Comparison

Colony Zero vs Latch Blocks

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

Head to head
About

Colony Zero

Features
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Colony Zero is a colony simulation where you never issue direct orders. You set priorities, policies, and conditions โ€” then ten colonists decide who mines, builds, farms, and explores. You land on an unknown world with a landing module, a generator, and a thirty-day survival goal. Keep food, water, energy, metal, minerals, electronics, plastic, and medicine in balance while health, happiness, and loyalty shift with every cycle. Propose buildings โ€” mines, greenhouses, solar panels, storage, and quarters for workers, engineers, and scientists โ€” then assign work on the colony map. Scan, repair, and trade from the action wheel as Outpost Alpha grows. People carry professions, traits, values, and ambitions. Friendships and rivalries form, factions appear, and autonomy requests can split districts from your control. Choose a governance model: Colony Council, Administrator, Corporate Colony, Military Command, or Free Settlement. Research new projects, manage the economy, and push into new biomes as days pass: Red Desert, Alien Forest, Frozen Zone, Volcanic Region, Ocean, and Crystal Caves. Daily events force hard choices. Survive the first thirty days, or watch the colony fail.

About

Latch Blocks

Features
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Latch Blocks is a clean, focused sliding-block puzzle built around one simple goal: free the glowing core and guide it to the marked exit. Move the surrounding blocks across the grid, open a path, and solve each layout in as few moves as you can. The rules are easy to understand, while later boards ask for more careful planning and a sharper eye for space. Work through 47 handcrafted levels across five difficulty tiers, replay solved boards to improve your result, or return for a new Daily Puzzle. Hints and Undo are available when you need a little help, and an optional optimum-move display lets you compare your solution with the most efficient route. Dark stone textures and warm orange highlights give every puzzle a distinctive volcanic look without getting in the way of the board

Screenshots

Colony Zero4 screens
Latch Blocks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Latch Blocks at every 3 days against Colony Zero's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colony Zero ships an update every 3 weeks, Latch Blocks every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Colony Zero versus Latch Blocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColony ZeroLatch Blocks
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size123 MB6 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBenjamin FosterJoyce Lynch

In-app purchases

None

Colony Zero

No in-app purchases

None

Latch Blocks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Colony Zero free?
Colony Zero is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Latch Blocks free?
Latch Blocks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Colony Zero or Latch Blocks have ads?
Both Colony Zero and Latch Blocks show ads.
Which is updated more often, Colony Zero or Latch Blocks?
Colony Zero ships an update every 3 weeks, and Latch Blocks every 3 days. Most recently, Colony Zero was updated on October 10, 2026 and Latch Blocks on October 8, 2026.

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