Comparison

FLONK vs Auric

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FLONK

A vibrant, fast-paced arcade game featuring one-tap controls and procedurally generated levels. It's easy to pick up but challenging to master, with the ultimate goal of reaching the throne. Discover various characters and special items as you play.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated levels
  • One-tap controls
  • Various characters
  • Special items
  • Unique soundtrack
  • Challenging gameplay
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FLONK is a colourful fast-paced arcade game with one-tap controls and random generated levels. Easy to learn but hard to master - do not overestimate yourself - it's all about reaching the throne.. ◉ random generated levels ◉ various characters ◉ beautiful color patterns ◉ special items ◉ unique soundtrack ◉ lots of challenges

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Auric

Features
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There’s a moment in every run when the screen fills with light, motion, and gold. Your aura hums. The next challenge is forty seconds away. You keep moving, collecting, and choosing. Magnet, or Power? Faster blades, or more of them? Auric: Eclipse is that moment, stretched out. A fast arcade bullet-heaven built for one thumb. Your abilities activate automatically. You move, collect gold, and choose what to upgrade. No menus during gameplay. No aiming. Just movement, timing, and builds that grow every minute. Wave after wave, the sky grows darker. Every coin strengthens your build. Every level changes the direction of the run. Every minute brings a new challenge with new patterns to learn. Hold on long enough and the eclipse breaks. INSIDE • 4 weapons, each upgradeable through 5 tiers • 6 passive stats — Magnet, Regen, Power, Speed, Heart, Luck • Dozens of build combinations every run • 4 enemy types — drifters, runners, tanks, shooters • A major challenge every 60 seconds with unique patterns • Endless scaling and persistent high scores • Fully offline on iPhone and iPad NOT INSIDE • Energy meters · timers · pay-to-win · forced ads • Interruptions during gameplay · pop-ups · Wi-Fi requirement • Battle passes · daily login screens · cluttered menus One optional rewarded ad per run — watch to continue from a difficult moment. That’s it. Auric: Eclipse is designed for phone-speed play. Two minutes between classes or thirty during a flight — same feeling. Jump in, learn, improve, repeat. The kind of game where “one more run” quietly becomes four. The eclipse keeps growing. Stay bright long enough to outlast it. — Genre: bullet-heaven · survivors-like · roguelite · arcade Controls: touch joystick (any thumb position) / WASD Age: 0+ · fantasy arcade action

Screenshots

FLONK4 screens
Auric4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Auric at none against FLONK's 3. Auric also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). FLONK's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FLONK sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Auric asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FLONK ships an update every 3 days, Auric daily. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FLONK versus Auric: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFLONKAuric
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFranz BenthinArsenii Borodin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FLONK

One-time3
  • Playground Pack$0.99
  • Adventurer Pack$2.99
  • Gold Digger Pack$3.99
None

Auric

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FLONK free?
FLONK is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Auric free?
Auric is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FLONK or Auric have ads?
Neither FLONK nor Auric shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FLONK or Auric?
FLONK ships an update every 3 days, and Auric daily. Most recently, FLONK was updated on October 3, 2026 and Auric on October 4, 2026.

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