Rock Slide vs The Rock Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rock Slide
Engage your mind with a captivating logic puzzle. Arrange rocks to fill all the holes on the board, with randomly generated challenges. Enjoy solo play or compete globally.
- Logic puzzle gameplay
- Randomly generated boards
- Multiple board sizes
- Online multiplayer
- Competitive play
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Rock Slide is a fun and addictive logic puzzle game. The goal is to determine the correct sequence of playing the board's rocks such that all of the board's holes are filled. Each board is randomly generated and is guaranteed to have a solution. You can choose from different board sizes to find the right difficulty level. Or, you can play online and compete against other players from around the world. If you enjoy challenges, give it a try!
The Rock Game
A deceptively simple strategy game where players take turns removing rocks. The goal is to avoid being the one to take the final rock. Follow basic rules of taking at least one rock per turn from a single row.
- Simple objective: avoid taking the last rock
- Basic rules: take at least one rock per turn
- Single row selection per turn
- Deceptively challenging gameplay
- Classic Nim strategy
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The objective of this game is very simple: do NOT be the one to take the last rock. This can be very tricky and deceivingly hard. The rules are also very basic: you must take at least one rock every turn, and you may not take rocks from two separate rows in the same turn. Try not to get stuck between a rock and a hard spot!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Rock Game at none against Rock Slide's 2. The Rock Game also leads on ads (none vs shown). Rock Slide's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 49 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Rock Slide sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. The Rock Game asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rock Slide holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rock Slide has 70 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Rock Slide's written reviews are positive against 80% of The Rock Game's.
Rock Slide ships an update monthly, The Rock Game every 49 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rock Slide | The Rock Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (70 ratings) — better | 4.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 49 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jordan Naftolin | Russell Thorman |
Customer experience
Rock Slide
The Rock Game
In-app purchases
Rock Slide
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Additional Board Sizes (iPad only)$0.99
The Rock Game
No in-app purchases
