Last updated on December 16th, 2025 at 04:27 pm
Blocks & Ropes – Entertainment Game Review
Blocks & Ropes is a Entertainment/Casual/Puzzle game from SayGames LTD, first launched in 2nd July 2022.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 5,010+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Blocks & Ropes Stand Out
► ROCK THE BLOCKS
What a tangled web we weave, and you’re the one who’s going to untangle it in this unusual and entertaining puzzle game that requires you to stretch your imagination, unblock your logic, and really get your brain working. Tug and twist at the matted tangle until eventually something snaps and a pair of cubes break free. Solving the puzzle won’t be easy – especially as the number of blocks gets bigger and bigger and more and more complex mechanisms are added to the mix – but it’s bound to bring a massive dose of satisfaction when you finally set the last blocks free.
► CAN YOU SQUARE IT?
• Feeling mentally blocked? This original and addictive brainteaser game is a great way to improve your IQ and give your mind a quick but powerful workout. Pairs of blocks connected by a stretchy cord must be brought together to clear the board and complete the puzzle. Pull this one up, push that one to the side, and keep shuffling till you’ve completed all the pairs.
• It's a non-stop block party: With over 1000 levels to complete, there’s always something to engage your brain and get you thinking in this relaxing but intriguing puzzle game. Five minutes to spare? Get solving another tangled block puzzle.
• New tricks on the block: As you progress through the game, you’ll come across a wide range of new mechanics that will keep the puzzles challenging and your brain ticking over – exploding blocks, pairs moving in one direction only, shattering glass cubes and much more. Be sure, you’ll never have time to get bored, and your logic will always be tested.
• Blocks of colour: Original puzzle mechanics are combined with bright and beautiful graphics and satisfying haptic effects to brisk each puzzle and activate not just your logic but every part of your brain.
• Never get stuck on the blocks: If you don’t see the solution straight away, you may pull and prod at different blocks on the board as long as you like – until you find a way to start setting them free. And if you really get stuck, there’s always an option of just skipping to the next level ensuring a stress-free and pleasurable playing experience.
► UNTANGLE, UNWIND AND HAVE FUN
If you’re looking for a fast and entertaining puzzle game that would keep you engaged and your brain active for some five minutes or endless hours, then look no further than Shackled Cubes. Download the game now and throw yourself on untangling the knotted cubes in increasingly challenging and enjoyable puzzles that will give your brain enjoyable exercise while also helping you kick back and relax. Come and join the block party!
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This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Blocks & Ropes is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 30th October 2025
Recent improvements include:
- fixes and improvements
Download & Availability
Blocks & Ropes is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Blocks & Ropes on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Pretty fun game, but we have a tip if you get too many ads: turn on airplane mode. :).
We like this game, but there are too many ads! And no option to pay to get rid of them. We will probably delete it.
The TNT blocks have a frequent problem where you match them, and they dont explode, but drift apart. Theyre impossible to connect after that, and you cant finish the level. Im stuck on level 399 because of it. Otherwise, its one of our favorite puzzle games. The bug is just annoying and makes it unplayable.
It is a fun game. The recent update as one previous reviewer described with the white lines making it cluttered. Remove the lines and the game would be 10/10.
This is a fun game but one we can do while multitasking. It just gets boring after a while. If there were weekly events or a challenge mode with a leaderboard this would easily be our favorite game and we could see ourselves playing this for hours. But until theres an addition like that we wont play that much. Great if you need to kill 5 minutes. *if the game gets updated with additional features, Ill update our review and rating.
Did like the game until the latest update. We like the undo button option, but dont like the strings, not much of a challenge anymore.
We constantly have to change the sound setting as it NEVER stays turned off. We use our phone to play music almost 24/7 so its a huge pain when Im constantly having to toggle the sound settings because it will NOT stay muted.
Is fun but around level 375 has so many glitches/bugs, you cant finish a level. Please fix.
Level 398 wont let us finish it! Ive cleared everything but one set, and no matter how many times we reset and redo the level the same set will not go together! That set acts very weird, moves really fast and flies off the screen.
Before the visual update that added white lines between cubes ALL THE TIME, we would have given this a 5. Its a pretty fun original game idea with a lack of need to watch unskippable ads, but the white lines just RUIN the game.
No message no nothing that this is as far as you can go. We were liking this game a lot until it stopped progressing. WTH? Why bother if there is a crappy end? Done with this one. And there needs to be a way to report problems.
We used to love this game, but after the last update, its been so glitchy. Now, its really not playable. PLEASE FIX YOUR GAME.
Constant programming glitches where we cannot advance a level unless we watch an ad. Unable to keep sound off permanently, this app constantly turns sound back on. It feels like this was programmed by 12-year-olds for their first gaming project.
Interesting brain teaser! Needs a level reset option rather than a skip button. A workaround we figured out is to close down the app and go back in that resets the level. We also would like an option to buy the game rather than to have ads after absolutely every level. Its exhausting.
Interesting brain twister of a game. The only change we would suggest is a level reset option. Currently if you back yourself into a corner that makes the level impossible the only option is to skip that level. Not good.
We were loving this game until the recent update adding the white lines between the cubes. Please make a way to play without the lines.
The style update is a huge step backward, and make it it almost unplayable.
Theres no way to buy a version with no ads? Thats really annoying . We like the game concept though we would keep playing if we could buy off the ads.
The game is just like it is advertised Only really issues is that the level number goes up but the game just repeats the same puzzles.
Good but we selected no sound and the noise is only off for maybe 1-2 minutes then it turns back on even though it says its off.
The game is original and interesting. You will enjoy it for a little while. But it all boils down to figuring out the first move. Maybe the second move. After this, the level is solved. So it gets old too quickly despite the original idea.
The game was very relaxing while still being challenging. Now there are all of these white lines and it makes the graphics busy and causes us more anxiety than the game is worth. Please go back to the old graphics.
We actually really have enjoyed this game. We love thinking through how to get the cubes free. If you asked us yesterday, we would have rated it 5 stars. However, with todays update, there are now oddly looking white lines tying the cubes together that look really cheesy and are way more confusing and cluttered than before. Revert back to how it was please.
The game is really cute, but we hate that we cant pay for a no ads version.
The spray can does not always work. For example on 387, the spray can will not change one cube so we can match them. This the last cube pair and we cant finish. So frustrating.
This is an interesting game. Its interesting and compelling to play. We really enjoy it. There is one major problem: there is a glitch that causes it to get stuck on a level with no way to complete it. Im currently STUCK on level 421 with no means of moving on except to watch the ad to skip the level. The problem with that solution is that the same issue occurred in level 41 and several before it. Whats the point of the game if we have to skip levels to move forward?? If this glitch was fixed it would easily be a 5 star game.
Omg!!!!!!!! Get rid of these dam Freaking ADDS!!!!!!! Y on earth do u have to have so many dam ADDS!!!!!!!!!! Will probably be uninstalling due to the fact Of all these dam adds 30 second adds r u serious.
We like this game. We have to use our brain to play it. We do wish there was a way to reset the puzzle.
Game is very well done. Animations are actually incredibly impressive for what we were expecting. After a bit of time though we will say it does start to get a little repetitive. We would recommend this game to just about anyone.
Mainly because of bad color contrast. We had to study the colors then make our move. Black background would greatly help.
Once you get to about level 300 or so it freezes and once you finish the level it wont let you pass, it will glitch out and shut the app.
It starts off slowly worth the ads, maybe one every 6-7 puzzles and after 25 puzzles there's an add after almost every one. Game is fun but not worth it when it's more ad than game.
Too many ads, our game was super glitchy, etc.
We paid to cancel ads, how long does this last is it permanent ?? We really like game but hope we dont need to do this every 30 days.
Its the best game to play in the car. It is a little bit annoying to play because it has some hard things in the game but it is fun.
Before a week ago, we would have given this a five star, but we got on today and it had something we have never seen on the game. (Btw Im at a level in the 400s) There was this floating, spinning block in the middle of the board. We say floating because there was a block underneath it too. It had the bubbles skin ( the one we had equipped) so we thought it was just a glitch and it would go away after we finished the level. It didnt. Then we figured it would go away if we changed our skin. Still, it didnt go away. We dont know how to get rid of it. Other than that glitch, the game is pretty great overall. Ive been trying to play every game to level 1000, and all of them repeat the same levels over and over again. But not this game! We havent seen any repeated levels yet.
Its fun but the ads are to frequent.
Thank you for fixing it so we could see all the blocks we have won! We like having a choice! Again, we are enjoying this game. The designers are very sneaky inventing all sorts of problems for us to solvePERFECT! When we catch a new style, we laugh because we really like the challenge! We really like having all the blocks to choose fromthought they were gone for good yesterday! We won the crystal ones today! Relaxing and funPaid for no adsworth it, definitely! Later! LATER is hereA problem we are having; which we did submit to support, is the icons for the helpers are way too close to the bottom of our playing board. Many times now we have accidentally ended up using them (we notice when something explodes on our board)when we did not choose tothere has to be a better place to put them out of the way of gameplay.we slide a square along the bottom of the boardanother helper lost. We get excited when we find the solution! Please can you fix this!n* [***If we may.the not so stretchy ropes ARE PART OF solving the puzzles.].
Edit: can you get rid of or move that stupid skip button? And have a small menus for the mechanics? We keep hitting it on accident because it keeps popping up. Can you make it so we can choose the background setting? We liked the space theme the most Review: This game is so adorable and we really like it! We dont have ads removed unless we actually like a game. This is fantastic!!!! Music is also very relaxing. It doesnt feel scammy at all. They only thing you pay for is to removed the ads and its not overly priced like some other games. It doesnt even force you to use the items you gain. You can save them! Thank you for being smart with your game.
The game is good and very stress relieving and relaxing.
Ive enjoyed the game, but a bonus screen came up and it says tap to place the ticket, but no matter where we tap, nothing happens. We have closed out the app, but that doesnt help.
This game makes us feel like the guy in the mobile game ads.
This game is too easy. Most levels are really easy. The rare hard levels arent hard enough.
We used to love this game despite all the ads: it is creative, alternatively challenging and easy, visually interesting and relaxing. A recent update added a "max moves" component and we no longer find it as relaxing or interesting. Instead it's frustrating that we can't fiddle around and explore. It's really too bad–the game is great otherwise.
The love restrictions added in the last update ruins the game for us. We lived that the levels were never too hard. We loved that there was no time, move, or lives restrictions. We loved that it was just a cozy easy puzzle game. Now with the moves added we dont play it anymore.
We actually really really hate that you only get a limited number of moves now. We're on level 1157 so we've been here through a lot of different things but the limited moves makes us wanna stop playing.
Now you get a limited number of moves to complete the puzzle, and some are pretty much impossible with that number of moves. We miss being able to just play with the pieces until we solve it.
We are SO ANNOYED with the newest update. We loved this game bc there was no pressure – no timer, no restriction on the number of moves, no competition, nothing to beat except the puzzle itself. The newest update added a move counter and it has completely ruined our enjoyment of the game. Now instead of being relaxing, its frustrating and anxiety inducing. This w is a maps fail and would love to continue playing if an option to remove the move counter is added. Otherwise Ill be finding a new low pressure puzzle game.
We got a pop up ad before we could even see the first level.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.17.1
- Size: 441.79 MB
- iOS: 15.0 or later
- Languages: AR, EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: SayGames LTD
Last updated: 30th October 2025 | Genre: Entertainment, Casual | Developer: SayGames LTD