Snake vs Block 89
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snake
A classic arcade game where players control a growing snake. The objective is to eat food blocks while avoiding collisions with walls and the snake's own body. Multiple game sizes and speeds are available for varied challenges.
- Eat food blocks
- Avoid walls
- Avoid own tail
- Three sizes
- Three speeds
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Very simple snake game. Eat food blocks. Avoid hitting walls and snake's tail. - three sizes (26x26, 26x15, 16x16) - three speeds
Block 89
Experience a classic brick puzzle game with a retro handheld feel. Enjoy a gradual difficulty curve across 20 levels, authentic dot-matrix graphics, and 8-bit sound effects. Share your replays and get lost in the satisfying gameplay.
- Dot-matrix LCD screen
- Light and dark modes
- 8-bit sound effects
- 10 block shapes
- 20 levels
- GIF replay sharing
- Offline play
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Play with blocks like it's 1989! A handheld brick puzzle game with a dot-matrix display, retro sound effects, and that satisfying feeling of getting better without noticing. Block 89 is designed around flow - the difficulty rises gradually across 20 levels, keeping you in that sweet spot where the challenge matches your skill. Easy to pick up, hard to put down. Features: - Dot-matrix LCD screen with authentic pixel rendering - Light and dark mode (monochrome inverted, a minimal masterpiece) - 8-bit sound effects - 10 different block shapes on a 16×16 grid - 20 levels of progressively increasing difficulty - GIF replay sharing - show off your best games - No ads. No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. No internet required. Just the game. Score points by completing lines with blocks. Simple - but it gets difficult quickly. Oh, and yes: this is the same guy that brought you Snake '97. Cheers from Amsterdam, Willem.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Block 89 at none against Snake's shown. Block 89 also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.1) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Snake's advantage is ratings volume (124 vs 21) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Block 89 holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snake has 124 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Snake's written reviews are positive against 75% of Block 89's.
Snake ships an update every 2 months, Block 89 every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Snake | Block 89 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (124 ratings) | 4.3 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.2% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FujiCubeSoft | dsd 164 |
Customer experience
Snake
Block 89
Bugs and requests
Snake
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game sometimes freezes or crashes
- Revive feature doesn't work as expected
- Controls become unresponsive at higher scores
Requested features
4 requests- Add different speed/difficulty options
- Implement swipe controls
- Include a dark mode option
- Introduce new game modes and levels
Block 89
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snake
No in-app purchases
Block 89
No in-app purchases
