Comparison

Logic Dots vs Block

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Logic Dots

This puzzle game challenges players to place dots on a grid based on numerical clues in rows and columns. It combines elements of Sudoku and Battleship, offering a brain-teasing experience with over 750 levels. Enjoy a pressure-free environment with unlimited undos and optional hints.

Highlights
  • Place dots on a grid
  • Solve logic puzzles
  • Over 750 unique levels
  • No time or move limits
  • Color-blind friendly design
  • Unlimited undo feature
  • Optional hints available
Features
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If you like solving ingenious puzzles, you need Logic Dots. It's easy to play: place dots on the grid and solve the puzzle! Beautifully simple, unavoidably addictive and devilishly difficult as you progress; Logic Dots is a uniquely fantastic combination of Sudoku and Battleship. ***The #1 puzzle-board game on the App Store with almost 1 million players in a week - incredible!*** Each brain-twisting Logic Dots puzzle consists of a blank grid surrounded by numbers. Players need to find hidden dot shapes on the grid, making sure each row and column contains the required number of dots. There are no time limits or move limits, and hints are freely given in some puzzles to make them easier on players. Beware though - as the game progresses, deduction challenges become increasingly devilish. Only true ‘Logic Legends’ will make it to the end! - USE LOGIC TO WIN: Place dots in the grid to create dot shapes and solve each logic puzzle. - BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION: Gorgeous, colorful levels are a treat for your eyes. Logic Dots is color-blind friendly as well! - INCREASE YOUR INTELLIGENCE: Logic Dots sharpens logic deduction and improves cognitive skills in players. - NO PRESSURE, TAKE YOUR TIME: There’s no time limit and no move limit. Take as many goes and as much time as you want to complete each puzzle! - RENOWNED DEVELOPER: Logic Dots is made by the lead programmer of hit puzzle game, Tiny Thief! - UNRIVALLED DEPTH: Over 750 unique and increasingly complex brain-teasers provide many hours of intellectual challenge and fun. - COMPLETELY FREE: Play all the way to the end with no in-app purchases required! - LEARN AT YOUR PACE: Tutorials for players of any ability level. - COMPARE AND COMPETE: Your game score, Game Center achievements and leaderboards will show who’s the most logical of your friends. Surely it’s you? - FEEL FREE TO MAKE MISTAKES: Any logic errors can be corrected with unlimited undo’s. - HINTS IF YOU NEED THEM: If you get stuck, tap on the hint button and you’ll be puzzling again in no time! Your amazing support and positive feedback is always much appreciated. We are working hard and will release new level packs in free updates very soon. Have fun!

About

Block

Uncover hidden pixel art by filling grids with colored blocks based on logic clues. This game offers a unique blend of deduction, art, and fun, providing hours of mentally stimulating entertainment. Navigate large grids with an intuitive fingertip cursor and enjoy a continuously updating puzzle library.

Highlights
  • Reveal hidden pixel art
  • Logic-based block filling
  • Intuitive fingertip cursor
  • Weekly bonus puzzles
  • Large grid sizes
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • No ads
Features
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Find the blocks, fill with color and discover a hidden pixel-art picture! Each puzzle consists of a grid containing clues in various places. The object is to reveal a hidden picture by dividing the whole area of the grid into rectangular blocks according to the rules. Block-a-Pix are exciting logic puzzles that form whimsical pixel-composed pictures when solved. Challenging, deductive and artistic, these puzzles offer the ultimate mix of logic, art and fun while providing solvers with many hours of mentally stimulating entertainment. The game features a unique fingertip cursor which enables playing large puzzle grids with ease and precision: to create a block, press and hold fingertip on a clue, wait until cursor fills the square and start dragging to neighboring squares. To delete a block, double-tap or use the eraser button above the puzzle. To help see the puzzle progress, graphic previews in the puzzle list show the progress of all puzzles in a volume as they are being solved. A Gallery view option provides these previews in a larger format. For more fun, Block-a-Pix contains no ads and includes a Weekly Bonus section providing an extra free puzzle each week. PUZZLE FEATURES • 125 free Block-a-Pix puzzles in color • Extra bonus puzzle published free each week • Puzzle library continuously updates with new content • Manually created by artists, top quality puzzles • Unique solution for each puzzle • Grid sizes up to 100x65 • Multiple difficulty levels • Hours of intellectual challenge and fun • Sharpens logic and improves cognitive skills GAMING FEATURES • No ads • Zoom, reduce, move puzzle for easy viewing • Unlimited check puzzle • Unlimited Undo and Redo • Error checking option when a block is completed • Exclusive fingertip cursor design for solving large puzzles • Concurrently playing and saving multiple puzzles • Puzzle filtering, sorting and archiving options • Dark Mode support • Graphic previews showing puzzles progress as they are being solved • Portrait and landscape screen support (iPad only) • Track puzzle solving times • Backup & restore puzzle progress to iCloud ABOUT Block-a-Pix have also become popular under other names such as Shikaku, Shikakunikire, Block Pix and Blockbuster Paint doku. Similar to Picross, Nonogram and Griddlers, the puzzles are solved and the pictures revealed using logic alone. All puzzles in this app are produced by Conceptis Ltd. - the leading supplier of logic puzzles to printed and electronic gaming media all over the world. On average, more than 20 million Conceptis puzzles are solved each day in newspapers, magazines, books and online as well as on smartphones and tablets across the world. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=info/doc/220

Screenshots

Logic Dots4 screens
Block4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Block at 4.8 against Logic Dots's 4.3. Block also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 77%). Logic Dots's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Logic Dots sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Block sells 23 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Block holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 420 and 317 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Logic Dots's written reviews are positive against 92% of Block's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Logic Dots ships an update every 3 months, Block every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Logic Dots versus Block: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLogic DotsBlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (420 ratings)4.8 (317 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.1% of reviews92.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings420 — better317
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatias IniConceptis Ltd.

Customer experience

Logic Dots

All ratings420 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews524 reviews
Positive77.1%
Neutral12.2%
Negative10.7%

Block

All ratings311 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral0.6%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews137 reviews
Positive92.0%
Neutral4.4%
Negative3.6%

User reviews

Logic Dots

From 420 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Challenging logic puzzles
  • 🧠 Great brain exercise
  • 💯 Excellent for passing time
  • 🎨 Colorful and visually appealing

Room to improve

  • 🔇 Disables background music/audio
  • 💰 Paywall for higher difficulty levels
  • 🤔 Unclear progression system
  • 🤯 Frustrating loss of progress
  • 🤷‍♂️ Confusing double-tap controls

Block

From 317 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and challenging puzzles
  • 🚀 Easy to play and intuitive controls
  • 💡 Variety of puzzle sizes and difficulties
  • 🎨 Beautiful artwork and visuals
  • 🧠 Good brain teaser and logic exercise

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for more puzzles
  • 🔒 Limited free puzzles available
  • 🔍 Difficulty scaling could be improved
  • 📱 Smaller screen sizes can be challenging

Bugs and requests

Logic Dots

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Hints not working as expected
  • Levels not registering as completed
  • App crashes when switching between apps

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow background music/audio playback
  • Provide more free levels/content
  • Improve progression system and unlock new levels
  • Implement cloud sync to resume progress across devices
  • Optimize controls and remove unnecessary popups

Block

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Puzzle progress not always saved properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free puzzle content
  • Ability to sort puzzles by difficulty level
  • Zoom and pan functionality improvements
  • Hint system or step-by-step solutions

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Logic Dots

One-time10
  • 12x12 Pack!$0.99
  • 13x13 Pack!$0.99
  • 14x14 Pack!$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Remove Ads!$0.99
  • 10 Hints$1.99
  • Unlock All Packs!$2.99
  • 25 Hints$3.99
  • 50 Hints$4.99
  • 200 Hints$14.99
  • Unlimited Hints!$29.99
23 purchases

Block

One-time23
  • Color Snacks 1$1.99
  • Color Bites 2$1.99
  • Color Bites 3$1.99
Show 20 more
  • Color Variety 1$2.99
  • Color Variety 2$2.99
  • Color Collection 1$2.99
  • Color Encounters 2$2.99
  • Color Collection 2$2.99
  • Fun Pack 2$2.99
  • Awesome Places - on Earth 1$3.99
  • Color Variety - Large 1$3.99
  • Color Variety - Large 2$3.99
  • Top - Movie Stars 1$3.99
  • The Animals - of Our World 1$3.99
  • Famous - Paintings 1$3.99
  • Color Adventures 2$3.99
  • Color - Extra Large 1$4.99
  • Color Assortments 2$4.99
  • Color Assortments 3$4.99
  • Color Mega 1$7.99
  • Great - Masterpieces 1$7.99
  • Color Mega - Collection 1$7.99
  • Color Mega - Collection 2$7.99

Questions

Is Logic Dots free?
Logic Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Block free?
Block is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Logic Dots or Block?
Block is rated higher. Logic Dots averages 4.3 out of 5 from 420 ratings, while Block averages 4.8 from 317 ratings.
Do Logic Dots or Block have ads?
Neither Logic Dots nor Block shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Logic Dots or Block?
Logic Dots ships an update every 3 months, and Block every 4 months. Most recently, Logic Dots was updated on October 20, 2026 and Block on November 1, 2026.

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