Slice & Dice vs Block Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slice & Dice
Engage in tactical dice-rolling combat with a party of five unique heroes. Navigate through challenging levels filled with monsters, aiming to defeat the final boss. Be warned, a single loss means starting the entire adventure over.
- Tactical dice-rolling combat
- Control 5 unique heroes
- 20 levels of monsters
- Permadeath roguelike progression
- Boss battles
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Tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat. Take control of 5 heroes, each with their own unique dice. Fight your way through 20 levels of monsters and try to take on the final boss. If you lose a single fight you have to start over so be careful (and lucky!).
Block Words
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Every tile can be used only four times. Spend those uses carefully, turn the board gold and uncover the hidden Block Word. Block Words gives you one fresh strategic word grid each day. Trace adjacent letters to spell words, build your score and beat the target. Longer words score more, fully used tiles earn bonuses, and the strongest runs finish with a platinum celebration. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY - Daily: solve the day's puzzle and find its hidden Block Word - Classic: race the clock while longer words earn time bonuses - Extra: untimed strategic play without the hidden-word objective - Extra Classic: a pure timed word hunt FEATURES - Daily puzzles, streaks and a calendar of previous grids - Online leaderboards, with offline play still available - Block Words Mini included free: Block Words, bite-sized on a 3×3 grid - Block Words Mega: a huge 5×5 grid with two hidden Block Words and only three uses per tile - English plus Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese editions - A guided tutorial - Optional rewarded hints - A one-time purchase to remove automatic interstitial ads Block Words and Block Words Mini are free to play and supported by advertising. Block Words Mega, language editions and Remove Ads are available as non-consumable in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Block Words at none against Slice & Dice's 1. Slice & Dice's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. Slice & Dice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Block Words asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Slice & Dice | Block Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (888 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 888 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oliver Garland | One Life Left Ltd. |
Bugs and requests
Slice & Dice
Reported bugs
2 issues- Notch coverage issues on some devices
- Sound distortion after extended play
Requested features
3 requests- Cloud save syncing across devices
- Colorblind mode
- Ability to reposition UI elements in vertical mode
Block Words
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Slice & Dice
- Full Game$8.99
Block Words
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Slice & Dice free?
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Do Slice & Dice or Block Words have ads?
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