Phoenix HD vs Blocky Racer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phoenix HD
Experience a visually stunning arcade shooter with endless action. Enjoy procedurally generated content for unique playthroughs, powerful weapons, and competitive leaderboards. Rise to the challenge at your own pace in this action-packed game.
- Amazing Visuals
- Procedurally Generated Content
- Unique ships with own gameplay
- Spectacular weapons and power-ups
- Location-based Leaderboards
Read full descriptionHide full description
Phoenix HD is the best looking shoot'em up that everyone can enjoy! Enjoy the marvelous action and rise to the challenge at your own pace in this action packed game. Phoenix HD is a modern arcade game with intense action and brilliant graphics, where every playthrough is different. Some of our unique features include: * Amazing Visuals – Silky smooth graphics with spectacular explosions powered by Metal! * Procedurally Generated Content – Every game is unique. * Unique ships with their own gameplay – Lots of spectacular weapons and power-ups. * Location-based Leaderboards – Become the best in your home town and move on to the entire world.
Blocky Racer
Experience thrilling races with simple one-tap controls and dynamic drifting. Collect and upgrade a variety of unique cars and characters as you speed through a vibrant island circuit filled with beautiful scenery. Enjoy a fresh blocky art style that blends retro charm with modern effects.
- One-tap drifting and speed boosts
- Collect and level-up cars
- 30 adorable characters and vehicles
- Vast island circuit with varied scenery
- Unique blocky art style
Read full descriptionHide full description
From the makers of Blocky Football and Agent Dash comes a racing game everyone can play. Featuring simple controls with dynamic one-tap drifting and exhilarating speed boosts, charge through multiple stages where split-second overtaking wins the race! Collect and level-up cars to increase your score combo. ADORABLE CHARACTERS Build your race team with cute drivers and crazy vehicles, including a popstar driving a sports car, a ninja piloting a stealth-copter, a princess riding in a magical carriage and a monkey in a barrel. BEAUTIFUL SCENERY Drive through a living, breathing island circuit with tight corners and flowing straights. Beautiful varied scenery through countryside, rocky mountains, twisting forest roads, a valley lagoon with suspension bridge and beachside tunnel. Charming scenic details, a lighthouse, log cabins and campfires, railway, sand castles, buckets and spades, confetti trumpets and waving inflatable tube men! FRESH STYLE Introducing a fresh blocky look, that mixes retro style with modern graphical techniques and special effects. FEATURES • A racing game everyone can play • 30 adorable characters with crazy vehicles • Huge island circuit with stunning scenery • Collect and level-up cars to increase score combo • Stunning retro style mixed with modern techniques facebook.com/fullfatgames
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Phoenix HD at none against Blocky Racer's shown. Phoenix HD also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 58%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). 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. Phoenix HD sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Blocky Racer sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Phoenix HD against 4.5 for Blocky Racer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1K and 985 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Phoenix HD's written reviews are positive against 58% of Blocky Racer's.
Phoenix HD ships an update every 2 months, Blocky Racer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phoenix HD | Blocky Racer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1K ratings) — better | 4.5 (985 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.2% of reviews — better | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 985 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 292 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Firi Games | Full Fat Productions Ltd |
Customer experience
Phoenix HD
Blocky Racer
User reviews
Phoenix HD
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 🎨 Stunning visuals
- 🕹️ Responsive controls
- 🕹️ Diverse ship selection
- 🕹️ Challenging but fair difficulty
Room to improve
- 💰 Paid ships limit progression
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
- 🕹️ Limited enemy and level variety
- 💰 Paid features like leaderboards
Blocky Racer
From 985 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Simple and easy to control
- 💎 Great graphics and visuals
- ⭐ Entertaining and humorous characters
Room to improve
- 🔍 Excessive advertisements and in-app purchases
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🔧 Tedious car repair mechanics
- 🤖 Frustrating AI opponents
Bugs and requests
Phoenix HD
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes after recent update
- Leaderboard issues with scores not saving properly
Requested features
5 requests- More free ships to unlock
- Ability to purchase ships with in-game currency
- Additional game modes or levels
- More enemy variety
- Ability to save and track personal high scores
Blocky Racer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to restore purchases
- Compatibility issues on older devices
- Freezing during races
Requested features
4 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More tracks and game modes
- Ability to pause the game
- Option to disable ads for a one-time fee
In-app purchases
Phoenix HD
- Corsair$0.99
- Mirage$0.99
- Online Pass$0.99
Show 7 moreShow fewer
- Shogun$0.99
- Trinity$0.99
- 10000$0.99
- Phantom$0.99
- Striker$0.99
- Flare$0.99
- Special Offer!$6.99
Blocky Racer
- #Fool$0.99
- #Ninja$0.99
- #Rookie$0.99
Show 7 moreShow fewer
- #Yeti$0.99
- #Cyborg$0.99
- #Alien$0.99
- #Policeman$0.99
- #Baby$0.99
- Free Repairs$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Phoenix HD free?
Is Blocky Racer free?
Which has better reviews, Phoenix HD or Blocky Racer?
Do Phoenix HD or Blocky Racer have ads?
Which is updated more often, Phoenix HD or Blocky Racer?
Other comparisons















