Block Ops II vs Freeworld 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Block Ops II
Engage in blocky first-person shooter combat within a fully destructible world. Build and defend your own bases by strategically placing blocks, and sabotage enemy fortifications. Unlock a variety of weapons and skins as you play.
- Blocky first-person shooter action
- 100% destructible environment
- Place and destroy blocks
- Build and defend bases
- Unlockable weapons and skins
- Voxel-based graphics
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Block Ops II: Block Warfare is the sequel to 2012's hit mobile game "Block Ops". Featuring a totally destructible world. Place blocks to build your defenses, build your own fortress base and sabotage the enemy's fortifications! In Block Ops 2 you are free to approach the battle your own way. • Blocky first person shooter action • 100% destructible environment • Place and destroy blocks • Build and defend your own bases • Weapons and skins to unlock • Voxel based graphics
Freeworld 2
Explore an infinite voxel world, placing blocks to build and craft. Engage in multiplayer adventures by creating your own server or joining public ones to play with friends.
- Voxel world exploration
- Block placement for building
- Crafting system
- Multiplayer server creation
- Public server connection
- Third-person camera views
- Water and tree animations
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New feature: - Add third person view and front third person view in the world - Add water and tree waving animation Freeworld is a sandbox game, you can place blocks to build and adventure. Freeworld with its truly multi-player feature, you can create your own server on your device to play with your friends via WIFI, or you can connect to public servers via internet. Input any password to connect server. Walk around, dig and build in an infinite voxel world, and craft stuff from raw materials to help you along the way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Freeworld 2 at none against Block Ops II's 1. Freeworld 2 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months). 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. Block Ops II sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Freeworld 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.4 for Block Ops II against 3.5 for Freeworld 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 62 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of Block Ops II's written reviews are positive against 45% of Freeworld 2's.
Block Ops II ships an update every 14 months, Freeworld 2 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Ops II | Freeworld 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (40 ratings) | 3.5 (62 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews | 44.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ammonite Design Studios Ltd | Orz Games |
Customer experience
Block Ops II
Freeworld 2
User reviews
Block Ops II
From 40 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun gameplay
- 👍 Epic sniper scopes
- 👍 Bots are pros
- 👍 Addictive survival game
- 👍 Good for Call of Duty/Minecraft fans
Room to improve
- 🐛 Single map and few guns
- 🐛 No goals or way to win
- 🐛 Boring
- 🐛 Horrible graphics
- 🐛 Guns sound the same
Freeworld 2
From 62 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Free to play
- 👍 Good porting of Minetest
- 👍 Water looks realistic
- 👍 No money spent
- 👍 Smooth performance (when it works)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🐛 Significant lag
- 🐛 Unplayable due to bugs
- 🐛 Controls are difficult
- 🐛 Ads are intrusive
Bugs and requests
Block Ops II
Reported bugs
23 issues- Doesn't let you buy pro version anymore
- Spawns you in the same room as enemy
- Lag
- Laggy
- Glitchy
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- Lagging
- Buggy
- Enemy's coming from nowhere
- Weapon would not deal any damage
- Fire button in a horrible spot
- Among is horrible
- Laggy and slow performance
- Jerky
- Glitches
- Turning speed is way too fast
- Unlimited health
- Doesn't show up in the menu
- Doesn't open
- Slow movement
- Glitches
- Turning speed is fast
- Health is poop
- Crashes
Requested features
16 requests- Make all maps free
- Add multiplayer
- Add zombie mode
- Add more guns
- Add campaign
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- Make AI better
- Make it free
- Make own multiplayer maps
- Level up system
- Zombie maps
- Downloadable maps
- More characters
- Add more guns and classes
- Zombie mode
- Indicator showing direction of shots
- New weapons
Freeworld 2
Reported bugs
24 issues- Crashes frequently
- Laggy performance
- Game freezes
- Unplayable due to bugs
- Loading takes too long
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- Name filtering issues
- Not compatible with older devices
- Freezes when opening chests
- Can't get blocks
- Can't chat
- Crashes on splash screen
- Needs network connection to play
- Game is buggy
- Can't get onto multiplayer
- Intrusive ads obscure screen
- Freezes/glitches underwater
- Only one finger at a time for controls
- Mines blocks unintentionally
- No exit button in furnace-chest
- Can't see far distances
- No land appears
- Game is slow
- Blocks take too long to appear
- Not enough space to build
Requested features
10 requests- Add animals (ducks, chickens, cows, pigs, sheep, dogs, cats, elephants, cheetahs)
- Add thirst or hunger meter
- Add mods installation and management
- Sync save games to cloud storage (Google Drive, iCloud, Dropbox)
- Rotate camera without dig animation
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- Add minecarts/trains
- Add monsters
- Improve visibility of distant objects
- Fix exit button in furnace-chest
- Add server
In-app purchases
Block Ops II
- Remove Ads$2.99
Freeworld 2
No in-app purchases
Questions
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