Comparison

Block Drop vs openblocks

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

Head to head
About

Block Drop

Features
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Block Drop is a falling-block puzzle built for fast, clean phone play. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. It works offline. Open it and play. FIVE MODES Daily Dig. A new seeded board every day: six rows of garbage, three minutes, the same pieces for everyone. Dig out, score high and keep your daily streak alive. Marathon. Endless. The speed climbs every ten lines. Start at level 1, 5, 10 or 15. Sprint. Forty lines, fastest time wins, timed to the hundredth. Ultra. Two minutes on the clock. Score as high as you can. Zen. No clock and no top out. One calm speed. Stop whenever you like. 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. Spin a spire into a wedged gap for a TWIST, land big clears back to back for a CHAIN, keep clearing for a COMBO, and empty the board for a PERFECT WIPE. Every value scales with your level. FEELS RIGHT Modern rotation with wall kicks, a ghost piece, hold, and up to five next pieces. A grounded piece gives you half a second to slide and spin it. Drag, tap and flick on the board, or switch to a button pad with auto-shift delay and repeat rate you can tune. Line clears burst, big clears shake the well, and every move has sound and haptics. PROGRESS Player levels, 18 achievements, five block styles to unlock, lifetime stats, and a local top ten for every mode. Game Center leaderboards on iPhone. FOR EVERYONE Light and dark themes, colour-blind piece marks, reduced motion, large controls, a left-handed layout and a short tutorial. Your scores stay on your device.

About

openblocks

Experience a pure, classic block puzzle game with no distractions. Stack falling blocks, clear lines, and increase your score as gravity intensifies. Enjoy intuitive controls and a minimalist design for uninterrupted gameplay.

Highlights
  • Classic block stacking gameplay
  • Line clearing for scoring
  • Progressive difficulty
  • Next-piece preview
  • Soft and hard drop options
  • Wall kicks for rotation
  • Offline play
Features
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Stack falling blocks, clear lines, and chase higher levels in a clean, classic block puzzle with none of the junk that clutters this genre. No ads. No tracking. No accounts. No in-app purchases. openblocks never touches the network. It's just the game. You can even play it in airplane-mode. PURE CLASSIC GAMEPLAY • Clear lines to score and level up, with gravity that ramps up as you go • Plan ahead with the next-piece preview • Soft drop for control, hard drop for speed • Wall kicks for smooth, forgiving rotation • Pause anytime and pick up where you left off CONTROLS THAT GET OUT OF THE WAY • Drag to slide a piece, tap to rotate • Flick down to drop it instantly, or drag down slowly to guide it • Prefer buttons? Turn on the on-screen control pad in the menu • Crisp, minimal visuals that stay out of your way FREE AND OPEN SOURCE openblocks is open source. Read the code, report a bug, or build it yourself: https://github.com/dannyheskett/openblocks No dark patterns, no "energy" timers, no paywalled pieces. Just the timeless falling-block puzzle, done properly.

Screenshots

Block Drop4 screens
openblocks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: openblocks at every 5 days against Block Drop's every 2 months. On price, ads, 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

Block Drop ships an update every 2 months, openblocks every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Block Drop versus openblocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlock Dropopenblocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin ScalzoDaniel Heskett

In-app purchases

None

Block Drop

No in-app purchases

None

openblocks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Block Drop free?
Block Drop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is openblocks free?
openblocks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Block Drop or openblocks have ads?
Neither Block Drop nor openblocks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Block Drop or openblocks?
Block Drop ships an update every 2 months, and openblocks every 5 days. Most recently, Block Drop was updated on October 15, 2026 and openblocks on October 16, 2026.

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