Comparison

Melt Blocks! vs Patch Cats

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

Head to head
About

Melt Blocks!

Features
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Let’s start! Move the colorful blocks through the color-matching gates, crush them, and let the pieces on the conveyor fill buckets of and melt. It’s that simple! Are you ready for this relaxing and ASMR puzzle challenge? > Hold and drag the colorful blocks on the board and guide them through gates of the same color! > Blocks that pass through the gates break into pieces and move onto the conveyor! > Pieces on the conveyor fill the buckets of the same color and melt away! But keep these in mind: > Each block has a number on it. This number shows how many pieces will go into the bucket when the block breaks. > The numbers on the buckets show their capacity. > You can see the conveyor capacity at the bottom of the board. As more pieces collect on the conveyor, this capacity fills up—don’t let it overflow! Easy to play, fun, and a great puzzle experience is waiting for you. Can you complete all the levels?

About

Patch Cats

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Sudoku, but with cats. Fussy, sleepy, lovestruck cats. Patch Cats is a cozy logic puzzle game stitched together from felt. Instead of numbers you place cats, one of each in every row, column and room. Sounds easy, until the cats start having opinions. EVERY CAT HAS A QUIRK • The Antisocial Tabby won't sit next to another Antisocial Tabby, not even diagonally. • The Box Ginger only sits inside a cardboard box. • The Sleepy Calico refuses to nap next to the noisy vacuum. • The Lovestruck Siamese always has to sit next to its sweetheart, the Van Cat. • The Plush Ragdoll has a twin on the exact opposite square. 16 felt cats in all, each with their own rule to learn and use. A COZY STORY, ROOM BY ROOM Follow the cats through moving day and into their new home: the window nook, Grandma's knitting corner, the study, the garden, midnight mischief and more. 133 hand-made levels across 11 rooms, with a short story in every room. PUZZLES THAT KEEP CHANGING • Roll yarn balls into baskets to clear the board • Turn mirrors to bounce a laser pointer's beam • Slide boxes, read shadow clues and dodge the robot vacuum's patrol • Solve the room next door to open a locked room • Boards grow from 3x3 to 4x4 to 6x6, with Expert 9x9 for real puzzle fans SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY • A fresh Daily Paw-zzle every day. Keep your streak going! • Collect every cat in the Catdex • Earn meows, open daily gifts and climb the Game Center leaderboard MADE TO RELAX • Short levels, perfect for a coffee break • Undo and catnip hints whenever you get stuck • Hand-crafted felt art, gentle music and plenty of purring • Plays in 12 languages Patch Cats is free to play with optional ads. A one-time "Remove Ads" purchase turns them off for good. Got a puzzle-loving friend who also loves cats? You know what to do.

Screenshots

Melt Blocks!4 screens
Patch Cats3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Melt Blocks! at none against Patch Cats's 1. Melt Blocks! also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Patch Cats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Melt Blocks! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Melt Blocks! ships an update weekly, Patch Cats every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Melt Blocks! versus Patch Cats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMelt Blocks!Patch Cats
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIconic Gamessulubeyn

In-app purchases

None

Melt Blocks!

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Patch Cats

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Melt Blocks! free?
Melt Blocks! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patch Cats free?
Patch Cats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Melt Blocks! or Patch Cats have ads?
Both Melt Blocks! and Patch Cats show ads.
Which is updated more often, Melt Blocks! or Patch Cats?
Melt Blocks! ships an update weekly, and Patch Cats every 8 days. Most recently, Melt Blocks! was updated on November 9, 2026 and Patch Cats on November 6, 2026.

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