Comparison

hocus GO vs Blockwell Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

hocus GO

Design and build your own unique mazes with this app. Once created, watch as the app generates a solution for your custom puzzle.

Highlights
  • Build custom mazes
  • Drag and create mazes
  • Watch maze solutions
  • New gameplay available
Features
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hocus. is celebrating 10th year and hocus GO is ready. A new gameplay is live now. Just drag/create your own maze and watch the solution

About

Blockwell Puzzle

A relaxing block puzzle game where you drag blocks to an 8x8 board to clear lines and achieve high scores. Offers endless, level-based, and puzzle modes with satisfying visual effects and no time pressure.

Highlights
  • Drag and drop block placement
  • Clear rows and columns
  • Endless, Levels, and Puzzles modes
  • Daily puzzles
  • Offline play
  • No timer or pressure
  • Achievements system
Features
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Blockwell is a relaxing block puzzle you can pick up for a minute or lose an hour in. Drag blocks onto the 8×8 board and fill full rows or columns to clear them. Simple to learn, hard to put down. THREE WAYS TO PLAY • ENDLESS — the classic. Chase your best score with combos, rainbow blasts and the golden Cobblock • LEVELS — levels that never end. Break ice, smash stones, defuse bombs, collect gems, and beat the boss at the end of every world. Earn up to 3 stars per level • PUZZLES — brain teasers that never run out: a set board and a handful of pieces. Find the order that clears it all. Plus a new Daily Puzzle every day 45 ACHIEVEMENTS Clear lines, build combos, beat bosses, solve puzzles — and watch your collection grow on the Achievements screen. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Satisfying, juicy clears with colorful blasts, combos and screen shake • RAINBOW blocks — line one up to trigger a chain blast • Meet the Cobblock — clear a line through it to blast everything around it • Bright, glossy design made just for this game • Tilt your phone — the 3D depth reacts to how you hold it • No timer, no pressure — play at your own pace • Plays fully offline. No account, no sign-up • Free to play Think you can reach World 100? Drop a block and find out.

Screenshots

hocus GO4 screens
Blockwell Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blockwell Puzzle at none against hocus GO's 1. Blockwell Puzzle also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). hocus GO's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (513 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. hocus GO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Blockwell Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blockwell Puzzle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: hocus GO has 513 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

hocus GO ships an update every 3 days, Blockwell Puzzle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
hocus GO versus Blockwell Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterhocus GOBlockwell Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (513 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings513 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETIAmiran Khomeriki

Bugs and requests

hocus GO

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Pieces overlap on the bottom
  • Game doesn't register solution until entire maze is reassembled

Requested features

2 requests
  • Level replaying
  • Cosmetics/skins to use stars on

Blockwell Puzzle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

hocus GO

One-time1
  • No Ads$4.99
None

Blockwell Puzzle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is hocus GO free?
hocus GO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blockwell Puzzle free?
Blockwell Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, hocus GO or Blockwell Puzzle?
Blockwell Puzzle is rated higher. hocus GO averages 4.6 out of 5 from 513 ratings, while Blockwell Puzzle averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do hocus GO or Blockwell Puzzle have ads?
hocus GO shows ads; Blockwell Puzzle does not.
Which is updated more often, hocus GO or Blockwell Puzzle?
hocus GO ships an update every 3 days, and Blockwell Puzzle every 3 weeks. Most recently, hocus GO was updated on November 5, 2026 and Blockwell Puzzle on October 31, 2026.

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