Comparison

StackSpin vs Blocknado

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

Head to head
About

StackSpin

Features
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What if the edges of the board connected? StackSpin takes the familiar thrill of falling blocks and wraps it around a 3D cylinder, creating a spatial puzzle unlike anything you have played before. On a flat grid, you think in straight lines. On a cylinder, every piece wraps seamlessly from one side to the other. That L-piece hanging off the right edge? It continues on the left. This single twist transforms how you plan, stack, and clear lines. Once it clicks, there is no going back. Drop, rotate, and stack pieces across 20 columns that curve around a fully rendered 3D cylinder. The camera follows your active piece, rotating smoothly so you always have the best view of the action. Watch rows light up and vanish as you complete full rings around the surface. Features that keep you playing: - Ghost piece preview shows exactly where your block will land - Hold a piece in reserve and swap it when you need it most - Next piece preview lets you plan your moves ahead - Fair 7-bag randomizer ensures balanced piece distribution - Haptic feedback on every move, rotation, and line clear - Difficulty scales smoothly as you level up with no harsh jumps Set against a deep-space backdrop with parallax starfields, realistic star colors, and a neon grid floor that pulses beneath the cylinder, StackSpin delivers a visual experience as satisfying as its gameplay. The retro-modern aesthetic blends arcade nostalgia with polished 3D rendering. Controls built for touch: swipe to move, flick down to hard drop, tap to rotate. An axis-locking system ensures your intended direction is always respected, so every input feels precise and natural. Track your score, level, and lines cleared. Beat your high score and push further into faster speeds. Every 10 lines raises the stakes as gravity pulls blocks down with increasing urgency. Download StackSpin and discover what happens when a classic meets the curve.

About

Blocknado

A retro falling block puzzle game where the floor rotates, challenging you to fill rings instead of rows. Enjoy vibrant visuals, satisfying animations, and an offline experience with multiple game modes.

Highlights
  • Rotating floor mechanic
  • Ring-based block clearing
  • Endless marathon mode
  • Authored level challenges
  • Offline gameplay
  • Replay functionality
  • Retro pixel art and sound
Features
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Blocknado is a retro falling block puzzle with a twist, literally! The floor rotates and you fill in rings instead of rows. It has vibrant retro colours, satisfying animations and really rewarding payoffs, and I would love for you to give it a go. WHAT YOU GET Blocknado is free. There is an endless marathon to get lost in, a run of authored levels to work through, and your best games are saved so you can sit back and watch them again. The whole game runs on your own device, so it plays offline on the bus, on a plane, or anywhere the signal gives up. No wifi needed once it is installed. HOW IT PLAYS Blocks fall toward a small square core in the middle of the board. Drag them across, tap to rotate them, flick to send them down. Fill a whole ring and it collapses, everything outside it falls inward, and if that fills another ring the rest of the board comes tumbling in behind it. Flick a piece hard and it slams home and torques the floor a quarter turn, so the wall you built up one side arrives along the bottom. If you grew up with one of those little handheld brick games, the stacking will feel familiar right away. MARATHON Endless, scored, and faster every few minutes. Your best three scores are on the home screen to remember, and any of them can be watched back as a replay. LEVELS Authored levels in four difficulty bands: Easy, Medium, Hard and Wild. If you fill all the goal blocks you get one or two stars, and three stars for an identical match. SIGHT AND SOUND Pixel art icons, a chunky pixel display font, and light and dark themes that follow whichever one your phone is set to. The originally 8bit soundtrack adds another layer as your board fills up, and collapses land on the beat. NEW TO IT A short tutorial shows you the ropes: drag, tap to rotate, flick to drop. It takes a couple of minutes and then the board is yours. ABOUT THE ADS Blocknado is free, and it shows ads. One purchase removes them permanently, and that is the only thing on sale in the whole app.

Screenshots

StackSpin4 screens
Blocknado4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StackSpin at none against Blocknado's 1. StackSpin also leads on ads (none vs shown). Blocknado's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). 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. Blocknado sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. StackSpin asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
StackSpin versus Blocknado: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStackSpinBlocknado
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPalmanac LimitedJamal Neufeld

In-app purchases

None

StackSpin

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Blocknado

One-time1
  • Remove ads$2.99

Questions

Is StackSpin free?
StackSpin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blocknado free?
Blocknado is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StackSpin or Blocknado have ads?
Blocknado shows ads; StackSpin does not.

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