BlockForge vs Odds & Ends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
BlockForge
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BlockForge is a block puzzle on an 8x8 board โ place pieces, clear rows and columns, and chase combos in the most polished take on the genre. โข Fair difficulty: piece distribution never conspires against you โ game over comes only from your own moves. โข Silky feel: soft spring animations, particles, combo celebrations, refined haptics. โข Daily Game: everyone gets the same sequence each day โ compare scores with friends. โข Time Attack: a two-minute score sprint. โข Daily Quests: three fresh goals every day. โข Dark/light themes, English & Turkish, fully playable with VoiceOver. No purchases; a single banner appears only on the game-over screen and menu โ gameplay is never interrupted.
Odds & Ends
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Six small things to keep your hands busy. Odds & Ends is a box of sensory toys. No score, no timer, no streak, no way to lose. Open it in a waiting room, in a meeting, or at the end of a long day, and put it down whenever you like. WHAT'S INSIDE Bubbles โ a sheet of bubbles that pop and quietly come back. Sliders โ sliders that click through their detents. Sand โ draw a groove with one finger. What you draw stays until you smooth it flat. Latches โ twenty catches, bolts, hooks and switches that open and shut. Spinner โ flick it and let it run down. A hard flick runs for the better part of a minute. Beads โ one long rod of beads to send through the straights and the bends. Bubbles and Sliders are free, and stay free. The other four come as a single purchase โ one payment, no subscription, on every device you own, and shareable with your family. MADE FOR RESTLESS HANDS Built for people who fidget: ADHD, autistic, anxious, or simply unable to sit still. Light, dark and system appearance. Three colour themes, every one measured for contrast. Colour-blind support โ shapes and markers, never colour alone. Reduce Motion respected, or turned on just for this app. Haptics and sound you can soften or switch off. Sound never interrupts your music or your podcast. Bolder text. Full VoiceOver labels and actions on every toy. Settings reachable from inside every toy, because the moment you want the sound down is the moment it is too loud. QUIET BY DESIGN No ads. No accounts. No sign-in. No notifications. No tracking of any kind โ the app collects nothing about you, and never asks who you are. Nothing counts how many days in a row you have come back. Works on iPhone and iPad, sized properly for both.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BlockForge at none against Odds & Ends's 1. Odds & Ends's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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
Both are free to download. Odds & Ends sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BlockForge asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | BlockForge | Odds & Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | โ |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ILHAN ISIK | Daniel Maldonado |
In-app purchases
BlockForge
No in-app purchases
Odds & Ends
- The whole set$4.99









