PuzzleBits vs Tangrams Block Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PuzzleBits
Place colorful pieces to complete puzzles that then explode into new shapes. Enjoy hundreds of unique piece shapes and playful animations. Offers over 500 puzzles with a free hint option.
- Exploding puzzle mechanics
- Hundreds of unique piece shapes
- Over 500 puzzles
- Playful animations and soundtrack
- Free hint option
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A whimsical puzzly thing, with bits that go boom! Place the colorful pieces in the right spots to complete a puzzle. If you succeed, the puzzle will explode into tiny bits, which then recombine into a new challenging shape! - 500+ puzzles! - Hundreds of unique, brightly colored, piece shapes. - Playful animations and soundtrack. - Free hint option.
Tangrams Block Puzzle
Challenge your spatial reasoning by fitting colorful blocks into a box. With infinite puzzles and no timers, this game offers a relaxing yet engaging experience for all skill levels. Save your progress and enjoy a stress-free puzzle-solving adventure.
- Infinite puzzles
- Five difficulty levels
- Easy touch controls
- Hint function
- No timers
- Automatic progress saving
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Are you good at packing? Try to fit all the pieces into the box with Boy Howdy's Block Puzzle game! • Five difficulty levels, so you can find a challenge that's just right for you! • Infinite number of puzzles to try! Play forever with no puzzle packs to buy, ever! • Easy touch controls to move the blocks around! • Hint function if you get stuck! • Beautiful blocks in a rainbow of colors! • No timers at all! Just relax and have fun! • Your progress is automatically saved, all the time, so go ahead and take that call or jump out to any other apps - you can come back and pick up playing right where you left off! • Sounds can be disabled if you want a quiet game • You can even listen to your own music while you play Download Boy Howdy's Block Puzzle today! It's 100% FREE!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tangrams Block Puzzle at none against PuzzleBits's 4. PuzzleBits's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. PuzzleBits sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Tangrams Block Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for PuzzleBits against 4.8 for Tangrams Block Puzzle. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 129 and 113 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of PuzzleBits's written reviews are positive against 89% of Tangrams Block Puzzle's.
PuzzleBits ships an update every 2 months, Tangrams Block Puzzle every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PuzzleBits | Tangrams Block Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (129 ratings) | 4.8 (113 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.5% of reviews — better | 89.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 129 — better | 113 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Little White Bear Studios, LLC | Boy Howdy Technology LLC |
Customer experience
PuzzleBits
Tangrams Block Puzzle
Bugs and requests
PuzzleBits
Reported bugs
7 issues- App freezes when receiving text message notifications
- Free hint request causes app to freeze
- Game freezes when interruptions occur (texts, calls)
- Hints sometimes wasted on already-placed pieces
- Hint loss when resetting individual puzzles
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- No data recovery after app deletion
- Hint system doesn't persist properly between puzzles
Requested features
12 requests- Ability to save and replay completed puzzles
- Skip puzzle feature with ability to return later
- Puzzle review/study mode after completion
- Check/verify feature to validate progress without hints
- Leaderboard or scoring system for competition
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- Timer feature for speed challenges
- Cloud sync across multiple devices
- More background music variety
- Starting hints for new players
- Ability to choose specific puzzles instead of random selection
- Puzzle difficulty indicators
- Challenge friends feature with saved boards
Tangrams Block Puzzle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PuzzleBits
- 10 hints$0.99
- 100 hints$4.99
- 500 hints$9.99
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- 1,000 hints$14.99
Tangrams Block Puzzle
No in-app purchases
Questions
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