Comparison

Falling Blocks vs Block Drop

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

Head to head
About

Falling Blocks

Features
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Blocks fall from top to bottom. Comparable to โ€” you know the one. Complete lines are removed. Nothing else happens. GAME MODES โ€ข Marathon โ€“ with no intended end. โ€ข Sprint โ€“ 40 lines against the clock. โ€ข Ultra โ€“ two minutes, no more. โ€ข Daily โ€“ the same blocks for everyone. FEATURES โ€ข Seven blocks. Rotate, move, hold, drop. โ€ข A preview of the next three. โ€ข A leaderboard with name entry. You are listed there. โ€ข Sound, statistics and settings. โ€ข Neon visuals with scan lines, like an old arcade cabinet. CONTROLS Swipe to move. Tap to rotate. Swipe down to drop, up to hold. OTHER No ads. No purchases. No data collection. No internet required. There are no notable incidents to report.

About

Block Drop

Features
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Block Drop is a falling-block puzzle built for clean, fast phone play. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. Open it and play. THREE MODES Marathon. Endless. The speed climbs every ten lines and does not stop. Sprint. Forty lines, fastest time wins. Ultra. Two minutes on the clock. Score as high as you can before it runs out. EVERY CLEAR HAS A NAME One line is a SPARK. Two is a FRACTURE. Three is a CASCADE. Four rows at once is a BLAST, and it pays the most of any clear in the game. Then it gets deeper. Spin a spire into a gap it should not fit and score a TWIST. Land a BLAST or TWIST back to back for a CHAIN at one and a half times the value. Keep clearing on consecutive pieces to build a COMBO. Empty the board completely for a PERFECT WIPE, the biggest single bonus there is. Every value scales with your level, so a late BLAST is worth many times an early one. The full ladder is in the app, on the menu and in the guide. BUILT TO FEEL RIGHT Hold a piece for later. Ghost landing shows exactly where it falls. A resting piece gives you half a second to slide and spin it, refreshed on every move, so last-second tucks are yours to make. Drag to move, tap to rotate, flick down to drop, or use the buttons on either side. TRACKED Local top ten for each mode. Lifetime score, average, best run, and a badge meter that climbs as you play. Every run ends with a breakdown of what you cleared, your best single clear, and your top combo. Apple Game Center leaderboards and achievements when you are signed in. Original artwork, original music, original sound effects. Ad-free, forever.

Screenshots

Falling Blocks4 screens
Block Drop4 screens

Verdict

The call

Falling Blocks and Block Drop are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Falling Blocks versus Block Drop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFalling BlocksBlock Drop
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian LothBenjamin Scalzo

In-app purchases

None

Falling Blocks

No in-app purchases

None

Block Drop

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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