Comparison

Pasta Machine vs King or Fail

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

Head to head
About

Pasta Machine

Engage in a relaxing ASMR idle and clicker game. Shape dough, slice with precision, and build your pasta production line. Enjoy satisfying animations and realistic sounds for endless fun.

Highlights
  • ASMR idle gameplay
  • Clicker mechanics
  • Dough shaping
  • Precision slicing
  • Production line growth
  • Satisfying animations
  • Realistic sounds
Features
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Pasta Machine is the ultimate ASMR idle & clicker experience! Shape the dough, slice with precision, create your pasta, and grow your production line. With satisfying animations, realistic sounds, and easy one-tap controls, this game offers endless relaxing fun. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

King or Fail

Build and manage a medieval kingdom, balancing farming, crafting, and construction with military conquest. Recruit and upgrade soldiers, raid enemy castles, and develop your empire to become a prosperous and fearsome ruler.

Highlights
  • Kingdom building and management
  • Resource gathering and crafting
  • Army recruitment and upgrades
  • Castle raiding and combat
  • Worker hiring and management
  • Ballista weapon system
Features
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► ARE YOU A FARMER OR A FIGHTER? In this fun new idle role-playing game, you’re both, with sidelines in mining, crafting, construction and management too. In fact, you’re a king, with a kingdom to protect, expand and develop, and if you want to succeed there’s a lot of work ahead of you. Start with just a small squad of swordsmen and a few berry trees, then get working to build a city, feed your people, raid enemy castles for resources and experience, expand your army and turn your tiny village into a flourishing and fearsome empire. ► ARE YOU WORTHY OF THE CROWN? • Turn your swords to plowshares: Start the game farming berries, sell them at market to feed your hungry people and use the coins you make to invest in the development of your kingdom and your wars of conquest. • …and your plowshares into swords: Spend the profits you make from crafting in this all-action RPG on expanding and upgrading your army, with five different types of soldier to recruit and improve. Turn your small band of raiders into a mighty horde of fiercely armed knights and archers, ready to conquer the known world. • Head for the longboats: Time management and resource mining aren’t enough: a great king has to prove themselves in battle. So, once you’ve taken care of your subjects’ basic needs, earned coins and upgraded your army, sail off to war, raiding over 90 enemy towns and castles for plunder and XP. • The builder king: Equip your town with new houses and facilities. The game has over a dozen different types of resources for you to craft into over 150 different new buildings and industries, from warehouses to taverns to luxurious palaces, that will also bring you idle profits when you’re out of the game. • By royal command: Of course, a king needs soldiers, but you’ll also need a whole host of other workers to keep your kingdom and your idle income ticking over. Hire and upgrade farmers, woodcutters, miners and more to really make your craft empire flourish. • Go ballista: Start every battle with a bang by using the ballista to hit the enemy where it hurts. Upgrade this powerful weapon to get access to ten increasingly destructive types of projectiles so you can really show the enemy who’s king of the castle! ► ARE YOU READY FOR A ROYAL ADVENTURE? Download King or Fail now and dive into an all-action RPG that combines crafting, conquest and world-building in a fun and addictive casual format. If you like the idea of role-playing as a hard-working, hard-fighting medieval monarch determined to build the biggest, fiercest, most prosperous kingdom, you’re guaranteed to enjoy King or Fail. Failure—like boredom—just isn’t an option. Privacy Policy: https://say.games/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://say.games/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Pasta Machine4 screens
King or Fail4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pasta Machine and King or Fail both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 28% of King or Fail's written reviews are positive against 16% of Pasta Machine's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Pasta Machine sells 22 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and King or Fail sells 19 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Pasta Machine against 4.7 for King or Fail. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8.8K and 17K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 16% of Pasta Machine's written reviews are positive against 28% of King or Fail's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pasta Machine versus King or Fail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPasta MachineKing or Fail
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8.8K ratings)4.7 (17K ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.7% of reviews28.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.8K17K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size325 MB281 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLumos Games Teknoloji Yazilim ve Pazarlama Anonim SirketiSayGames LTD

Customer experience

Pasta Machine

All ratings8,699 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews249 reviews
Positive15.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative74.3%

King or Fail

All ratings15,836 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews316 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral20.9%
Negative50.9%

User reviews

Pasta Machine

From 8.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Satisfying gameplay
  • 👍 Relaxing experience
  • 💡 Unique concept

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Glitches and bugs
  • 🤑 Excessive ads and monetization
  • ⏱️ Slow progression and upgrades
  • 🤯 Frustrating user experience

King or Fail

From 17K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 💡 Interesting concept and progression

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Excessive and intrusive ads
  • 🔋 Game drains device battery quickly
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches affecting gameplay

Bugs and requests

Pasta Machine

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes after completing level 2
  • Daily rewards not working as intended
  • Progress resets when leveling up

Requested features

3 requests
  • More variety in pasta types and visuals
  • Improved progression and leveling system
  • Ability to play offline

King or Fail

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Stuck on certain missions due to missing resources
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Inconsistent behavior of certain game mechanics

Requested features

3 requests
  • More content and levels to progress through
  • Better balance and progression for late-game battles
  • Option to disable ads for a one-time fee

In-app purchases

22 purchases

Pasta Machine

Subscriptions7
  • Remove Ad Subscription$2.997 Days
  • VIP Pass 1 Week$6.997 Days
  • Starter Bundle Subscription$8.997 Days
Show 4 more
  • VIP Pass 1 Month$19.991 Month
  • Speed Bundle Subscription$19.997 Days
  • Endless Skip Subscription$49.997 Days
  • Remove Ad Bundle Subscription$54.997 Days
One-time15
  • Skip-it 10$1.99
  • Gem 2$2.99
  • Skip-it 25$2.99
Show 12 more
  • Fusulli Pasta$4.99
  • Skip-it Pack$5.99
  • Gem 3$6.99
  • Game Pass$6.99
  • Remove Ad$6.99
  • Special Offer 1$6.99
  • Halloween Pack$7.99
  • Pack Starter$8.99
  • Skip-it 100$9.99
  • Spaghetti Pasta$9.99
  • Gem 4$12.99
  • Pasta Pack$15.99
19 purchases

King or Fail

One-time19
  • Pack of gems - Smallest$1.99
  • Small Stack of Tickets$2.99
  • Equipment special offer №1$4.99
Show 16 more
  • Ad-free adventure 30% off$5.99
  • com.playfocus.king.gems6$5.99
  • Resources special offer №2$5.99
  • Resources special offer №3$5.99
  • Resources special offer №4$5.99
  • Resources special offer №7$5.99
  • Resources special offer №11$5.99
  • Resources special offer №9$5.99
  • Equipment special offer №2$6.99
  • Adieu to Ads$7.99
  • Medium pack of Tickets$7.99
  • Equipment special offer №3$8.99
  • Pack of gems - Medium$11.99
  • Starter Pack$14.99
  • Big Stack of Tickets$24.99
  • Pack of gems - Big$24.99

Questions

Is Pasta Machine free?
Pasta Machine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is King or Fail free?
King or Fail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pasta Machine or King or Fail?
King or Fail is rated higher. Pasta Machine averages 4.6 out of 5 from 8.8K ratings, while King or Fail averages 4.7 from 17K ratings.
Do Pasta Machine or King or Fail have ads?
Both Pasta Machine and King or Fail show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pasta Machine or King or Fail?
Pasta Machine ships an update fortnightly, and King or Fail fortnightly. Most recently, Pasta Machine was updated on October 28, 2026 and King or Fail on October 28, 2026.

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