Comparison

StarrBlocks vs Colorblox

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

Head to head
About

StarrBlocks

This app offers four distinct puzzle game experiences: a classic falling-block game, a drag-and-place block puzzle, a tactile Woodoku style game, and a physics-based stacking challenge. Each game features unique modes, themes, and visual effects for engaging gameplay.

Highlights
  • Falling-block puzzle with multiple modes
  • Drag-and-place block puzzle with daily challenges
  • Tactile Woodoku with row/column/box clears
  • Physics-based tower stacking game
  • 30+ customizable themes
  • Satisfying visual and haptic effects
  • Local and Game Center leaderboards
Features
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Stack. Clear. Blast. Quest. Carve. StarrBlocks is a native iOS puzzle arcade built for quick rounds, deep mastery, and that "one more run" pull. Start with StarrBlocks, a polished falling-block puzzle with smooth swipe-and-tap controls, satisfying rotations, hard-drop trails, rich haptics, and line clears that pop. Switch to StarrBlast, an 8x8 drag-and-place block puzzle with its own modes, themes, daily challenges, and cinematic blast effects. Then there's StarrWood, a tactile 9x9 Woodoku puzzle: drag carved wood pieces onto the board, clear rows, columns, and 3x3 sudoku boxes, and wander a Journey trail of hand-painted polaroid scenes you unlock one level at a time. We've also got StarrTricks, a tower height game mode where you see just how high you can stack the blocks without letting the pieces topple over! FOUR PUZZLE GAMES IN ONE STARRBLOCKS Marathon: classic endurance. Survive rising speed and chase a bigger score. Sprint: clear 40 lines as fast as possible. Ultra: three-minute blitz where every placement matters. Bombs: chain explosive clears and turn pressure into fireworks. STARRBLAST Classic: endless 8x8 block placement with no falling timer. Daily: a shared daily seed with streaks and one clean run per day. Quest: 90 story levels with handcrafted boards, objectives, collectibles, and stars. STARRWOOD Endless: free-play 9x9 Woodoku with sudoku-box clears, scattered collectible gems that bonus your score, and randomized painterly backdrops on every open. Journey: hand-authored 30-stop trails (starting with Camping) where the screen scenery shifts between polaroid scenes — campfire, lakeside, summit, sunrise — as you collect themed gems against a move limit. THEMES WITH PERSONALITY STARRTRICKS Tower: physics-based tetromino stacking where every block has weight, wobble, and consequence. Build upward across checkpoint lines, brace risky pieces with Anchor power, and chase your tallest tower in feet. Play across 30+ custom themes, from Aurora, Cosmic, Jelly, Tron, Atoll, Aquarium, Trench, and Prism to StarrBlast worlds like Ocean Depths, Crystal Gems, Ancient Relics, Gridrunner Protocol, and Phantom. StarrWood adds a hand-painted wood-grain family with multiple stains for every Woodoku run. Themes change more than color: boards, pieces, backgrounds, trails, particles, and line-clear effects all get their own personality. EFFECTS THAT FEEL GOOD Hard-drop trails show the path your piece took. StarrBlast line clears turn rows and columns into radiant blasts. StarrWood Journey backdrops shift painterly scenes as you walk the trail. Custom effects, particles, screen motion, and haptics make every clear tactile. A 21-track soundtrack and sound effects can be mixed, muted, or tuned to your mood. BUILT FOR HOW YOU PLAY Responsive controls designed for thumbs Local high scores and run history Game Center leaderboards for score-based modes Playable onboarding that gets out of your way Music, sound, haptics, ghost pieces, classic pieces, and visual options Native SwiftUI polish with smooth animation on iPhone and iPad NO NOISE No ads. No timers between rounds. No paywalls blocking the good stuff. Just open the app, pick your mode, and chase the next clear. StarrBlocks is for players who love thoughtful puzzle design, satisfying feedback, and games that turn a spare minute into a real run.

About

Colorblox

A relaxing block puzzle game where you drag colorful shapes to fill rows and columns for points. Enjoy different difficulty modes, customizable skins, and a seamless soundtrack without timers on easier settings.

Highlights
  • Drop-and-clear block puzzle gameplay
  • Fill rows/columns to clear blocks
  • Combo multipliers for chain clears
  • No timers on Easy/Medium modes
  • Five unlockable visual skins
  • Undo and redeal buttons
  • Smart Hard-mode piece generation
Features
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ColorBlox is a drop-and-clear block puzzle that stays out of your way. Drag colorful shapes onto the 7×9 grid, fill rows or columns to clear them, and chain clears for combo multipliers that stack up fast. No timers on Easy or Medium. Just you, the grid, and the soothing EDM soundtrack. Hard mode adds a 90-second clock for players who want the pressure. — Five skins, all unlocked: • Classic — the rainbow you know • Jelly — glossy, gummy, candy-saturated • Wood — photorealistic cherry, ebony, oak, and walnut planks • Metal — gold, rose gold, copper, and silver tones • Pink — for the player who wants the whole world pink — Thoughtful feedback: • Screen shake on every clear, scaled to how many lines you popped • A PERFECT! banner and +500 bonus when you clear the entire board • A soothing Korobeiniki EDM remix that loops seamlessly for hours of play • Undo and redeal buttons for the moves you want back • Smart Hard-mode piece generation — smaller shapes when the board gets tight, so you're never beaten by pure RNG — Share your score: Beat a personal best? Share your score to the OS share sheet and challenge a friend. Every best score is tracked per difficulty so you always have the next target. ColorBlox is the first title in the Alchemaize puzzle portfolio. More coming — WoodBlox, HexSort, Wordwell, Just Sudoku, and Just Solitaire — all built with the same "respect the player's time" philosophy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

StarrBlocks4 screens
Colorblox3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StarrBlocks at daily against Colorblox's every 5 months. StarrBlocks also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Colorblox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StarrBlocks has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StarrBlocks ships an update daily, Colorblox every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
StarrBlocks versus Colorblox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarrBlocksColorblox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size210 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua StarrAlchemaize

Customer experience

StarrBlocks

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Colorblox

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

StarrBlocks

No in-app purchases

None

Colorblox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StarrBlocks free?
StarrBlocks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Colorblox free?
Colorblox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StarrBlocks or Colorblox?
Colorblox is rated higher. StarrBlocks averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Colorblox averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do StarrBlocks or Colorblox have ads?
Neither StarrBlocks nor Colorblox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StarrBlocks or Colorblox?
StarrBlocks ships an update daily, and Colorblox every 5 months. Most recently, StarrBlocks was updated on November 5, 2026 and Colorblox on October 31, 2026.

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