Device and storage
App size, updates and where your phone storage went
A game installed at 300 MB can reach several gigabytes in a year. Most of that is art for events that already finished.
Last checked · 8 min readBlast puzzle notes · Auckland
Blast and pop puzzles, and the practical side nobody documents
Aeroblipoxid is about the tap-to-clear puzzles where you pop a group instead of swapping two tiles. Not the tactics, which are covered everywhere, but the parts that actually cause trouble: a game that grows to four gigabytes, progress tied to a phone you are about to replace, and a purchase that removes less advertising than you assumed.
Three things worth knowing about this site
They explain the shape of what is here and the shape of what is deliberately missing.
Written from use, not from press material
Everything here was checked on a real phone with these games installed. Where behaviour differed between Android and iOS, both are described rather than one being presented as the rule.
Store links go to the developer
Game links open the official New Zealand listing and nowhere else. No downloads, no mirrors, no modified builds, however convincingly they are advertised elsewhere.
No currency and no accounts
Aeroblipoxid cannot give you anything that lives inside a game, and there is no login here. One PDF written by me is for sale; every guide on the site is free and stays free.
Start here
App size, updates and where your phone storage went
Install a blast puzzle at a few hundred megabytes and check it a year later: it is frequently ten times the size. Almost none of that growth is the game you play, and a good part of it can be recovered safely. The part that cannot be recovered safely is the part that takes your progress with it, and the two look identical in the settings screen.
All guides
Four guides about the parts of these games that happen outside the board.
Device and storage
Cloud saves, account linking and changing phones without losing everything
Assume your progress is not backed up until you have checked. On a good number of these games, it is not.
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Costs
What a remove-ads purchase actually removes
There are two kinds of advertising in these games. The purchase almost always removes only one of them.
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Playing comfortably
Playing with the sound off, and what you actually lose
These games are designed with sound and played without it. Some of what the audio carried has no visual equivalent at all.
Last checked · 6 min readGames these guides refer to
Free to install in New Zealand, each with optional in-game purchases. Every link opens the studio's official store page.
| Game | Studio | What the board asks for | Board style | Official listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Toon Blast |
Peak | Tap a group of two or more of the same colour | Square grid, tap to clear | Google Play App Store |
 Toy Blast |
Peak | The same tapping rule with a different obstacle set | Square grid, tap to clear | Google Play App Store |
 Panda Pop |
Jam City | Fire at a hanging cluster to free what is trapped in it | Hanging cluster, aim and shoot | Google Play App Store |
 Best Fiends |
Seriously | Match tiles to power characters through a level | Square grid, character abilities | Google Play App Store |
Store figures change constantly and are deliberately not reproduced here. Open a listing and you will see the current New Zealand numbers rather than a snapshot of an old month.
One PDF · NZ$12
The Mobile Puzzle Setup Guide
Everything on this site as one printable file: the storage and update settings worth changing, the account-linking checklist to run before you change phones, and the per-app data and battery controls for both platforms. Requested by form, paid by transfer off the site.
Common questions
Is Aeroblipoxid connected to any of these studios?
No. It is written by one person in Auckland and has no relationship with Peak Games, Jam City, Seriously, Apple or Google. It cannot change anything inside a game.
Will you send me coins, lives or boosters?
No. Those only exist inside the games and only the games issue them. A site offering them in return for your account details is trying to take the account.
Why is there no ratings column?
Ratings move week to week. Printing one here would produce a number that looks authoritative and is out of date, so the table links to the listing instead.
Do these guides cover both platforms?
Both, and the differences are the point of several of them. Where Android and iOS genuinely behave differently, each is described separately rather than averaged.
Are the games free to play in New Zealand?
All four are free to install and all four sell optional extras inside. Some also show ads. Both are disclosed on the store listing before installation.
What is the setup guide you sell?
A PDF I wrote, NZ$12, requested through a form and emailed after a bank transfer. It is the only thing sold here, and the guides on the site stay free and complete either way.