Photonoid vs Blockbreaker Lambda
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photonoid
Create unique breakout game levels using your own photos. The app uses image recognition to place blocks based on edges or faces in your pictures. Enjoy offline play with multiple modes and share your custom stages with friends.
- Create custom game stages from photos
- Edge detection for block placement
- Face detection for block placement
- Offline play
- Free mode
- Challenge mode
- View mode
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■Photonoid ※You can play offline. You can enjoy breakout with your favorite photo. Because there is an image recognition function, and a block is located by the photo which you chose, you can make an original stage. You can share the image of the original stage your friends by SNS contributions such as Twitter, Facebook, LINE! [function] The image recognition is following two kinds. ・Edge detection: A block is placed to the edge (the border part which the difference of the color) of the image. The block adds to strength so that a border is strong. ・Face detection: A block is located to cover the face. Strongest block is located at the position of eyes. (※face detection depending on precision) ■Play mode There are three mode. ・Free mode You choose the photograph and can play free. Item appearing in random is free to use it. ・Challenge mode You choose the photograph and can customize stage order. Let's earn a star to get item. ・View mode I choose the photograph and can see breakdown. (※Ball doesn't be broken) Item appearing in random is free to use it.
Blockbreaker Lambda
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Move the bar at the bottom of the screen left and right to bounce the falling ball! If you destroy all the blocks in a stage, you can go to the next stage! If you break the blocks, items will appear! Get it and break the blocks at once! A disturbing evil enemy will appear and interfere with your play! A total of 50 diverse stages are waiting for your challenge!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Blockbreaker Lambda at every 2 months against Photonoid's every 6 months. Photonoid's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Photonoid ships an update every 6 months, Blockbreaker Lambda every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photonoid | Blockbreaker Lambda |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Daisuke Yokoyama | HAYATE GAMES |
In-app purchases
Photonoid
No in-app purchases
Blockbreaker Lambda
No in-app purchases
Questions
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