Domino Theory vs Blocksways
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Domino Theory
Create and trigger cascading domino effects with intuitive drag-and-drop controls. Enjoy interactive music generated by your domino placements and experiment with multiple streams. Save and share your creations.
- Drag and drop domino placement
- Chain reaction physics
- Multiple camera angles
- Interactive music generation
- Easy restart and editing
- Universal app support
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Drag your finger to easily create streams of dominos. Push the first domino to knock it over. Watch the chain reaction it creates! Select from several camera angles to follow the falling dominoes. Easily restart, erase, and edit domino streams. Use "Y" intersections to spawn multiple streams. Dominoes automatically stand back up between attempts. Creates its own interactive music, playing a note each time a domino hits its neighbor. You control how it plays the music by how close the dominoes are to each other and how many simultaneous streams are active. Optionally shares your accomplishments via email, or text messaging. Universal App - supports iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, including standard, Retina, and iPhone X displays. Even runs on Apple Mac or MacBooks equipped with Apple’s new M1 Silicon chip with easy to use mouse and on screen controls.
Blocksways
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A calm, uncluttered take on the block puzzle — no timer and no pressure. How to play Drag the three shapes from the tray onto the 9×9 grid. Fill a whole row or a whole column and it clears away, making room for more. Once you've placed all three shapes, a new set of three appears. The game ends when none of the shapes will fit anywhere on the board — so every move is about keeping your options open. Completely free — no ads, no accounts, nothing locked behind a purchase. There's an optional tip jar if you'd like to support development. Turn and plan ahead Double-tap any shape in the tray to turn it a quarter turn, as often as you like. The next three shapes are shown under the tray so you can plan your moves — or hide them in Settings for a tougher game. Score and combos You earn points for every block you place, and more for clearing lines. Clear more than one line at once, or clear lines on back-to-back moves, and you'll pick up a bonus on top. A running combo shows on screen, and emptying the whole board earns a big bonus. Your highest score is saved on your device. Daily Puzzle A new puzzle every day. Start from a partly filled board with nine set shapes, in three sets of three, and score as high as you can to earn up to three stars. The week gets harder as it goes, from easy on Monday to expert on Sunday, and you can try again as often as you like. Your results and your streak of consecutive days are saved on your device. Gets tougher as you go As your score climbs, new shapes join the mix. Each new shape is guaranteed to turn up in the next set of shapes drawn, so you won't wait long to try it. The small shapes still turn up, just less often, so the further you get, the more every move counts. No timer There's no clock and no move limit. Take as long as you like over each placement — the only thing that ends a game is running out of room. Clean, quiet design No internet connection required. No sign-up, no notifications, no nonsense. Just you and the grid.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Blocksways at Free against Domino Theory's $0.99. Blocksways also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 27 months). Domino Theory's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On ads 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
Blocksways is free to download; Domino Theory costs $0.99 up front. Blocksways sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Domino Theory asks for nothing beyond the download.
Domino Theory ships an update every 27 months, Blocksways every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Domino Theory | Blocksways |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (14 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magnin & Associates | Gary Watson |
In-app purchases
Domino Theory
No in-app purchases
Blocksways
- Support Developer$0.99









