Comparison

ColdCase vs Block Time!

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

Head to head
About

ColdCase

Engage in a story-driven detective game where you solve unsolved crime files. Analyze clues, question witnesses, and make critical decisions to uncover the truth. Your choices shape the outcome of each case.

Highlights
  • Story-driven gameplay
  • Unsolved crime cases
  • Clue analysis
  • Witness statements
  • Decision-based outcomes
  • Intuitive questioning
Features
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ColdCase is a story-driven detective game that pulls players into unsolved crime files. Each case is filled with clues, witness statements, and hidden connections. By asking the right questions, analyzing details, and trusting your instincts, you work your way toward the truth. Throughout the game, you encounter different cases, each shaped by your decisions. Incorrect assumptions can lead you astray, while accurate connections help you close the file. ColdCase rewards careful thinking rather than rushed choices.

About

Block Time!

A block puzzle game offering a pure, uninterrupted experience with no ads, timers, or in-app purchases. Enjoy dropping pieces, clearing lines, and chaining combos with dynamic themes and an extra life feature.

Highlights
  • Ad-free gameplay
  • No energy timers
  • Block dropping mechanics
  • Line clearing
  • Combo chaining
  • Dynamic themes
  • Extra life feature
Features
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Remember when games didn't try to sell you something every 12 seconds? Yeah, we do too. Block Time is a block puzzle game with zero ads, zero energy timers, and zero "watch this video to keep playing." Just you, some very good Tetris-shaped bricks, and the increasingly unhinged joy of clearing a full board. Drop pieces. Clear lines. Chain combos until the screen basically throws a party for you. Clear enough lines in a row and the whole board changes its entire outfit — new theme, new vibe, zero warning. We don't make the rules. We do make the bricks... and the rules.. i guess we do kinda make the rules. About to lose? Extra Life shows up like the fastest friend on the internet, bailing you out before you even finish panicking. No ads watched. No ads. Ever. Not even a tiny one. No subscriptions, energy bars, or fake urgency Dozens of themes, more always on the way Anyway. Go clear some lines. The board isn't going to clear itself. Okay, it kind of does. That's the whole game. You get it.

Screenshots

ColdCase4 screens
Block Time!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Block Time! at 5.0 against ColdCase's 3.0. Block Time! also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). ColdCase's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Block Time! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ColdCase asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Block Time! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Time! has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ColdCase ships an update every 2 weeks, Block Time! every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ColdCase versus Block Time!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColdCaseBlock Time!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB96 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOsman KocAndrew Russell

Customer experience

ColdCase

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Block Time!

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ColdCase

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Block Time!

One-time1
  • Block Time PRO$4.99

Questions

Is ColdCase free?
ColdCase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Block Time! free?
Block Time! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ColdCase or Block Time!?
Block Time! is rated higher. ColdCase averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Block Time! averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do ColdCase or Block Time! have ads?
Neither ColdCase nor Block Time! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ColdCase or Block Time!?
ColdCase ships an update every 2 weeks, and Block Time! every 3 days. Most recently, ColdCase was updated on October 11, 2026 and Block Time! on October 13, 2026.

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