Block Jam
Block Jam, once a beloved puzzle game, is currently experiencing a significant decline in user satisfaction due to an overwhelming increase in intrusive ads, frequent technical glitches, and a perceived shift towards a 'pay-to-progress' model.
Block Jam is a free-to-play match-3 puzzle game that many users previously enjoyed for its addictive gameplay and relaxing experience. However, recent updates have introduced numerous issues, including excessive and unskippable ads, frequent crashes and freezes, and a system that makes progression difficult without in-app purchases.
What users like
What users complain about
- Excessive and intrusive ads, often appearing mid-level, unskippable, or causing the game to freezeR1R2R4R5
- Frequent crashes, freezes, and loading issues, leading to lost progress and frustrationR3R6R9R11
- Limited lives system with long wait times (20-30 minutes per life) and no free ways to replenish themR50R74R78R79
- Difficulty in earning in-game currency (coins) and a perceived need to spend real money to progress past hard levelsR31R34R35R42
- Paid 'no ads' option is often ineffective or temporary, leading to a feeling of being scammedR4R21R22R112
- Game mechanics sometimes feel based more on luck than skill, especially with block generation and hard levelsR54R60R64R68
- Visual changes in recent updates are disliked by some, described as 'awful' or 'unfinished'R51R122
- Customer service issues, including unreceived purchases and unresponsive support channelsR32R71R72
- Progress loss, including entire game progress or league standings, after updates or crashesR3R20R49R76
- Specific level glitches or impossible levels prevent progressionR16R19R30R40
- Some users report inappropriate or sexually explicit adsR33
Latest update · v3.9.1
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
Spring is in the air — feel the love and discover fresh surprises in Block Jam! - Epic Card Pack — guarantees one new undiscovered card per pack - Treasure Island — beautiful new background - Player Avatar — fresh looks for your player avatar - Connect to Game Center — link your account to earn achievements and track progress
Recurring themes
Who it's for
This game is for players who enjoy match-3 puzzle games and are looking for a casual, potentially addictive experience R38R39. It might appeal to those who don't mind frequent ads or are willing to spend money on in-app purchases to bypass difficulties . However, it is NOT for players who dislike intrusive ads, expect a smooth, glitch-free experience, or prefer games where progress is primarily skill-based rather than luck or payment-dependent R4R5R8R9.
Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, with a strong consensus on issues like ads, glitches, and monetization. While the lifetime rating is high, the recent sentiment indicates a significant negative trajectory, suggesting that recent updates have severely impacted user experience. The developer's notes mention minor cosmetic updates and Game Center connectivity, but do not address the widespread issues of ads, crashes, or monetization, which directly contradict user experiences.
Frequently asked
Are there too many ads in Block Jam?
Does Block Jam have an ad-free option?
Does Block Jam frequently crash or freeze?
Is it hard to progress in Block Jam without paying?
What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R27] Dope game: It was fun
- [R37] Block jam 3D.: Fun game
- [R38] BEST GAME EVER: This is the BEST GAME EVER and I NEVER EVER write reviews but I actually want you to have this game first to get this game most relaxing you go into the settings built into the game and make it so your phone doesn’t vibrate to prevent any uncomfortable and unnecessary vibrations and then put your volume a little bit up but not too much so that way it’s not too loud and overwhelming
- [R39] Block jam 3d: I can’t stop playing this game! It is so fun, and has like no adds! Download Block jam 3d today!
- [R43] Need new levels: This is very fun game! But please create new levels. I am at level 2171 and it has been just keep repeating old levels and is getting boring. What happened to new designs like the white glove hands and bombs? Those were fun. This game deserve 10 stars if you continue designing new levels!
- [R44] Not just another match 3 game …: It seems simple enough on the surface … match 3 like~colored cubes & easy peasy You clear the screen & move on. Ooohhhhhh but looks can be very deceiving … Very Deceiving Indeed … Watch the counter on the pipes & try to leave Yourself some wiggle room … You’re gonna need it!!! If You’re looking for something a little more challenging than Solitaire, I think You’ll
- [R96] Ms B: Hi there I must say I love this game but really some of the levels are ridiculously hard, almost impossible. I'm talking specifically about level 1012. Unbelievably tricky. Is there anyway you can help fix this!!??✌️🙏😊
- [R132] Amazing game!: Super fun! Challenging, but always entertaining.
- [R78] Running out of lives stops me from playing: This game is much better than I expected. Really fun and nice haptics. My only issue is that the 5 hearts/lives run out very quickly on hard levels and waiting for them to regenerate puts me off playing. Would happily watch another ad to gain a life as I can’t spend money on the game.
- [R87] Genuinely good‽: So I wasn’t expecting this to actually be a good game, I just got it off an ad, but it’s genuinely quite good. The haptics make it a really pleasant sensory experience, the little blocks are SO CUTE and it’s something you can melt away into. My only problems are that a lot of it hinges on luck, and with each of the 5 hearts taking 20 MINUTES to regenerate, it rather blocks the fl
- [R105] Fun: I have a lot of fun passing time with this game and thanks to royal king I make money while playing. It takes a long time but I mean. Free money with a game I like. I enjoy match 3 games and most of the pay ones never pay out and if they do they make it impossible to beat the levels. So this is refreshing fun for quiet afternoons and the music and sound effects aren’t awful. Haven’t tried
- [R1] Revised version Block Jam 3D: What happened? It was a great game. I was really enjoying this game ( in spite of all the ads) and now since I downloaded the newest version (a few days ago) it randomly will cut to an ad that doesn’t end. Literally. It. Does. Not. End. I have to swipe out of the game and start it over. What’s up with that!?? If this continues I will just delete the game as I can’t co
- [R2] I did love this game: This was my go to game. Lately ads have been popping up while I’m playing. I know ads are part of it but in the middle of a game? Can’t even finish a level without interruptions. I’m pretty far on this game but about to give it up!
- [R4] Ads: I have played this game for years. I even paid $9.99 for ad free. Recently the ads have returned and they interrupt in the middle of the game while you are playing the game. After all these years I will be deleting the game. It’s too bad. I really enjoyed it till the ads interrupted. If you like ads in the middle of playing….this is your game.
- [R5] Ads during levels: You can’t play the game anymore. Gonna have to uninstall. Used to love this game - now random ads keep popping up in the middle of a level and won’t go away. Even if you restart the game the issue keeps happening. Another game ruined by greed.
- [R3] Disapy: Was playing for a paid survey. Had a win streak built to the highest power, the game froze and I lost all my powerups that I had worked for. Gave up at that point after playing over 600 games in a week. Also way to many ads. If you don’t like watching an ad after everytime you finish a level this isn’t the game for you
- [R6] Crashes: The new update allows adds to pop up and interrupt your game right in the middle of levels. So frustrating
- [R9] Ads and crashing: In the middle of level 4, an ad popped up, interrupting gameplay MID-LEVEL, then after about 20 seconds, the app froze (current iOS, iPhone 15, Verizon). If I’m encountering problems that quick into a game, it’s a pass for me.
- [R11] FREEZES: This game used to be so much fun until recently. It’s been at least a week of passing a level and then the next page doesn’t load. Therefore you lose all progress you’ve made for that particular level. Extremely frustrating that this has been a complaint from a lot of other players yet this issue still hasn’t been resolved.
- [R50] Love this game but…: I really love this game but it only lets you play for about 5 minutes then I must wait for no less than 20 minutes and some times longer to play again. So I’m locked out four times as long as I get to play so what’s the point!
- [R74] Love it but: The life’s annoy me as I have to wait 25 minutes to play the game. Also I don’t like the barrels and spawn things as they make the game less skill more luck
- [R79] Lives: Love the game, it’s very addictive but even more frustrating that you have to wait 20 minutes to get one life and there is no way of hurrying that along i.e. watch a video or ask friends.
- [R31] WAS fun: They just changed it to where you no longer build the scenes every time you win a level. Instead, you have to do missions - which will take forever or require spending money. Bummer. However, it’s saving me money because I was considering paying the money to remove the ads.
- [R34] Disappointed.: I really liked this game in the beginning, but now I’m at level 45 and can’t get anywhere. I made one purchase to get coins for boosters, blew through those which were no help at all and still stuck on this level. If I buy boosters and they don’t help me why waste more money. Plus I’m all for a challenge, but this is impossible. I play games for fun not frustration.
- [R35] Fun, Addictive, but….: This game is fun and addictive but it’s set up to make you have to keep buying additional coins
- [R42] Fun … kinda.: I was stuck on the same level for WEEKS! Not enough coins to buy any help, can’t watch videos for coins, can’t progress beyond that level without coins. I must have tried a hundred times. I’m not spending cash to get past a level. I spend cash on things like getting rid of ALL ads, costumes, etc. In a strategy game, spending real money shouldn’t be part of the strategy. So … deleted.
- [R21] “No Ads” is an absolute lie!: Paid 8 bucks for no ads. A few levels later ads started popping up again. Don’t waste your money on this. It’s a scam!
- [R22] I love this game…But: I love this game so much that i paid for the ads free… what a load. it still shows me adds every time i play a new level. and honestly that’s a lot of money for it to just not work. the game also glitches constantly. i play with the sound on and its constantly losing sound, glitching, and just not working properly. i absolutely love this game so i hope you guys fix it soon
- [R112] I like the game but…: Doesn’t seem to recognize every move if you tap quickly which can be frustrating. Also - multiple times I’ve been close to the lead in some of the races and then suddenly and unexplained I’ll be back at the end?? Also super frustrating. But what really made me write this review is I paid for no ads….but it only tells you AFTER you pay it’s only for 20 days, not lifetime. Very
- [R54] GAME IS GARBAGE: The game is so fixed and it’s a joke! it’s so infuriating knowing that each level is luck based…the colours change everytime so how are you supposed to do “win 3 in a row, win 5 in a row” when it changes every single time and then the colours that come out of the tubes is all random 😒the power ups you use with coins are pathetic! And are too high priced for what they do! For exa
- [R60] Addicted: Me and my partner are both addicted to this. But like other reviews it’s based on luck rather than having to think about it when your playing the same level 15 times it gets old (fully convinced some reloads of the game are almost impossible). Also very reliant on purchases game needs a better strategy to actually earn some coins so you don’t have to spend loads of in game purchases.
- [R64] It’s a good game: It’s a good game but lives?! Seriously?? It’s impossible and just makes you not wanna play as rhere is nothing you can do to gain lives after the daisy bus :/ fix this and then it’s perfect it is also pretty much down to luck not skill
- [R68] Poor game: Maybe have some sort of pattern not just colours everywhere so you can’t pass a level or waste all your lives
- [R51] What have you done??: I absolutely love this game, it’s very satisfying and I’ve been playing it for ages but what on EARTH have you done to the graphics in the last update?? It looks awful and amateurish. The blocks used to be crisp and well demarcated, it now looks like some kind of trainee was let loose on them. I can’t play it any more.
- [R122] Previous visuals were better: I really enjoy this game, I am on level 825. However, the visuals created in the new update are annoying to look at. The previous little colour bobbles were so cute and detailed which made for a relaxing visual. These ones look unfinished and outdated. This is quite annoying and I hope the visuals team goes back to the original visuals. Dont fix what aint broken!
- [R32] Terrible customer service: I tried to purchase two packages and was charged but did not receive either. All attempts to reach out to customer service have been fruitless as the website crashes after you hit the submit button (I tried different browsers, restarted my phone, etc…) Beware. You won’t receive what you purchase.
- [R71] Payment taken twice: Payment taken for in-app purchase twice. There isn't an option to contact anyone on the app or online. How do I get money back?!
- [R72] Steals coins: I had over 300 coins and everytime I tried to use them in the daily challenge the game would instantly end and use up my coins! There is no in app support and the AppStore link does not work or blocks me from using it! Terrible.
- [R20] What is happening?: I have had to delete and reinstall this app four times in the last two weeks and have lost all progress on the challenges. Fortunately my overall progress is saved but please fix whatever is happening.
- [R49] Deleted progress: I’ve been playing this game religiously for the last year or so. I was well over level 2000, for the last 3 days the app would immediately crash after opening. It finally loaded today and now I’m back to being a new user and all of my progress is gone. I have tried contacting support through the game menu with no avail. Please restore my progress :(
- [R76] Get stuck: Since the new upgrade, the app stops performing. When re-starting the phone, you get downgraded. This has happened twice. Not a good experience!
- [R16] Love this game: Update: issue resolved. Love this game but the current level I’m On has no way to win. There’s no key to unlock the spaces. Level 1166 and I don’t know how to get ahold of the creators to let them know.
- [R19] Bomb Bridge Glitch: Something is wrong with the bomb bridge feature. It keeps “finding a player” and then it immediately says I lost and the bridge blows up. Never actually plays the bridge. Just blows up. And then when I try to just play the game, I keep getting asked to play the bomb bridge. But I can’t because of the glitch.
- [R30] Level 463: Third part of level 463 always has a extra barrel at the end. How do you break it? Is it a glitch? Please help
- [R40] Fun... at first: This game is fun in the beginning. Not too many ads. Fun little play. Then you get to level 45. I have played that level 20 times and can't beat it. I deleted the app. I like a challenge. I don't like impossible.
- [R33] Very disappointed: The game was fine until they started to advertise sexually explicit material and illegal drugs
- [R8] After Lvl 400 (Every Click): Ads that you CANNOT exit out of, without playing the ad entirely (Crazy 8’s), after level 400. I just hit level 400 and during the game an ad pops up for crazy 8’s, can’t close it until you play a full 4 card hand. Then you can exit. The very next block you click, the ad pops back up again, and repeat, over and over. Impossible to even play a full level now. Seems that
- [R12] Glitchy ads: I love this game but lately more and more ads get ‘stuck’ to where I have to shut it down and restart and lose my progress 🙃
- [R48] Fun until you HAVE to spend $: This game is really fun. However, the developer is lazy and ruined the game with uncreative and overly greedy ways to make money. The levels progress in difficulty until it’s basically impossible to make progress unless you spend real money on game coins to buy different types of boosters to help you get through the tougher levels. I get the developer has to make mon
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store