Comparison

Slay vs Stone Age

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

Head to head
About

Slay

Engage in a turn-based strategy game set in medieval times. Conquer enemy territories, expand your own, and strategically upgrade your units from peasants to powerful barons. Balance resource management to avoid bankruptcy and achieve victory.

Highlights
  • Territory capture and expansion
  • Unit upgrades (Peasants to Barons)
  • Strategic combat and castle sieges
  • Resource management and bankruptcy risk
  • Turn-based multiplayer
  • AI opponents
Features
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Slay is a simple to learn game of strategy and cunning set in medieval times. The island is divided up between the six players, and you must try to capture your enemies' land and link up your own territories to create larger and stronger ones. You begin capturing land by attacking with your peasants. Once your territories become richer you can combine peasants to make stronger and stronger people (Spearmen, Knights and then Barons) who can kill weaker enemy troops, or knock down their castles. Just be careful that you don't create too many expensive men or the territory will go bankrupt! "This game is pure strategy! It's a work of genius. Brilliant AI. Engaging turn-based multiplayer strategy. Sid Meier, eat your heart out!" - GameSpy.com "I love this game! I play it all the time, and when I'm not, I think about wanting to play it." - PocketNow.com "At first glance, Slay looks elementary, but hidden beneath are cunning strategy elements that must be finely balanced for success" - PC Magazine "Deceptively delightful. The graphics are simple, but the strategy is complex." - Download.com For the latest news on all my games follow @SeansGames on Twitter!

About

Stone Age

Lead your tribe through prehistory by gathering resources, building structures, and advancing your civilization. Manage your workers and ensure they are fed to create the most advanced society.

Highlights
  • Resource gathering (wood, stone, gold)
  • Village and building construction
  • Worker placement mechanics
  • Tribe management and feeding
  • Multiple AI difficulty levels
  • Online multiplayer modes
  • Replayability
Features
Currently charting
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Forge your way through prehistory and build the foundation of human civilization. How bright is humanity's future? It depends on You! Lead your tribe through the Stone Age! What can you do in Stone Age: Digital Edition? In Stone Age, you take on the role of a prehistoric's human. Beginning with archaic tools, you collect wood, stone, and gold to attain higher levels of knowledge and build sturdier structures. With resources being scarce, you must compete for the limited number of spaces on the board that produce them while also gathering food to feed your growing tribe. How do you play Stone Age: Digital Edition? In Stone Age, the players live in this time, just as our ancestors did. They collect wood, break stones and wash their gold from the river. With a balance of luck and planning, the players expand their village to achieve new levels of civilization. The rules are simple! In Stone Age: Digital Edition the turn is divided into 3 steps: Place your workers! - Decide what you need and send out your people to get it! Collect your workers! - Build tools and buildings with the resources you gathered! Feed your workers - There's nothing better than a well-deserved meal after a day's work! How to win in Stone Age: Digital Edition? In Stone Age there are a limited number of spaces, so you must determine the best actions to take each round. It’s up to you to develop your tribe by gathering resources, constructing new buildings, and advancing their culture while also maintaining enough food to feed your people. Strike the right balance to create the most advanced civilization and lead your people to a better life! Finally! A digital version Stone Age deserves! Stone Age is praised and considered one of the classic board games! Since its tabletop release, it won or was nominated for 28 board games awards! What can you expect? - Immersive gameplay in the era of the Stone Age! - Worker placement mechanics - you are responsible for your own tribe! - Three levels of AI for solo play! - Near infinite replayability! - Great game to start your adventure with board games! - Online ranking system with divisions! - Synchronous and asynchronous online game modes! - Official Stone Age rules consulted with the designers of the board game! - Unique experience of a board game with the convenience of a digital platform! Purchase Stone Age today!

Screenshots

Slay4 screens
Stone Age4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Slay at 4.6 against Stone Age's 3.4. Slay also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 55%) and ratings volume (271 vs 25). Stone Age's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, monetization model and chart position 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

Slay costs $4.99 and Stone Age $5.59 up front. Slay sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Stone Age asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slay holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slay has 271 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Slay's written reviews are positive against 55% of Stone Age's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slay ships an update every 3 months, Stone Age fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Slay versus Stone Age: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlayStone Age
Price$4.99 — better$5.59
Rating4.6 (271 ratings) — better3.4 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews74.5% of reviews — better55.2% of reviews
Number of ratings271 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#56 — better#131
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB476 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSean O'ConnorAcram Digital

Customer experience

Slay

All ratings266 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral2.3%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews537 reviews
Positive74.5%
Neutral6.7%
Negative18.8%

Stone Age

All ratings24 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive55.2%
Neutral17.2%
Negative27.6%

Bugs and requests

Slay

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Multiplayer not working
  • Progress not saving in custom levels
  • Graphical issues on newer devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Option to revert to classic graphics
  • Ability to choose starting color
  • Larger/randomized map sizes
  • Online/multiplayer mode
  • Level editor or custom map creation
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  • Stats tracking and achievements

Stone Age

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Slay

One-time12
  • Snowflakes$0.99
  • Countries 1$0.99
  • Countries 2$0.99
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  • Patterns 1$0.99
  • Patterns 2$0.99
  • Patterns 3$0.99
  • Patterns 4$0.99
  • US States$0.99
  • Mythical Creatures$0.99
  • Whole row of 18 pages$9.99
  • Whole 3rd row$9.99
  • Whole 4th row$9.99
None

Stone Age

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slay free?
Slay costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Stone Age free?
Stone Age costs $5.59, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slay or Stone Age?
Slay is rated higher. Slay averages 4.6 out of 5 from 271 ratings, while Stone Age averages 3.4 from 25 ratings.
Do Slay or Stone Age have ads?
Neither Slay nor Stone Age shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slay or Stone Age?
Slay ships an update every 3 months, and Stone Age fortnightly. Most recently, Slay was updated on October 29, 2026 and Stone Age on October 30, 2026.
Which is more popular, Slay or Stone Age?
Slay currently peaks at #56 in the App Store charts, and Stone Age at #131. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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