Comparison

Block'n'Roll vs Mastermind

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

Head to head
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Block'n'Roll

Features
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A drafting sheet, and blocks with grooves cut into them. Lay a route from the feeder to the catcher, then let the ball go and find out whether it works. Laying a route is not the same as finishing one: a climb costs speed and a drop returns some of it, but what you get back from coming down never pays for going up again. Height is spent, not borrowed. Corners cost speed too. Nothing is settled until the ball has rolled. WHAT IS IN IT Practice โ€” ten courses on small boards, where the rules are learned. Nothing is ranked. Open League โ€” twenty hand-built courses, free, ranked by the total number of pieces used across the whole set. Fewest wins. Finishing them opens the Pro League. Pro League โ€” twenty courses for people who have already finished twenty. Getting the ball home is assumed here; what is asked is how few pieces it took. Each course knows its own true minimum, so you can always see how far off you are. Drills โ€” pick a theme and a course is built on the spot. One is free each day; Pro removes the limit. Skill Trials โ€” Pro courses where the ball must pass through a fixed checkpoint before reaching the goal. A new course is made each time. Workshop โ€” place the start and the goal yourself and build whatever you like. Once it has actually rolled home, it can be given away with a share code. What arrives is the problem; the answer does not travel with it. After the other person has solved it themselves, they can look at how you did it. NO ACCOUNT, NO PERMISSIONS No sign-up, no camera, no location, and no advertising. To improve the app, we collect anonymous aggregate counts of fixed actions and the app version only โ€” never personal information, device identifiers, course content, or share codes. Generated courses rebuild from seven-character codes; your progress and hand-built courses stay on your device. No course content is uploaded to or stored on our servers. Block'n'Roll Pro is a one-time purchase โ€” not a subscription โ€” that opens Skill Trials and the Workshop, and removes the limit on drills. The Pro League becomes available after all 20 Open League courses are cleared.

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Mastermind

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Bulls and Cows is a single-player logic game: guess the secret number before time runs out. Digits never repeat. After each guess you get hints. The app uses the Spanish terms Fija and Pica in every language: โ€ข Fija (bull): the digit is in the secret number and in the correct position. โ€ข Pica (cow): the digit is in the number, but in the wrong position. Choose one of four levels: โ€ข Easy: 3 digits, 3 minutes. โ€ข Medium: 4 digits, 3 minutes. โ€ข Hard: 5 digits, 4 minutes. โ€ข Extreme: 6 digits, 5 minutes. There is no attempt limit: you win by cracking the code and lose only when the timer hits zero. Unlock 8 achievements for speed, precision, and difficulty. Progress is stored on your device. The app includes in-game rules, needs no account, and does not connect to our own servers. Free, with no ads and no in-app purchases. Questions? Write to hello@kurubatech.com.

Screenshots

Block'n'Roll4 screens
Mastermind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mastermind at none against Block'n'Roll's 1. Mastermind also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Block'n'Roll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mastermind asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Block'n'Roll versus Mastermind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlock'n'RollMastermind
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS18.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakayuki HamuroKuruba Tech

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Block'n'Roll

One-time1
  • Block'n'Roll Pro$12.99
None

Mastermind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Block'n'Roll free?
Block'n'Roll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mastermind free?
Mastermind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Block'n'Roll or Mastermind have ads?
Neither Block'n'Roll nor Mastermind shows ads.

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