WordPress theme comparison
Ares vs Blocksy
At a glance
- Blocksy has more active installs: 300K+, against 700+ for Ares.
- On a typical day, Blocksy is downloaded about 3,341 times, Ares about 1.
- Blocksy is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 873 reviews, against 3.2 from 9 reviews.
- Blocksy was updated more recently: Oct 30, 2026, against Jan 10, 2019 for Ares.
- Ares has been around longer: since 2015, against 2019 for Blocksy.
Line by line
Blocksy leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.
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