Cooking Blocks vs Fold Trace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cooking Blocks
Place food-themed blocks onto a grid to complete puzzles. Progress through levels with new shapes and global cuisine themes. Some stages are timed, requiring quick thinking to finish patterns before the clock runs out.
- Food-themed block placement
- Grid-filling puzzle mechanics
- Global cuisine themes
- Timed stages for quick challenges
- Progressive difficulty
- Unlockable dishes and recipes
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Cooking Blocks – Fill the Grid, Complete the Puzzle Place food-themed blocks into the grid and complete each layout with perfect coverage. Every level introduces new shapes, tighter spaces and dishes inspired by cuisines from around the world. Some stages are timed, so think fast and finish the pattern before the clock runs out. Discover new recipes as you progress and solve increasingly challenging grids. How to Play Drag food blocks onto the grid Fill every cell to clear the level Timed stages require quick decisions Unlock new dishes and themed puzzles as you advance Features Clean and satisfying puzzle gameplay Global cuisine themes and hidden recipes Progressive difficulty with fresh grid designs Playable in short bursts or long sessions Master each grid, uncover new dishes and enjoy a relaxing but clever puzzle experience. Download Cooking Blocks and start solving. Privacy & Terms Privacy Policy: https://buor.studio/privacy_notice.html Terms of Use: https://buor.studio/terms_of_use.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Fold Trace
Solve spatial puzzles by predicting where holes will appear after paper is folded and punched. Offers a calm, premium experience with thousands of hand-curated levels and daily challenges. Compete on global leaderboards without needing to create an account.
- Spatial paper-folding puzzles
- Thousands of hand-curated levels
- Daily challenges with global leaderboards
- Premium, calming visual and audio design
- No account login required
- Optional rewarded ads for hints/lives
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FoldTrace is a paper-folding puzzle for people who like to think in space—not swipe through noise. A sheet is folded, punched through the stacked layers, and frozen in place. Your job: tap every cell on the original grid where a hole will appear once the paper is fully unfolded. Submit, watch the stack open in 3D, and see exactly what you got right. The idea comes from the classic Paper Folding Test used in cognitive research since 1976—here as a calm, premium-feeling game. No hype about “brain scores.” Just a famously studied spatial task, polished for your phone. CONTENT THAT GOES DEEP • Easy — 50 curated 4×4 puzzles, one fold. A gentle on-ramp. • Medium — 1,824 puzzles, two folds. The heart of the journey. • Hard — 52,464 puzzles, three folds. Territory for players who want to stay a while. In all, more than 54,000 hand-curated, deterministic levels—no random filler. A DAILY RITUAL Every local midnight, the same four puzzles appear for everyone: one easy, two medium, one hard. Clear all four at three stars to earn a +200 perfect-daily bonus toward the global leaderboard. Miss a day? Tomorrow is a fresh sheet. GLOBAL LEADERBOARDS Compete on the all-time board or the weekly board that resets every Monday at 00:00 UTC. Pick a display name in Settings—no email, phone, or social login required to play. CRAFTED TO FEEL QUIET AND PREMIUM Paper-atelier visuals, a satisfying unfold animation, haptics you can tone down mid-puzzle, and optional audio controls without leaving the board. During gameplay, screen capture is limited so an in-progress daily stays yours. Optional morning reminder at 10:00—only if you want it. FREE TO PLAY, FAIRLY You get five lives that refill over time. Optional rewarded ads can help with an extra life or hints. Want every gate lifted and ads removed for good? God Mode and God Mode Plus are one-time unlocks—never a subscription. Fold the paper. Predict the holes. Unfold the truth—one quiet puzzle at a time. https://foldtrace.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fold Trace at 5.0 against Cooking Blocks's 4.6. Fold Trace also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Cooking Blocks sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Fold Trace sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fold Trace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively.
Cooking Blocks ships an update every 4 days, Fold Trace daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cooking Blocks | Fold Trace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nusret Uzman | FOLDS DIJITAL HIZMETLER ANONIM SIRKETI |
Customer experience
Cooking Blocks
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In-app purchases
Cooking Blocks
- Ticket$1.69
- Energy week$1.99
- No Ads$3.99
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- Energy Month$4.99
- 3,000 Coins$8.99
- Starter Bundle$9.99
- Special Bundle$9.99
- Super Joker$12.99
- Premium Bundle$19.99
- 50,000 Coins$29.99
Fold Trace
- Buy Coin$0.99
- 550 coins$4.99
- 1200 coins$9.99
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- 2500 Coins$19.99
- 6500 Coins$49.99
- 15000 coins$99.99
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