Colony Zero vs Latch Blocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Colony Zero
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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.
Latch Blocks
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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
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Verdict
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.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Colony Zero | Latch Blocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Foster | Joyce Lynch |
In-app purchases
Colony Zero
No in-app purchases
Latch Blocks
No in-app purchases





