Block vs Phonics Puzzles Premium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Block
Guide a chicken home by strategically moving vehicles to clear its path. Avoid a monster in later levels by blocking its movement before the chicken passes. This game helps young children develop problem-solving skills and spatial reasoning.
- Vehicle-based puzzle gameplay
- Monster avoidance challenges
- Develops problem-solving
- Enhances spatial reasoning
- Introduces directional concepts
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The chicken is trying to get home! Drag the cars, trucks and buses out of the way so the chicken can drive along the road. In the later levels watch out for the monster trying to eat the chicken! Move the vehicles to block the monster in before the chicken drives past. Great to introduce young children to problem solving and visualising positions, directions and movements.
Phonics Puzzles Premium
This app helps young children learn phonetic sounds through engaging puzzles. It offers a variety of colorful puzzles, customizable gameplay, and accurate pronunciation, all based on the Jolly Phonics system. Designed to enhance cognitive skills in a fun, playful environment.
- Learn phonetic sounds, not just the alphabet
- Over 160 original phonics puzzles
- Play by phonics group or random selection
- Fully voiced with correct pronunciation
- Choice of British, American, or Australian English
- Parental gate for safe usage
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Available in British, American and Australian English. Give your children a head start by teaching them phonics at an early age! Phonics Puzzles is designed to help children understand the different phonetic sounds, rather than the alphabet. By completing puzzles and practicing the different phonics groups, Phonics Puzzles improves your child's cognitive skills in a fun and playful way. The game includes a wide selection of colourful puzzles with the option of completing puzzles within specific phonics groups or via a randomized endless selection of puzzles. Phonics Puzzles runs great on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch devices running iOS 9.0 or higher. Features: • Choose between British, Australian and American English. • Over 160 original phonics puzzles. • Play a quick random puzzle game or play by phonics group. • Fully voiced with correct phonics pronunciation. • Voiced by B.J. Rowling, cousin of Harry Potter author, J.K.Rowling. • Choose between lower and uppercase characters. • Based on the Jolly Phonics system, published by Jolly Learning Ltd. • Parental gate to keep your child within the app. • Turn snapping of puzzles pieces on or off for easier gameplay. • Colourful graphics with support for all devices running iOS 9.0 or higher.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Phonics Puzzles Premium at every 2 months against Block's every 33 months. Phonics Puzzles Premium also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 80%). Block's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 11.0). On rating, 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
Block costs $0.99 and Phonics Puzzles Premium $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Block against 5.0 for Phonics Puzzles Premium. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Block's written reviews are positive against 90% of Phonics Puzzles Premium's.
Block ships an update every 33 months, Phonics Puzzles Premium every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block | Phonics Puzzles Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 90.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Busy Things Limited | Bram Van Damme |
Customer experience
Block
Phonics Puzzles Premium
In-app purchases
Block
No in-app purchases
Phonics Puzzles Premium
No in-app purchases
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