Comparison

Throw Blocks! vs Lodestruck

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

Head to head
About

Throw Blocks!

Engage in a colorful puzzle game where you strategically merge and stack blocks by color. Create long chains to form larger blocks and achieve objectives before running out of moves. Enjoy a relaxing experience with smooth graphics and satisfying ASMR effects.

Highlights
  • Strategic block stacking
  • Color matching and merging
  • Long chain formation
  • Objective-based challenges
  • Relaxing gameplay
  • Smooth 3D graphics
  • ASMR effects
Features
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Throw Blocks offers a delightful blend of puzzle challenges, strategic matching, and satisfying merging experience. Make the longest chains to form blocks of 10 or more. Easy to control, simply drag blocks! Watch out for your moves, you need to achieve the objective before you run out! FEATURES: - Easy-to-play & relaxing gameplay - Smooth 3D graphics - Vibrant Colors - Satisfying ASMR effects

About

Lodestruck

Features
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Dig your way down, depth by depth. Collect gold, buy relics, sign contracts. And you will never lose because you had to guess. THE PROMISE Classic Minesweeper has that moment: two tiles left, one mine, no information — the coin decides. In a roguelike with hearts and permadeath, that's why players quit. Lodestruck removes it: every floor is played through by a solver before you see it. Only boards that can be cleared entirely by logic make it into the game. The opening is a gift, and always a zero tile. If you lose a heart here, it was your call. THE PROOF AFTER DEATH And when it happens anyway, the game shows you the position one more time: the tile you died on, and the logical proof why another tile was safe. Not a rebuke — evidence that the information was there. THE DAILY DESCENT Five depths, one attempt, the same board for everyone. New every day, no server, fully offline. Share your result without spoilers — scoring is pure precision: depth, hearts, gold. THE PATTERN ACADEMY The game guarantees the information is there. The Academy teaches you to read it: four chapters, from trivial counting to the standoff — every lesson solvable only by the rule it teaches. Free for everyone. BETWEEN DEPTHS The merchant offers relics: the dowsing rod that senses chests, the detector that reveals safe tiles, the clover that dodges monsters. Contracts give each run a direction — more gold against more risk. PAY ONCE, THAT'S IT The first five depths are the free trial. After that, a single purchase unlocks everything — 94 more depths, contracts, relics. No ads. No subscription. No consumable extra hearts selling you exactly the unfairness this game was built to remove. Fully offline. No accounts, no tracking. Game Center achievements and leaderboards strictly opt-in. 99 depths. Every one provably solvable. How deep can you get without guessing?

Screenshots

Throw Blocks!4 screens
Lodestruck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lodestruck at none against Throw Blocks!'s shown. Throw Blocks!'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Throw Blocks! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Lodestruck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Throw Blocks! versus Lodestruck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThrow Blocks!Lodestruck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (16K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size340 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVoodooSven Below

Bugs and requests

Throw Blocks!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels freezing at the end
  • Video ads not working properly
  • Inability to save preferences

Requested features

3 requests
  • Revert gameplay changes
  • Add sandbox/freeplay mode
  • Improve stability and performance

Lodestruck

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Throw Blocks!

One-time10
  • Small Bundle$1.99
  • Fail Pack$5.99
  • No Ads$6.99
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  • Medium Bundle$7.99
  • NoAds Bundle$9.99
  • Block Pass$9.99
  • Small Pack$9.99
  • Large Bundle$14.99
  • Premium Pack$19.99
  • Extra Large Bundle$29.99
1 purchases

Lodestruck

One-time1
  • Unlock Lodestruck$3.99

Questions

Is Throw Blocks! free?
Throw Blocks! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lodestruck free?
Lodestruck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Throw Blocks! or Lodestruck have ads?
Throw Blocks! shows ads; Lodestruck does not.

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