Block Blast

Puzzle

7.0~~/10~~

Our score

★ 4.8 Google Play·1B+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-09-06

Screenshots

Grid mid-game with three shapes waiting below and a 480 score

Purple board at 665 points with pieces ready to place

Star collection variant with objectives above the grid

New best banner celebrating a score of 3,540

Blue board at 425 points with a piece being positioned

About Block Blast

Three shapes at a time, one eight-by-eight grid, no timer: place the pieces, complete rows or columns to clear them, and keep going until nothing fits. It is free with advertising, subscriptions run $4.99 a week to $49.99 a year, and it holds 4.9 stars on both stores across eight million ratings — the highest-rated game in this catalogue.

Game information

DeveloperARETIS LIMITED

Version10.7.0 (Android) · 7.4.1 (iOS)

Size126.4 MB (Android) · 201 MB (iOS)

Price / In-appFree

Contains adsYes

In-app purchasesYes

Content rating13+

Requires (Android)Android 6.0+

Requires (iOS)iOS 13.0+

Offline modeFull — runs and the high score work without a connection

Interface languagesAM, AR, AZ, KM, HR, CS + 43 more

Store rating (Google Play)4.8 from 5,596,326 ratings

Installs1B+

Updated by developer2026-09-02

Data checked2026-09-07

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-09-07. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

Block Blast! Review: 4.9 on Both Stores, $4.99 a Week

No Timer, No Rotation, No Mercy

Three pieces sit below the grid and must all be placed before three more arrive; pieces cannot be rotated, which is the rule that turns a simple idea into a real puzzle. Clearing a line removes it and scores, and chains of clears multiply. There is no clock and no failure state other than running out of space, so a run ends only when none of the three shapes fits anywhere — which is why a game can last ninety seconds or twenty minutes depending entirely on how well you left the board.

The Score Is the Whole Progression

A crown in the corner holds the personal best, and the entire structure of the game is beating it — 3,540 in the store screens, celebrated with a New Best banner. Themed variants add stars to collect and coloured objectives on top of the same grid, but nothing unlocks, nothing levels and no story accumulates. That purity is the reason it spread to a billion installs: the rules explain themselves in one screen, and the only thing to chase is a number you set yourself.

Adverts, and a Weekly Subscription

Google Play carries an advertising badge against a billion installs and 4.9 stars from 5.39 million reviews; the App Store shows the same 4.9 across 2.69 million ratings, which together make it the highest-rated game in this catalogue by sample size. The subscriptions are the objection: $4.99 a week, $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year, where the weekly rate works out at roughly $260 annually for what amounts to removing advertising. Apple rates it 13+, listing infrequent simulated gambling and sexual content drawn from the adverts rather than the game.

Pros

Rules explain themselves in a single screen
No timer, so a run ends only on the board
Rated 4.9 on both stores across eight million ratings
A 201.1 MB install that runs on old phones
Games last as long or as briefly as you play well

Cons

The weekly subscription costs $4.99 every week
Advertising interrupts between runs on the free tier
Apple's content warnings come from the adverts
Nothing unlocks or progresses beyond a high score

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Verdict

The purest puzzle here: three shapes, no rotation, no clock, and a personal best that is the only thing to chase. It earns its 4.9 on both stores. The reservation is the shop rather than the game — a $4.99 weekly subscription for what is essentially advert removal is steep, and playing offline achieves the same thing free.

Gameplay7.5An honest spatial puzzle where the no-rotation rule does all the work.

Controls8.5Drag a shape onto the grid; the placement preview removes any guesswork.

Replay value7.5One score to beat, forever, with themed variants layered on the same grid.

Graphics & sound7.0Clean coloured blocks on a plain field; nothing more is attempted.

Monetisation5.0Adverts between runs and a $4.99 weekly subscription to remove them.

7.0out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

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Frequently asked questions

Can it be played offline?

Yes. Runs and the high score work on the device, so it plays on a plane or underground — and without a connection the adverts cannot load, which is the cheapest way to remove them.

What does it sell?

Subscriptions at $4.99 a week, $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year, which chiefly remove advertising and add cosmetic extras. The weekly rate is the one to avoid: paid across a year it costs more than five times the annual plan.

What does it need to run?

201.1 MB and iOS 13 or later, so it works on a phone from around 2015. Low requirements plus a rule set anyone understands is exactly the combination that produced a billion installs in three years.

Is there any multiplayer?

No. It is a solitary score chase with no live modes and no shared boards. Comparison happens outside the app, in the screenshots people send each other when a run goes unusually well.

How long is a game?

Anything from ninety seconds to twenty minutes, decided entirely by how tidily you place the pieces. Nothing is timed and a run can be abandoned at any point, which makes it the most interruptible game in this catalogue.