Comparison

Arf Blocks vs Prizmic

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

Head to head
About

Arf Blocks

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Arf Blocks is a calm, offline block puzzle. Drag one of three pieces onto a 10Ɨ10 grid, fit them in, and clear full rows or columns to score. No ads. No tracking. No accounts. No in-app purchases. No sneaky microtransactions disguised as "coins". The game works with your device in airplane mode, and nothing you do ever leaves it. Fourteen piece shapes cycle through a weighted bag so the flow stays interesting — you get the shapes you need just often enough. Clear multiple lines at once for a growing bonus. When nothing fits, the game ends cleanly. Features • A 10Ɨ10 grid and fourteen classic puzzle shapes • Three pieces in the tray; choose your order • Exponential bonus for clearing multiple lines in a single placement • Game state saves automatically — pick up exactly where you left off • Full haptic feedback on placement and line clears • Dark, calm, distraction-free interface • Sound is off by default • Portrait on iPhone, all orientations on iPad • Works offline, always Privacy Arf Blocks collects nothing about you. There are no analytics, no crash reporters, no third-party SDKs, no identifiers sent anywhere. Your score and game state live only on your device. Read the full policy: https://arf-blocks.nl/privacy/ Support Questions, bugs, or feedback: arf-blocks@lambda-m.nl

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Prizmic

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Prizmic is a quiet puzzle game about light. A single beam leaves the emitter and travels in a straight line until something changes its mind. Your job is to place that something. Mirrors turn the beam, prisms split it and shift its colour, splitters copy it, filters let one colour through and stop the rest, and crystals move a beam one step along the spectrum. Arrange them so every gem on the board is lit at the same time, and in the right colour where a gem asks for one. There is no timer, no lives, no energy meter and no way to lose. A puzzle waits as long as you do. 120 handmade and machine-verified levels Ten chapters, each opening with a new piece and a level that teaches it by letting you find it rather than by explaining it. Every level has been proved solvable at its par by an exhaustive solver, and proved unsolvable one piece below it, so the target on screen is a real target and never a guess. Three stars for a tidy solution Stars are awarded against the level's par piece count. Solving a board is one thing; solving it without a spare piece is another, and that is the game the later chapters are really about. A hint when you want one The hint button points at one next step, not at the answer. It works from the board as you have left it, so it stays useful after you have already committed to half a plan. Plays entirely offline No account, no sign-in, no ads, no in-app purchases, no analytics and no network requests of any kind. The only permission the app asks for is vibration, for the short buzz when a level is solved. Built to be turned down Sound, music, vibration and animation are four separate switches, because wanting a quiet game is not the same as wanting a still one. Everything is readable with all four off. Thirteen languages English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish. Prizmic is portrait, one-handed, and made to be picked up for two minutes or forty.

Screenshots

Arf Blocks4 screens
Prizmic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Prizmic at 14.0 against Arf Blocks's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Arf Blocks versus Prizmic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArf BlocksPrizmic
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLambda M BVILKER IBRAHIM CELIKBAS

In-app purchases

None

Arf Blocks

No in-app purchases

None

Prizmic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arf Blocks free?
Arf Blocks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prizmic free?
Prizmic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arf Blocks or Prizmic have ads?
Neither Arf Blocks nor Prizmic shows ads.

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