RUNNER vs Magnates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RUNNER
Experience a future-noir visual novel set on a colony world. Follow the story of a former smuggler navigating corporate life and events leading to a larger narrative. Features a fully voiced interactive story, unlockable art, and a vaporwave soundtrack.
- Future-noir visual novel
- Interactive narrative
- Fully voiced
- Unlockable CGs
- Vaporwave soundtrack
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PREAMBLE is a future-noir visual novel experience that tells the story of "Vice," a former smuggler turned corporate cog on the colony world of N-351, and the events leading up to the opening moments of RUNNER. Featuring a fully voiced interactive narrative with a veteran cast, unlockable CGs, and an incredible vaporwave soundtrack composed by Fat Bard.
Magnates
Build an oil empire in this idle tycoon game. Manage assets, trade companies, and research upgrades to maximize profits and become an oil magnate. The game offers a strategic business simulation experience.
- Build an oil company empire
- Control various assets
- Buy and sell companies
- Research and upgrade output
- Generate extra profits
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Start Drilling Today! Build your fortune from the ground up in Magnates, the ultimate idle oil tycoon game. Take control of a small drilling operation and transform it into a global energy empire. Expand your business, manage your workforce, invest in research, and strategically buy and sell companies to maximize profits. Every decision brings you one step closer to becoming the world's greatest Oil Magnate. Build Your Empire Expand every aspect of your company by unlocking and purchasing a wide range of buildings, vehicles, and infrastructure. Drill for oil, refine it into valuable products, store it in massive depots, and transport it across the globe. Construct docks to ship your oil overseas using everything from nimble speed boats to enormous cargo ships. Build a laboratory to research powerful upgrades that increase production efficiency, and build hangars to transport oil by air. There are countless ways to grow your empire. Rise From Humble Beginnings Start with a single oil drill and gradually expand into a global corporation. Hire workers, manage employee wages, construct new facilities, and make smart investments in competing companies. Once your business reaches a certain point, sell it to eager investors and restart with even greater potential. Research, Upgrade, and Prosper Advance your company through an extensive research system that unlocks new technologies and boosts every stage of production. Improve drilling, refining, transportation, and aviation to build a faster, more profitable operation. Earn Rewards Complete achievements and collect gems as your company grows. Spend gems on powerful temporary or permanent boosts that increase mining, refining, transportation, and aviation performance. You can also exchange gems for cash to accelerate your expansion, or purchase additional gems directly from the in-game shop. Can you build the world's greatest oil empire? Download Magnates and start drilling today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RUNNER at none against Magnates's 5. RUNNER also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Magnates sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. RUNNER asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RUNNER against 5.0 for Magnates. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively.
| Parameter | RUNNER | Magnates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.6 GB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Truant Pixel LLC | Yadprowin LLC |
Customer experience
RUNNER
Magnates
In-app purchases
RUNNER
No in-app purchases
Magnates
- Handful of Gems$0.99
- Cluster of Gems$2.99
- Barrel of Gems$4.99
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- Chest of Gems$9.99
- Landfill of Gems$19.99









