Pirate Cannon Blast vs SpanThread
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pirate Cannon Blast
Engage in a vibrant block-blasting adventure by aiming cannons and matching bullet colors to destroy structures. Progress through hundreds of levels, revealing a mysterious pirate ship as you clear the ocean. Enjoy satisfying destruction with simple controls and colorful 3D environments.
- Shoot colored cannonballs at matching blocks
- Blast blocks to destroy structures
- Reveal rising pirate ship
- Simple controls
- Hundreds of challenging levels
- Powerful boosters
- Colorful 3D environments
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Set sail for a colorful block blasting adventure in Pirate Cannon Blast! Aim your cannons, match the bullet color with the blocks, and blast them away. Destroy enough blocks to reveal more of the mysterious pirate ship rising from the ocean. Features: • Shoot colored cannonballs at matching blocks • Blast blocks to destroy the structures • Watch objects rise from the water as you clear them • Simple controls with satisfying destruction • Colorful 3D pirate environments • Hundreds of challenging levels • Use powerful boosters to clear difficult structures • Relaxing gameplay with satisfying effects Can you destroy every block and reveal the entire pirate ship?
SpanThread
A vibrant puzzle game where players untangle layered strings by strategically cutting them in the correct order. It offers a variety of game modes, from handcrafted levels to competitive matches, challenging logic and precision.
- 1,000 handcrafted levels
- Daily Board challenges
- Live Versus matches
- Time Attack mode
- Perfect Cuts mode
- Endless mode
- Unlockable themes and sounds
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Span is a colorful puzzle game about untangling layers of overlapping strings. Study each board, identify which strings are on top, and cut them away in the right order. One wrong move could cost you a heart. Simple to learn and increasingly challenging, Span offers plenty of ways to test your logic, speed, and precision: • Journey through 1,000 handcrafted levels • Take on a new Daily Board and build your streak • Race against another player in live Versus matches • Beat the clock in Time Attack • Survive with no mistakes in Perfect Cuts • Push your skills further in Endless mode • Earn coins and unlock themes, animated scenes, ropes, and sounds • Complete achievements and climb Game Center leaderboards Every board is a satisfying test of observation and strategy. Can you find the perfect cutting order and clear every thread? Terms of Use: https://mealmusedev-cloud.github.io/SpanPuzzle/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://mealmusedev-cloud.github.io/SpanPuzzle/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SpanThread at 5.0 against Pirate Cannon Blast's 4.6. SpanThread also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 8 days). Pirate Cannon Blast's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Pirate Cannon Blast sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and SpanThread sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SpanThread holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pirate Cannon Blast has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pirate Cannon Blast ships an update every 8 days, SpanThread daily. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Pirate Cannon Blast | SpanThread |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 324 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PlayWill | Hayden Fuhrer |
Customer experience
Pirate Cannon Blast
SpanThread
In-app purchases
Pirate Cannon Blast
- Coin1$1.99
- Failed Bundle$3.99
- Coin2$7.99
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- Small Bundle$9.99
- Coin3$15.99
- Medium Bundle$19.99
- Large Bundle$29.99
- Coin4$29.99
- Coin5$54.99
- Coin6$99.99
SpanThread
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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