Comparison

Message in a Jar vs Tiny Block

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

Head to head
About

Message in a Jar

Features
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Message in a Bottle is a social experience of being on an island and anonymously communicating with the islands around you. Participate alone or hear the stories of the world with public and private modes. There are no friends and no accounts. Send a message into the void and hear the void speak back to you.

About

Tiny Block

Features
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Start with one block and grow a tiny Skyblock into an infinite world. Tiny Block is a 2D sandbox crafting game where you mine blocks, build anywhere, combine materials, grow strange plants, meet creatures, and explore procedural worlds. If you enjoy free-form building, One Block survival, and creative crafting, this world is yours to shape. ONE BLOCK. ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES Begin on a tiny Skyblock with only a few resources. Use water, lava, plants, tools, and every block you discover to expand your island into a living world. Or generate a larger random world filled with forests, caves, biomes, structures, weather, day and night. MINE, CRAFT, AND BUILD Mine and place blocks, craft useful tools, experiment with materials, and build without a single correct path. Save multiple worlds and develop each sandbox your own way. DISCOVER NEW MATERIALS Combine familiar blocks to reveal surprising new ones. Every discovery has properties that matter: materials can burn, bounce, flow, fall, glow, slow you down, or launch you into the air. Be the first player to uncover a new creation. GROW A LIVING WORLD Plant fragments in different environments and see what grows. Water, lava, temperature, light, terrain, and nearby materials can change the result. Meet creatures adapted to the worlds you create. A CREATIVE 2D SURVIVAL SANDBOX • Grow a Skyblock from a one-block beginning • Mine, craft, build, and explore • Discover procedural materials and recipes • Create plants, creatures, tools, and unusual entities • Generate random pixel worlds with caves and biomes • Save multiple sandbox worlds Your next block could change everything.

Screenshots

Message in a Jar4 screens
Tiny Block4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Message in a Jar at none against Tiny Block's shown. Message in a Jar also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Tiny Block's advantage is update cadence (daily vs monthly). On price, 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

Message in a Jar ships an update monthly, Tiny Block daily. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Message in a Jar versus Tiny Block: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMessage in a JarTiny Block
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEyeline Tech LLCAleksei Balchunas

In-app purchases

None

Message in a Jar

No in-app purchases

None

Tiny Block

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Message in a Jar free?
Message in a Jar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tiny Block free?
Tiny Block is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Message in a Jar or Tiny Block have ads?
Tiny Block shows ads; Message in a Jar does not.
Which is updated more often, Message in a Jar or Tiny Block?
Message in a Jar ships an update monthly, and Tiny Block daily. Most recently, Message in a Jar was updated on September 30, 2026 and Tiny Block on September 29, 2026.

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