Hedgehog Drive vs Ascending Blocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hedgehog Drive
Guide a hedgehog through a maze by tracing paths with your finger. Collect items to gain time, speed, or size. Clear all cells to reveal hidden items and progress.
- Finger tracing controls
- Collect power-up items
- Clear all cells to reveal items
- Simple maze gameplay
- Time-based challenges
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Hedgehog Drive is a simple game of just go off by tracing your finger on the cell. The item will appear If you dismiss all the cells. You can turn off the cell more with letting eat hedgehog to the item. Items: - Grapes, remaining time is added to 5 seconds - Carrot, temporarily speeds up time. - Cheese, makes Hedgehog temporarily gigantic. Let's drive to the hedgehog and traced a finger!
Ascending Blocks
Control a block in this 2D infinite runner and platformer game. Your goal is to reach new heights by ascending as high as possible. Unlock various costumes to customize your gameplay experience.
- Infinite runner gameplay
- 2D platformer mechanics
- Score-based unlocking
- Unlockable costumes
- Simple block control
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Jump from platform to platform and see how high your little block can climb! Ascending Blocks is a simple, tricky endless climber in crisp black-and-white pixel art. Steer left and right, time your jumps, ride the conveyor belts and stay ahead of the fog rising up from below. + Easy controls: move and jump + Conveyor belts that push you around + Collect coins and unlock 24 costumes + A Second Chance when a run ends too soon + Game Center leaderboard: beat your friends' best + Plays in English, Spanish and Chinese Tomato Factory makes fun games for everyone: tomatofactory.com Support: support@tomatofactory.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ascending Blocks at 5.0 against Hedgehog Drive's 4.0. Ascending Blocks also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Hedgehog Drive's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ascending Blocks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Hedgehog Drive ships an update every 2 weeks, Ascending Blocks every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hedgehog Drive | Ascending Blocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | taisuke fujita | Tomato Factory |
Customer experience
Hedgehog Drive
Ascending Blocks
In-app purchases
Hedgehog Drive
No in-app purchases
Ascending Blocks
No in-app purchases
Questions
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