Comparison

Locked vs Next Agers

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

Head to head
About

Locked

A Master Mind-style puzzle game where players guess numerical combinations to unlock various padlocks. Challenge friends with your high scores and quick unlock times.

Highlights
  • Master Mind-style gameplay
  • Unlock various padlocks
  • Millions of possibilities
  • Colored button interface
  • Tutorial for guidance
  • Challenge friends
  • Track personal best scores
Features
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Find the combination that opens the Lock ! Locked is a Master Mind like game, in which you have to open different padlocks. Padlocks have 4, 5 to 10 numbers that make millions of possibilities ! Use the colored buttons to find out the combination. Check out the tutorial to know how to interpret these buttons. Hide them and ask your friends to open the lock ! Impress them with your Best personal scores, and by opening it quickly (if you are able to !). Try to find the way that will make you do the fewest moves to open the padlocks ! Check out a demo of the app and other great iPhone apps on SEB-AppStore.com

About

Next Agers

Lead a civilization from the Stone Age to the future, developing technologies and building iconic world wonders. Recruit unique troops from different eras and engage in real-time strategic battles. Manage your city's economy and form alliances with other players.

Highlights
  • Era progression
  • World Wonders construction
  • Unique troop types
  • Real-time strategy battles
  • City management
  • Alliance system
Features
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Next Agers is a civilization-themed, city-building and strategy game. Experience the role of a civilization's leader and lead the populace toward continuous development and expansion, building a civilization whose name will last for eternity. [Era Progression] Lead the people on a daring discovery of the unknown. Choose your technology development path and complete the evolution from the primitive Stone Age to the dark Middle Ages, and onwards into the marvelous future ages, reproducing all of the cornerstone inventions of human history. [World Wonders] Experience the charms of history's greatest civilizations, building famous wonders of the world and making your cities into civilizational landmarks. [Unique Troop Types] Recruit troop types from various civilizations and eras, with the possibility of seeing cavemen fight tanks and airplanes on the battlefield. Each troop type has its own specialty, and only by playing to strengths and avoiding weaknesses can you overcome the enemy. [Freedom to Build] Freely build your cities, giving them the forms you desire. [Domestic Management] Manage the city's affairs by increasing its manpower and optimally assigning them to various production industries, growing your economy and developing new technologies. [Legendary Leaders] The legendary leaders of the world's civilizations will appear one after another. Invite them as allies to join your city, fight with them side by side or ask them to assist with management. Whether or not the talents of these giants of history are fully realized will be decided by you. [Real-Time Battle] Engage in real-time and large-scale strategy-based battles. Plan your formations and send them out, using famous generals across history as key factors that shift the battle. [Form Alliances] Create an Alliance with other players, advancing through collaboration and developing the Alliance's territory together. Next Agers is a free-to-play game. Some in-game items (including random items) can be purchased.

Screenshots

Locked4 screens
Next Agers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Next Agers at Free against Locked's $1.99. Next Agers also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (147 vs 2). Locked's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 14). On ads 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

Next Agers is free to download; Locked costs $1.99 up front. Next Agers sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Locked asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Next Agers holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Next Agers has 147 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Locked ships an update every 3 weeks, Next Agers every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Locked versus Next Agers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockedNext Agers
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)4.7 (147 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—43.8% of reviews
Number of ratings2147 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB642 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSebastien BUETCAMEL GAMES LIMITED

Customer experience

Locked

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Next Agers

All ratings147 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral0.7%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative53.1%

In-app purchases

None

Locked

No in-app purchases

14 purchases

Next Agers

One-time14
  • 0.99 USD Pack$0.99
  • 1.99 USD Pack$1.99
  • 2.99 USD Pack$2.99
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  • 3.99 USD Pack$3.99
  • 4.99 USD Pack$4.99
  • 5.99 USD Pack$5.99
  • 6.99 USD Pack$6.99
  • 9.99 USD Pack$9.99
  • 14.99 USD Pack$14.99
  • 19.99 USD Pack$19.99
  • 24.99 USD Pack$24.99
  • 29.99 USD Pack$29.99
  • 49.99 USD Pack$49.99
  • 99.99 USD Pack$99.99

Questions

Is Locked free?
Locked costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Next Agers free?
Next Agers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Locked or Next Agers?
Next Agers is rated higher. Locked averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Next Agers averages 4.7 from 147 ratings.
Do Locked or Next Agers have ads?
Neither Locked nor Next Agers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Locked or Next Agers?
Locked ships an update every 3 weeks, and Next Agers every 9 days. Most recently, Locked was updated on September 29, 2026 and Next Agers on October 12, 2026.

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