Blocked vs GaRaBaTiX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
GaRaBaTiX
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An app to explore image processing like a pro.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GaRaBaTiX at Free against Blocked's $2.99. GaRaBaTiX also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Blocked's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). On 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
GaRaBaTiX is free to download; Blocked costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Blocked ships an update weekly, GaRaBaTiX every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blocked | GaRaBaTiX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Eugene Liu | Luis Acevedo-Arreguin |
In-app purchases
Blocked
No in-app purchases
GaRaBaTiX
No in-app purchases
