Blek vs Donut County
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blek
This is a minimalist puzzle game that challenges your imagination. Draw a line that collects all colored circles while avoiding obstacles. Discover elegant solutions and enjoy a magical experience as your creations come to life.
- Draw and animate lines
- Collect colored circles
- Avoid black holes
- Multiple solutions per level
- Elegant and intuitive design
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Blek is a unique game about imagination and personality. Everything you draw keeps moving – and watching your creations move is like watching magic. The goal is simple: shape a line that collects all colored circles avoiding black holes on its route. There are no specific moves that you need to master. To every level countless solutions exist, from delightfully simple to exceptionally deep and complex, yet always elegant. ----- Articles & Commentaries ----- "The Most Brilliant iPad Game I've Played All Year." ~ Kotaku "One of the greatest joys of Blek is experimenting with your approach." ~ WIRED "It’s the sort of game you’d want to put on a space probe: when the aliens play it, they’ll take a liking to us right away." ~ The New Yorker "Wonderful experience" ~ Pocket Gamer "Blek is a thing of elegant, intuitive beauty" ~ Edge "One of the year’s best" ~ The New York Times ----- Awards ----- • Apple Design Award • Best Mobile Game - Casual Connect, Amsterdam • Excellence in Innovation - International Mobile Gaming Awards • Best Game - Content Award Vienna"
Donut County
Control an ever-growing hole in the ground to swallow objects and characters in this story-based physics puzzle game. Explore unique environments, combine items for wild effects, and solve puzzles by manipulating what you consume.
- Story-based gameplay
- Physics puzzles
- Growing hole mechanic
- Explore unique environments
- Combine objects for effects
- Catapult items
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Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole. WHERE TRASH IS TREASURE Raccoons have taken over Donut County with remote-controlled trash-stealing holes. You play as BK, a hole-driving raccoon who swallows up his friends and their homes to earn idiotic prizes. When BK falls into one of his own holes, he’s confronted by his best friend Mira and the residents of Donut County, who are all stuck 999 feet underground… and they demand answers! THE HOLE KEEPS GROWING • EXPLORE every character’s home, each with their own unique environment. • MOVE the hole to swallow up their stuff, growing bigger each time. • COMBINE objects inside for crazy effects: cook soup, breed bunnies, launch fireworks, and more. • CATAPULT things back out of the hole. You can use it to solve puzzles...or just destroy stuff. • DEVOUR everything. The hole won’t stop until the whole county is all gone. Donut County was created by Ben Esposito, designer on What Remains of Edith Finch and The Unfinished Swan. It is the result of six years of solo development, dozens of donuts (for research), and one fateful encounter with a raccoon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blek at 4.5 against Donut County's 4.0. Blek also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 56%) and chart position (#34 vs #107). Donut County's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 811). 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
Blek costs $4.99 and Donut County $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Blek holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 811 and 2.8K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Blek's written reviews are positive against 56% of Donut County's.
Blek ships an update every 4 months, Donut County every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Blek | Donut County |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (811 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.4% of reviews — better | 56.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 811 | 2.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #34 — better | #107 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 238 MB | 336 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kunabi brother GmbH | Annapurna Games, LLC |
Customer experience
Blek
Donut County
User reviews
Blek
From 811 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Unique and creative concept
- 👍 Relaxing and challenging gameplay
- 🚀 Simple yet elegant design
- 👍 No ads or in-app purchases
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and compatibility issues
- 🔊 Annoying sound effects
- 👎 Lack of instructions/tutorials
- 👎 Repetitive and gets boring over time
Donut County
From 2.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Satisfying gameplay
- 👍 Charming characters and story
- 🎨 Beautiful visuals and music
- 🕹️ Innovative and unique concept
Room to improve
- ⏱️ Short gameplay duration
- 💰 Overpriced for the content
- 🧠 Lack of challenge or difficulty
- 📜 Too much dialogue, not enough gameplay
Bugs and requests
Blek
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when trying to save screenshots
- Compatibility issues on larger screens
- Line disappears randomly during gameplay
Requested features
4 requests- Add more levels and content
- Implement a level select or skip option
- Add sound/music controls
- Improve UI and controls
Donut County
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes or performance issues on some devices
- Compatibility problems with certain controllers
Requested features
4 requests- Longer campaign or additional levels
- Sandbox/free-roam mode
- More puzzles and challenges
- Ability to skip dialogue
In-app purchases
Blek
No in-app purchases
Donut County
No in-app purchases









