Rock Slide vs Tempire
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!
Tempire
Experience a unique blend of chess and real-time strategy. Compete against friends or AI in fast-paced matches. This game offers an ad-free, free-to-play experience.
- Chess variation
- Real-time action
- Online multiplayer
- AI opponent
- Ad-free gameplay
- Free to play
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Tempire is a variation on chess that brings tense real-time action to the classic turn-based board game. Play online with friends or against challenging AI, all for free and without ads. Tempire was made by Greg March and Matthew Jee, with music by Jacob Rhein.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tempire at none against Rock Slide's 2. Tempire also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Rock Slide's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 23 months) and ratings volume (70 vs 2). 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. Tempire asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tempire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rock Slide has 70 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Rock Slide ships an update monthly, Tempire every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rock Slide | Tempire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (70 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 23 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jordan Naftolin | Matthew Jee |
Customer experience
Rock Slide
Tempire
In-app purchases
Rock Slide
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Additional Board Sizes (iPad only)$0.99
Tempire
No in-app purchases
