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Aurora vs Blocksy

At a glance

  • Blocksy has more active installs: 300K+, against 600+ for Aurora.
  • On a typical day, Blocksy is downloaded about 3,341 times, Aurora about 1.
  • Aurora has no reviews yet.
  • Blocksy was updated more recently: Oct 30, 2026, against Aug 8, 2009 for Aurora.
  • Aurora has been around longer: since 2008, against 2019 for Blocksy.

Line by line

Blocksy leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricAuroraBlocksy
Popular rank–#10
Active installs600+300K+
Downloads, last 30 days20168.2K
RatingNo ratings5.0(873)
Last release17 years ago11 days ago
Requires PHP–7.0

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