Tricky Gems vs Cube Blast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tricky Gems
A fast-paced tile-matching puzzle game where you guide falling gem columns to create matches of three or more. Clear the board, build combos, and climb the leaderboards. Special bomb columns and power-ups add strategic depth to the escalating challenge.
- Tile-matching puzzle gameplay
- Match lines or diagonals of three or more gems
- Score points and build combos
- Escalating difficulty with faster falling columns
- Special bomb column power-up
- Unlock 23 achievements
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Tricky Gems is a fast-paced tile-matching puzzle game for iOS and macOS that will challenge your reflexes and strategic thinking from the very first drop. Guide columns of three gems as they fall into the playing field and match lines or diagonals of three or more to score points. Clear the board efficiently, rack up combos, and climb the leaderboard as high as you can. Every level brings a new challenge — the columns fall faster, the pressure builds, and the background shifts to keep things fresh. At the end of each level, a special bomb column sweeps the field, destroying every gem that matches its color. You can also trigger this power move manually once your Power-up Bar is full. Run out of space and the game ends in a spectacular explosion of bombs. Prove your skills by unlocking all 23 Achievements — some require true mastery of the game. You will need sharp focus, quick reflexes, and a solid strategy to earn the ultimate title: Gem Legend. Good luck!
Cube Blast
Engage your mind with a 3D match-by-color puzzle game. Explore increasingly complex levels with innovative mechanics and vibrant visuals. Cute aliens guide you through a world of satisfying puzzle-solving and explosions.
- Innovative 3D puzzle mechanics
- Increasingly complex 3D puzzles
- Intuitive controls
- Plethora of levels with mechanical twists
- Vibrant aesthetics and audio
- Alien characters and explosions
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Blast through complex 3d match by color puzzles in this free casual puzzle game. Cube Blast Saga is a casual 3d match-by-colors puzzle game, focusing on spatial awareness and planning ahead. A diverse range of puzzle mechanics will keep you on your toes – can you take advantage of the new puzzle mechanics introduced almost every level? With a vibrant, snappy aesthetic strengthening the satisfactory feeling of puzzle solving, and the cute aliens guiding you through their world Cube Blast Saga shall definitely engage the casual puzzle loving crowd, as well as the hardcore puzzle solvers. KEY FEATURES • Challenge your mind - Innovating 3D puzzle mechanics • Push your spatial thinking abilities to their limits - increasingly complex 3D puzzles • Easy to pick-up intuitive controls • A plethora of levels, with a different mechanical twist on them • Snappy aesthetics and audio • Featuring aliens, and explosions Community Pages: http://www.facebook.com/istomgames http://twitter.com/istomgames
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cube Blast at 4.8 against Tricky Gems's 4.2. Cube Blast also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Tricky Gems sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cube Blast sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cube Blast holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Tricky Gems's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cube Blast's.
Tricky Gems ships an update every 4 months, Cube Blast monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tricky Gems | Cube Blast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (48 ratings) | 4.8 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Miroslav Otsedarski | Istom Games Kft. |
Customer experience
Tricky Gems
Cube Blast
In-app purchases
Tricky Gems
- Pro Levels and Remove Ads$1.99
Cube Blast
- Repurposed candy wrappers$0.99
- No Advertisements$1.99
- Alien lunch money$2.99
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- Lost and found$2.99
- Lost and found - Offer$2.99
- Contents of an alien tummy2 variants$8.99
- 'Color me surprised' box$19.99
- Derelict black box - Offer!$19.99
- Swagbag from planet - Offer$29.99









