Build Roads vs Road Builder Idle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Build Roads
Take on the role of a road construction manager tasked with repairing and building infrastructure throughout a troubled town. Upgrade your company, vehicles, and HQ to tackle projects like paving roads, laying concrete, and constructing bridges, ports, and train rails.
- Pour rocks, spread, and crush into asphalt
- Pour concrete and lay bricks
- Clean parks, monuments, and beaches
- Build bridges, ports, and train rails
- Construct power lines
- Upgrade company HQ and vehicles
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The town is in huge trouble! Roads are terrible and traffic is unbearable. The mayor has contracted you to build and fix all the roads in the city! Use this opportunity to upgrade your company HQ and make big bucks! The simplest road building simulator is here! Features include: - Pour rocks, spread them and crush them into asphalt. Put a finishing touch with a new coat of paint. - Pour concrete and level it, then place the bricks and push those into place. - Clean the dirt and garbage from parks, monuments and beaches. - Build new infrastructure such as bridges, ports and train rails. - Construct new power lines to buildings to bring them electricity. - Upgrade and customize everything about your company including your HQ and vehicles. Can you 100% the entire town?
Road Builder Idle
Become a road construction tycoon in this idle simulator. Drill old asphalt, recycle it into new materials, and paint road markings to fix the city's infrastructure and earn money. Can you build all the roads?
- Drill old asphalt
- Recycle asphalt
- Paint road markings
- Idle gameplay
- Road fixing simulation
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The city has a big problem! Roads are terrible, and traffic is unbearable. The city has contracted you to build and fix all the roads! Use this opportunity to gain a lot of money! The simplest road-building simulator is here! - Drill the old asphalt! - Recycle the old asphalt into new ones! - Paint all the roads with suitable marks! Can you build all the roads?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Build Roads at 4.6 against Road Builder Idle's 3.3. Build Roads also leads on ratings volume (75K vs 10) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks). Road Builder Idle's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (33% vs 25%). 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
Both are free to download. Build Roads sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Road Builder Idle asks for nothing beyond the download.
Build Roads holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Build Roads has 75K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Build Roads's written reviews are positive against 33% of Road Builder Idle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Build Roads ships an update every 5 days, Road Builder Idle every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Build Roads | Road Builder Idle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (75K ratings) — better | 3.3 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.3% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 75K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 300 MB | 413 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Rollic Games | SEKGAMES Oyun Yazilim Teknoloji ve Pazarlama Anonim Sirketi |
Customer experience
Build Roads
Road Builder Idle
Bugs and requests
Build Roads
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game resets progress
- Freezing and black screens
- Glitchy controls and physics
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content
- Reduce ads
- Improve performance and stability
- Add difficulty options
Road Builder Idle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Build Roads
- no_advertisement$2.99
Road Builder Idle
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Build Roads free?
Is Road Builder Idle free?
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