 Good brain teaser and logic exercise

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for more puzzles
  • 🔒 Limited free puzzles available
  • 🔍 Difficulty scaling could be improved
  • 📱 Smaller screen sizes can be challenging

Bugs and requests

PathPix

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when finishing puzzles
  • Zooming and scrolling issues on some devices
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • More puzzle levels and themes
  • Ability to reset or replay puzzles
  • Customization options (e.g. dark mode)
  • Hint or assistance features for harder puzzles
  • Multiplayer or leaderboard functionality

Block

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Puzzle progress not always saved properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free puzzle content
  • Ability to sort puzzles by difficulty level
  • Zoom and pan functionality improvements
  • Hint system or step-by-step solutions

In-app purchases

None

PathPix

No in-app purchases

23 purchases

Block

One-time23
  • Color Snacks 1$1.99
  • Color Bites 2$1.99
  • Color Bites 3$1.99
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  • Color Variety 1$2.99
  • Color Variety 2$2.99
  • Color Collection 1$2.99
  • Color Encounters 2$2.99
  • Color Collection 2$2.99
  • Fun Pack 2$2.99
  • Awesome Places - on Earth 1$3.99
  • Color Variety - Large 1$3.99
  • Color Variety - Large 2$3.99
  • Top - Movie Stars 1$3.99
  • The Animals - of Our World 1$3.99
  • Famous - Paintings 1$3.99
  • Color Adventures 2$3.99
  • Color - Extra Large 1$4.99
  • Color Assortments 2$4.99
  • Color Assortments 3$4.99
  • Color Mega 1$7.99
  • Great - Masterpieces 1$7.99
  • Color Mega - Collection 1$7.99
  • Color Mega - Collection 2$7.99

Questions

Is PathPix free?
PathPix costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Block free?
Block is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PathPix or Block?
PathPix is rated higher. PathPix averages 4.9 out of 5 from 432 ratings, while Block averages 4.8 from 311 ratings.
Do PathPix or Block have ads?
Neither PathPix nor Block shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PathPix or Block?
PathPix ships an update every 17 months, and Block every 4 months. Most recently, PathPix was updated on October 19, 2026 and Block on October 16, 2026.

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