Comparison

Rep vs Blocked

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Rep

Easily create large, patterned wallpapers from any image. This app automatically fills a canvas with repeating tiles from a smaller pattern, offering control over pattern size. Save your creations for use as device backgrounds or other creative projects.

Highlights
  • Seamless pattern generation
  • Fill large canvases
  • Use any image as a pattern
  • Adjustable pattern size
  • Save to device
  • Wallpaper creation
Features
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Rep-Tile is a simple app for seamlessly filling large a canvas from a smaller pattern image. AI image generators like Midjourney have the incredible ability to generate seamlessly-repeating pattern tiles. But what do you do with them? Rather than painstakingly place them over and over in an image editing program, you can use this simple app to automatically create a beautiful patterned image. Rep-Tile allows you create a large, patterned wallpaper from any image selected from your photo library. A slider allows you to control the pattern size. Save the images back out to your device, for use as backgrounds or anything else you desire. It's easy, with no in-app purchases or advertising.

About

Blocked

Transform your photos or drawings into unique mosaic art using toy blocks or tiles. Customize block size, color palettes, and even generate a list for ordering physical pieces online. Save or share your personalized creations.

Highlights
  • Create mosaics from photos or drawings
  • Customize block size and color groups
  • Filter source images
  • Omit specific colors
  • Generate brick order lists for online purchase
  • Save and share creations
Features
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Create a mosaic out of toy blocks or tiles. Create a gift of a personalized work of art. Blocked generates mosaics using images from the Photo Library or from whatever you dream up and draw. Blocked allows for fine tuning of mosaics: filter the source source image, change the block size, select particular color groups, and omit colors from a mosaic. Commonly found color collections of bricks that can be purchased online are available by default. Generate a brick order list to automate online ordering of mosaic pieces on the lego.com website. Additional colors from photos can be added and grouped. Mosaics can be saved locally or shared with the public.

Screenshots

Rep4 screens
Blocked4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rep at Free against Blocked's $2.99. Rep also leads on ratings volume (22 vs 4). Blocked's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and chart position (#189 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Rep is free to download; Blocked costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blocked holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rep has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rep ships an update every 10 days, Blocked weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Rep versus Blocked: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRepBlocked
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.3 (22 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#189 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlat Black FilmsEugene Liu

Customer experience

Rep

All ratings22 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

Blocked

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Rep

No in-app purchases

None

Blocked

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rep free?
Rep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blocked free?
Blocked costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rep or Blocked?
Blocked is rated higher. Rep averages 4.3 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Blocked averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Rep or Blocked have ads?
Neither Rep nor Blocked shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rep or Blocked?
Rep ships an update every 10 days, and Blocked weekly. Most recently, Rep was updated on September 17, 2026 and Blocked on September 10, 2026.

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