Comparison

Block Drop® vs Desert War 3D

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

Head to head
About

Block Drop®

Engage in a strategic 3D puzzle game with dynamically generated levels and music. Navigate through 999 challenging stages across six unique worlds, testing your mind and reflexes. Avoid falling into the water and aim for the checkered flag to complete each level.

Highlights
  • 6 unique game worlds
  • 999 levels per world
  • Dynamically generated levels
  • Dynamically generated music
  • Survival levels
  • Show solution feature
Features
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Block Drop® is an addicting strategy/puzzle game that sharpens your mind and features 3D graphics and dynamically generated music. Sink all the blocks and finish on the checkered flag to complete each level. Try not to land in the water! Become lost in the serene atmosphere as you experience 999 levels that will challenge your mind and survival levels that will test your reflexes. Block Drop® features 6 different game worlds: ▸ Classic: The original Block Drop ▸ Transportation: New blocks that move and teleport you ▸ Destruction: New blocks that can destroy other blocks ▸ Split Personality: Control multiple men on each level ▸ Optical Illusion: Blocks float in the air creating optical illusions ▸ Madness: All of the new block types in one world! FEATURES: ▸ 6 different worlds with 999 levels each ▸ Show solution feature ▸ Universal app -- works on both iPhone and iPad ▸ Dynamically generated levels ▸ Computer generated music that adjusts to your gameplay ▸ Fast-paced survival levels ▸ In-game tutorial ▸ Hours and hours of gameplay! Each level of Block Drop® is dynamically created (and so is the music) so no two games will ever be the same. PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Block Drop®: - Does not contain ads. - Does not contain in-app purchases. - Does not contain integration with social networks. - Does not use analytics / data collection tools. - Does include links to apps by Dan Russell-Pinson in the iTunes. For more information on our privacy policy please visit: http://dan-russell-pinson.com/privacy/

About

Desert War 3D

Command diverse armies in strategic battles, from an overhead view or by directly controlling individual units. Engage in various mission types, including large-scale conflicts, skirmishes, factory control, and nuclear warfare across multiple scenarios.

Highlights
  • Direct unit control
  • Overhead strategy view
  • Variety of units (soldiers, tanks, planes)
  • Multiple mission types
  • Mission editor
  • Diverse scenarios
Features
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Control large armies and handle the unit of your choice at any time! The great quality of this game is that you can handle units from above as in all strategy games, or you can handle the unit of your choice at any point in battle, entering combat from below. You can handle soldiers, jeeps, tanks, anti-aircraft, watchtowers, planes, and helicopters. Great variety of missions: 1. Great battles in which you will have to think of the best strategy to envelop the enemy, as if you were a great general. 2. Small skirmishes in which it is convenient to handle some unit by yourself, with some practice you can handle any unit better than the machine. 3. Battles for control of factories, each side has factories that make tanks and other units, you will have to defend your factories, accumulate units and go on the offensive. 4. Nuclear battles, resist until you have a tactical nuclear bomb available, then drop it on the bulk of the enemy army, and then finish with the rest of the units. Great variety of scenarios, deserts, city, green field, snow. Complete mission editor where you can design your own battles, selecting scenario, side, units for each side, factories, and ... atomic bombs! All this makes Desert War a spectacular game that you cannot miss!

Screenshots

Block Drop®4 screens
Desert War 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Block Drop® at 4.8 against Desert War 3D's 4.3. Block Drop® also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (96% vs 87%). Desert War 3D's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 4). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Block Drop® costs $0.99 and Desert War 3D $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Block Drop® holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Desert War 3D has 26 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Block Drop®'s written reviews are positive against 87% of Desert War 3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Block Drop® ships an update every 3 months, Desert War 3D every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Block Drop® versus Desert War 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlock Drop®Desert War 3D
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.3 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews — better86.7% of reviews
Number of ratings426 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB84 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFreecloud Design, Inc.Luis Evaristo Rodriguez Campos

Customer experience

Block Drop®

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.2%

Desert War 3D

All ratings26 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral3.8%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Block Drop®

No in-app purchases

None

Desert War 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Block Drop® free?
Block Drop® costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Desert War 3D free?
Desert War 3D costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Block Drop® or Desert War 3D?
Block Drop® is rated higher. Block Drop® averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Desert War 3D averages 4.3 from 26 ratings.
Do Block Drop® or Desert War 3D have ads?
Neither Block Drop® nor Desert War 3D shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Block Drop® or Desert War 3D?
Block Drop® ships an update every 3 months, and Desert War 3D every 7 months. Most recently, Block Drop® was updated on October 31, 2026 and Desert War 3D on November 7, 2026.

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