Comparison

Assembly Line 2 vs Friendpire

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

Head to head
About

Assembly Line 2

Build and manage a factory to craft and sell resources. Optimize your assembly line with various machines and upgrades to maximize profits, even while offline. Discover new resources and make strategic decisions to grow your industrial empire.

Highlights
  • Build and optimize 21 different machines
  • Unlock tons of upgrades
  • Craft around 50 unique resources
  • Offline progress generation
  • Informative machine and resource data
  • Progress backup
Features
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Welcome to Assembly Line 2, the sequel to the factory-building and managing game. Assembly Line 2 combines elements from idle and tycoon games. Make the most money by using different types of machines to build an assembly line to craft resources and sell them. Unlock upgrades to make it more efficient and expand your factory. The goal is simple, build resources and sell them. Starting with a few machines and very basic resources, and using them with more advanced machines to craft and create more complex resources. Your factory will continue generating money even when you are offline. When you return to the game you will have piles of money waiting for you, but don't spend it all in one place! While Assembly Line 2 is an idle game, because you make the layout of your factory, it is up to you to optimize it to make the most money possible. Don't worry if you get lost with all those machines to build, the game offers an information menu so you can see what each machine does at any time. It also offers information on each resource price, so you can make decisions on what to craft. You can also see stats on the amount you are producing. Features: - 21 different machines to build and optimize the best factory. - Tons of upgrades to increase productivity. - Around 50 different unique resources to craft. - Multi-language support. - Backup your progress. - No internet required.

About

Friendpire

Features
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Friendpire is a cozy world-building game. The characters are people you actually know. Start with a small island. Invite friends, and once they accept, they appear in your world. You pick the job: fishing, farming, chopping wood, or mining. They keep working while you sleep. Come back and collect what they made. The sea is land you have not bought yet. Spend what your friends gather to grow the island, and build docks, farms, mines, and houses. Hug a friend once a day and their work gets a boost until midnight. A fox visits to rob a tile. Bonk him and launch him into the sea. Your world is private. You might send a friend to the mines, while in their world you are the one fishing. Either of you can end the friendship at any time. You can put your real face on your character, or keep the painted look. When you change how you look, your friends see it too. There is no score to chase, and nothing falls apart if you stay away. It is a small empire made of your friends.

Screenshots

Assembly Line 24 screens
Friendpire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Assembly Line 2 at none against Friendpire's 4. Assembly Line 2 also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Friendpire's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Friendpire sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Assembly Line 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Assembly Line 2 versus Friendpire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAssembly Line 2Friendpire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoao ReisErik MacInnis

Bugs and requests

Assembly Line 2

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent offline earnings
  • Crafters and splitters stop working
  • Crashes on launch

Requested features

4 requests
  • Copy/paste assembly lines
  • Rotate/flip multiple machines
  • Pause production
  • Better performance optimization

Friendpire

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Assembly Line 2

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Friendpire

One-time4
  • Wooden Crate$1.99
  • Gift Crate$4.99
  • Golden Crate$5.99
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  • Royal Vault$12.99

Questions

Is Assembly Line 2 free?
Assembly Line 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Friendpire free?
Friendpire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Assembly Line 2 or Friendpire have ads?
Assembly Line 2 shows ads; Friendpire does not.

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