Comparison

Hexplex vs Blocktown Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

Hexplex

Features
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Hexplex is a strategic puzzle game set on a beautiful hexagonal grid. Rotate and place pieces of various shapes onto the board. Fill a complete line to clear it, and clear lines consecutively to earn streak bonuses for higher scores. Clear multiple intersecting lines at once to receive a cross-clear bonus! Key Features - Intuitive touch controls (drag to place, tap to rotate) - 5 color tiles with a dark theme design - 12 different piece types - Streak & cross-clear bonus system - High score tracking - Offline play available

About

Blocktown Puzzle

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Build a city with pure logic. Blocktown Puzzle is the classic Skyscrapers puzzle — a logic brain game for sudoku fans — set in a living 3D town. Every cell of the grid is a plot, every number is a building's height, and the clues around the edge tell you how many buildings you can see looking in from that side — a tall one hides everything shorter behind it. Fill the grid so that no height repeats in any row or column and every clue is satisfied. There is always exactly one answer, and you never have to guess. HOW A PUZZLE WORKS - Each row and column uses every height from 1 to N exactly once. - A clue of 1 means the tallest building stands right at the edge. - A clue of N means the buildings climb in order, every one of them visible. - Everything in between is deduction: which heights fit, which are ruled out, what is left. SEE THE CITY The numbers you place go up as towers in a downtown block with traffic on the streets. Spin the town and look along a row from any side — the clue is literally what you see. Prefer the classic grid? Flip to the top-down view any time. PICK YOUR SIZE 4×4 for a two-minute break, up to 7×7 for a proper sit-down. Four difficulty levels change how many clues you are given, from a generous warm-up to long chains of reasoning. TOOLS THAT RESPECT THE LOGIC - Notes mode for pencilling in candidates. - Conflicts flagged the moment you place a repeat. - Check your grid at any point, or reveal the solution when you are done. - Stuck? Spend a coin on a hint that fills one cell. Coins are earned in-app by watching a short ad — nothing to buy. FOR FANS OF LOGIC PUZZLES If you enjoy sudoku, KenKen, kakuro, nonograms or any brain teaser that rewards careful thinking, Skyscrapers (also known as Towers) is the next puzzle to learn. The rules take a minute; the deductions keep getting deeper. MADE FOR SHORT SESSIONS Puzzles are generated on the device, so there is always a fresh one and the game works offline, with no connection needed. Your game is saved as you play; leave and come back whenever. Available in 12 languages: English, Türkçe, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, Português, Русский, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文, Bahasa Indonesia.

Screenshots

Hexplex4 screens
Blocktown Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hexplex at every 3 days against Blocktown Puzzle's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hexplex ships an update every 3 days, Blocktown Puzzle monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Hexplex versus Blocktown Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexplexBlocktown Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbyeongjin kimCan Kurucu

In-app purchases

None

Hexplex

No in-app purchases

None

Blocktown Puzzle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hexplex free?
Hexplex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blocktown Puzzle free?
Blocktown Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hexplex or Blocktown Puzzle have ads?
Both Hexplex and Blocktown Puzzle show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hexplex or Blocktown Puzzle?
Hexplex ships an update every 3 days, and Blocktown Puzzle monthly. Most recently, Hexplex was updated on October 22, 2026 and Blocktown Puzzle on October 9, 2026.

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