Comparison

Northgard vs PocketClonk

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

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About

Northgard

Lead a Viking clan to settle, survive, and conquer a mysterious new continent. Manage resources, assign jobs, and battle mythical creatures and harsh winters. Explore unique strategic opportunities and achieve victory through conquest, fame, or devotion.

Highlights
  • Build and manage settlements
  • Assign Vikings to jobs
  • Resource management
  • Survive harsh winters and foes
  • Explore new territories
  • Multiple victory conditions
  • Story mode and multiplayer
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Northgard is a strategy game based on Norse mythology in which you control a Clan of Vikings fighting for the control of a mysterious newfound continent. After years of tireless explorations, brave Vikings have discovered a new land filled with mystery, danger and riches: NORTHGARD. The boldest Northmen have set sail to explore and conquer these new shores, bring fame to their Clan and write history through conquest, trading, or devotion to the Gods. That is, if they can survive the dire Wolves and Undead Warriors roaming the land, befriend or defeat the giants, and survive the harshest winters ever witnessed in the North. FEATURES • Build your settlement on the newly discovered continent of Northgard • Assign your vikings to various jobs (Farmer, Warrior, Sailor, Loremaster...) • Manage your resources carefully and survive harsh winters and vicious foes • Expand and discover new territory with unique strategic opportunities • Achieve different victory conditions (Conquest, Fame, Lore, Trading...) STORY MODE: RIG’S SAGA The Viking High King is murdered and his Regal Horn is stolen by a man named Hagen. This event kickstarts a saga that will take Rig, his son and heir accompanied by his right-hand man Brand through the new continent of Northgard. The continent where he will make new friends and foes and discover a much greater threat than Hagen, and the reasons behind his father’s assassination. MULTIPLAYER • Play with or against other Mobile players with up to 6 players • Includes Duel, Free for All and Teamplay modes CHOOSE YOUR CLAN In order to complete the 11 campaign chapters, the player will have to master the specificities of the 6 first clans and tame the unforgiving wilderness of Northgard. More clans are joining the fight for Northgard! • Clan of the Snake: Act from the shadows and take the lead with cunning guerilla tactics • Clan of the Dragon: Embrace the old ways and please the gods with sacrifices • Clan of the Kraken: Harness the bounty of the sea and unleash its brutal might You can unlock the clans of the Snake, Dragon and Kraken separately by buying the DLCs, or together with the Scale Bundle. • Clan of the Horse: Devote yourself to the art of blacksmithing and craft powerful Relics • Clan of the Ox: Equip ancestral equipment and prove the might of your forefathers • Clan of the Lynx: Adopt Nature’s way and lure mythical preys into ambushes You can unlock the Clans of the Horse, Ox and Lynx separately by buying the DLCs, or together with the Fur Bundle. • Clan of the Squirrel: Gather ingredients to prepare special recipes and survive the harsh winters • Clan of the Rat: Embrace the way of the Shamans and work for the clan • Clan of the Eagle: Occupy a large territory, venture outside and gather resources Unlock the clans of the Squirrel, Rat and Eagle separately by buying the DLCs, or together with the Winter Bundle. Carefully redesigned for mobile • Revamped interface • Game Center achievements • iCloud - Share your progress between iOS devices If you experience any issue with Northgard, please contact our customer support at support@playdigious.mail.helpshift.com and give us as much as possible information on your problem.

About

PocketClonk

Features
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PocketClonk brings Clonk to iPhone and iPad. In this side-view 2D world, lead your crew, dig for resources, build what you need, and take on fast tactical battles. Two engines, one app. OpenClonk scenarios run on the OpenClonk engine, and Clonk Rage era content runs on LegacyClonk, the engine it was written for. Both are compiled into the same binary and share one window, one renderer and one set of controls, so a level plays the way its authors built it instead of through an emulation of the engine it expects. Getting there took real engine work. Both engines were ported to iOS and to OpenGL ES, which meant writing a new renderer for the legacy one: its own was fixed-function OpenGL, and the iPhone has no such thing. The two engines share thirty years of ancestry and eleven thousand identically named symbols, so they are linked in a way that keeps them apart. Clonk is a keyboard game, so the touch controls send the same commands a key would, all the way down to the way its menus are answered. Free forever: everything that ships with OpenClonk and LegacyClonk. The single in-app purchase adds the Community Classics collection and lets you import your own scenario folders. Thank you to Matthes Bender for permission to use the Clonk trademark, and to the OpenClonk and LegacyClonk teams for the engines and for keeping this game alive.

Screenshots

Northgard4 screens
PocketClonk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PocketClonk at Free against Northgard's $8.99. Northgard's advantage is chart position (#19 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

PocketClonk is free to download; Northgard costs $8.99 up front. Northgard sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and PocketClonk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Northgard versus PocketClonk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNorthgardPocketClonk
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (3.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#19 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size892 MB85 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperPlaydigiousJonathan Vogelbusch

Bugs and requests

Northgard

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Game crashes frequently
  • Menus and UI are buggy
  • Audio glitches and cuts out
  • Saves get deleted unexpectedly
  • Multiplayer is unreliable
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  • Achievements are not working properly

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add multiplayer mode
  • Improve tutorial and instructions
  • Add controller support
  • Optimize performance and stability
  • Add Chinese language support
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  • Improve clan/unit selection and management

PocketClonk

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Northgard

One-time10
  • Clan of the Squirrel$2.99
  • Clan of the snake$2.99
  • Clan of the Dragon$2.99
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  • Clan of the Horse$2.99
  • Clan of the Kraken$2.99
  • Clan of the Lynx$2.99
  • Clan of the Eagle$2.99
  • Scale Bundle$6.99
  • Fur Bundle$6.99
  • Winter Bundle$6.99
1 purchases

PocketClonk

One-time1
  • Scenario Access$6.99

Questions

Is Northgard free?
Northgard costs $8.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is PocketClonk free?
PocketClonk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Northgard or PocketClonk have ads?
Neither Northgard nor PocketClonk shows ads.

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