Kidblock vs Buildcraft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kidblock
Build, explore, and battle in a block-based world. Create unique structures, mine for resources, and engage in multiplayer combat with friends. Record and share your gameplay with the world.
- Building and exploration
- Multiplayer deathmatch
- Custom character skins
- Gameplay recording
- World sharing
- Crafting and mining
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Craft it, build it, blow it up. Share your creations online, or download thousands of words on the KB Community. Record your gameplay, include your face cam and upload to YouTube or Everyplay. Skin your character with custom skins and challenge your friends to a deathmatch with destructive rockets, lasers and swords. Kidblock is: Building, exploring, world sharing, multiplayer, custom skins, mobs, rocket launchers, lasers, TNT, swords, crafting, mining, farming, protecting, gameplay recording and much more! Try out our new app Kidblock Maker to create your own custom skins for Kidblock. Multiplayer deathmatch, creative, and survival modes through Game Center. Just invite your friends! Create and explore a world of your own. Choose and download thousands of worlds created by players on the Kidblock Community. Record your gameplay videos and share them on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Mine, make weapons, farm, craft tools, build, and battle. Search for diamonds, discover caves and get lost in a unique world that fits in your pocket. Fight enemies that spawn from the ground. This pocket edition is always changing, growing and moving as you mine, craft and build whatever you desire. Best of all, it's free! Help us make Kidblock the world you've always wanted. Submit your ideas, tell your friends and keep playing while we keep building your world. Share your creations on the Kidblock Community. Upload and download worlds, get ratings and comments. Two modes: Survival - hunger, mobs Creative - unlimited resources Use these codes in survival to get free items: freesword - get 1 free diamond sword pocketchange - 500 free credits pewpew - 1 free blaster iseeyou - 10 free land mines awesome - 10 free TNT blocks New codes each weekend on our Facebook page: https://facebook.com/kidblockapp Try these great seeds when creating a new world: sweet craft house mine me free app Don't forget to give us feedback- let us know what block types, items, enemies and animals you'd like added to Kidblock. We're always expanding your world! Connect with us on twitter if you have a question: @kidblockapp PLEASE NOTE: Kidblock is free to play, however there are items in the game that can be purchased with real money. If you want to make sure purchasing with real money doesn't happen, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. Check out our website for more information: http://www.kidblockapp.com
Buildcraft
Explore a blocky world, mine resources, and build anything you can imagine. Choose survival mode to battle monsters and manage hunger, or creative mode for unlimited building.
- Sandbox exploration
- Survival mode with combat and hunger
- Creative mode for unlimited building
- Mining and crafting
- Farming and magic systems
- Redstone circuits for machines
- Multiplayer online play
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Version 6.0 changed to multiple games architecture, first included 3 games. Connect our game server to play online games. Buildcraft is a simple and peaceful sandbox game, with no real goals or built-in enemy mobs. Worldcraft: You start in a randomly-generated world made entirely of cubes. You can explore the world and dig and build almost every block in the world to create new structures. You can choose to play in a “survival mode” in which you have to fight monsters and hunger for survival and slowly progress through the various other aspects of the game, such as mining, farming, building machines, and so on Or you can play in “creative mode” in which you can build almost anything instantly. * Sandbox-style gameplay, no goals * Survive: Fight against hostile monsters and hunger * Mine for ores and other treasures * Magic: Gain experience and enchant your tools * Use the collected blocks to create great buildings, your imagination is the limit * Collect flowers (and other dye sources) and colorize your world * Find some seeds and start farming * Find or craft one of hundreds of items * Build a railway system and have fun with minecarts * Build complex machines with redstone circuits * In creative mode you can build almost anything for free and without limits
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kidblock at 80% against Buildcraft's 35%. Kidblock also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months). Buildcraft's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Kidblock sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Buildcraft asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kidblock holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.3K and 811 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Kidblock's written reviews are positive against 35% of Buildcraft's.
Kidblock ships an update every 2 months, Buildcraft every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kidblock | Buildcraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (2.3K ratings) — better | 3.6 (811 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 35.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 811 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Micah Lansing | Orz Games |
Customer experience
Kidblock
Buildcraft
User reviews
Kidblock
From 2.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game
- 🚀 Awesome gameplay
- 💡 Interesting features
- 😊 Enjoyable experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 🔋 Performance issues
- 💤 Lack of updates
- 🤔 Similarities to Minecraft
Buildcraft
From 811 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Sandbox game like Minecraft
- 👍 Customizable worlds
- 🎨 Creative building options
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🙄 Lack of features compared to Minecraft
- 💸 Excessive ads
Bugs and requests
Kidblock
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to download worlds
- Multiplayer not working
- Crashes on launch
- Incompatible with newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more animals
- Implement multiplayer functionality
- Introduce new blocks and items
- Expand world size and generation
- Improve customization options
Buildcraft
Reported bugs
4 issues- Worlds not loading properly
- Camera controls not working
- Inventory issues
- Frequent crashes
Requested features
4 requests- Add animals and mobs
- Improve camera controls
- Implement multiplayer functionality
- Add more block/item variety
In-app purchases
Kidblock
- Blaster Pack 1$0.99
- Sword Pack 1$0.99
- Builder's Pack 1$0.99
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- Ore Pack 1$0.99
- Magic Vial Pack$0.99
- Anti-Gravity Pack$0.99
- Sapphire Sword$0.99
- Sapphire Pickaxe$0.99
- Blaster Pack 2$1.99
- Sword Pack 2$1.99
Buildcraft
No in-app purchases









