Comparison

Block Garden vs Arrower

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

Head to head
About

Block Garden

A relaxing block puzzle game where clearing lines grows a beautiful garden. Drag colorful blocks, complete rows and columns to make flowers bloom, and use special powers for big combos. Enjoy a cozy, handcrafted experience with no timers or pressure.

Highlights
  • Cozy block puzzle gameplay
  • Grow a living garden with plants
  • Combo multipliers and garden powers
  • Guardian Bloom to save your garden
  • Relaxing, no-pressure experience
  • Fully offline play
Features
Read full description

Block Garden is a cozy block puzzle where every line you clear grows a beautiful garden. Drag colorful blocks onto the 8×8 board, complete rows and columns to clear them, and watch flowers bloom. Keep your streak alive to stack combo multipliers, then trigger dazzling Garden Powers — clear a whole color in a Bloom Burst, turn the whole board wild, or set off a board-clearing Garden Finale. RELAXING BLOCK PUZZLE Simple to learn, satisfying to master. No timer, no pressure — drop, clear, and bloom at your own pace. GROW A LIVING GARDEN Earn seeds and collect a greenhouse full of plants — roses, daisies, sunflowers, lavender and more. Each plant levels up and grows as you play. COMBO MULTIPLIERS & GARDEN POWERS Chain clears to build your multiplier and unleash big, joyful payoffs. NEVER GIVE UP Plant a Guardian Bloom to save your garden from a tight spot and keep the streak alive. COZY & HANDCRAFTED Soft botanical art, gentle effects, and a calm, feel-good vibe. Fully Offline. No ads. No account needed. Just you and your growing garden.

About

Arrower

Untangle a gridlock of arrows, each wanting to slide out to the edge. Solve puzzles by clearing the correct arrow first to reveal the path. Enjoy a calm, brain-bending logic experience with thousands of levels and daily challenges.

Highlights
  • 2,500 hand-tuned levels
  • Daily Challenge with streaks
  • Three-star scoring system
  • Holding tray and rule-bending twists
  • Four distinct themes
  • Offline play
  • No timers or lives
Features
Read full description

Every arrow wants out. Only one path is clear. Arrower is a calm, brain-bending logic puzzle. Each arrow is a snake on the grid, pointing at the edge it wants to slide out through. But it can only leave if nothing is blocking its path. Clear the right arrow first and the board opens up. Clear the wrong one and you're stuck. Read the gridlock, find the order, set every arrow free. Simple to learn, deeply satisfying to solve. FEATURES • 10,000 hand-tuned levels across a campaign that grows with you • A fresh Daily Challenge every day, with streaks to keep • Weekly Gauntlet tournament - one shared procedurally-generated run, ranked by levels cleared • Zen mode - endless, no hearts, no stars, just flow • Three-star scoring - beat par moves and finish with hearts to spare • A holding tray and other twists that bend the rules as you climb • Booster suite and a streak shield to protect a hard-earned streak • Four hand-picked themes: Classic Parchment, Forest Calm, Midnight Ink, Golden Sand • Color-blind modes (deuteranopia, protanopia, tritanopia) and a reduce-motion option • Pinch to zoom and pan on larger boards • Satisfying sound and haptic feedback (toggle anytime) • Plays fully offline - no account, no sign-up NO PRESSURE No timers. No lives that lock you out. No nagging. Solve at your own pace, whenever you want a quiet mental reset. Free to play, with an optional one-time purchase to remove ads. Think you can clear all 10,000? Start untangling.

Screenshots

Block Garden3 screens
Arrower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Block Garden at none against Arrower's 5. Block Garden also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Arrower's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Arrower sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Block Garden asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Block Garden holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arrower has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Block Garden versus Arrower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlock GardenArrower
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings126 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul PettitHaileslassie Lilay Desalegn

Customer experience

Block Garden

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

Arrower

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Block Garden

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Arrower

One-time5
  • Coin Pack$0.99
  • Coin Pack - Medium$2.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
Show 2 more
  • Coin Pack — Large$6.99
  • Arrower Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Block Garden free?
Block Garden is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrower free?
Arrower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Block Garden or Arrower?
Block Garden is rated higher. Block Garden averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Arrower averages 4.7 from 26 ratings.
Do Block Garden or Arrower have ads?
Neither Block Garden nor Arrower shows ads.

Other comparisons