The Rock Game vs FourInLine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
FourInLine
A classic two-player strategy game where players drop colored disks into a grid. The goal is to be the first to connect four disks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally to win.
- Two-player gameplay
- Grid-based strategy
- Connect four in a line
- Horizontal, vertical, and diagonal wins
- Classic board game mechanics
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Two players take turns dropping red and yellow disks into a six-row, seven-column grid. The objective of the game is to be the first to form a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line of four of one's own disks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FourInLine at 5.0 against The Rock Game's 4.6. The Rock Game's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 17.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FourInLine holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Rock Game has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | The Rock Game | FourInLine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 49 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Russell Thorman | Vlad Feinstein |
Customer experience
The Rock Game
FourInLine
In-app purchases
The Rock Game
No in-app purchases
FourInLine
No in-app purchases
