Four Tribes vs The UnderGrowth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Four Tribes
Lead your people to victory as a god, flattening land for settlements and unleashing disasters on rival tribes. Guide your peasants to build and harness their power to dominate the competition.
- Lead your tribe as a god
- Flatten land for settlements
- Build settlements
- Unleash disasters on enemies
- Compete against rival tribes
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As the God of your tribe you must protect and lead your people to victory over the other three competing tribes. Flatten the land so your peasants can find space to build settlements, and with the power that they give to you rain down disasters on your enemies' heads. For the latest news on all of my games follow @SeansGames on Twitter!
The UnderGrowth
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Deep beneath the surface, a living network stirs. You are the cultivator — tap to grow, produce to expand, and unlock the hidden species of the underground. The UnderGrowth is an idle clicker built around the slow, satisfying rhythm of fungal growth. Tap to generate mycelium, watch your production tick upward, and make strategic choices about when to prestige and how to spend your hard-earned spores. GROW YOUR NETWORK Tap the screen to produce mycelium and build your underground operation. Upgrade your production rate and watch your numbers climb — even while you're away. UNLOCK RARE SPECIES Discover and collect a variety of unique underground species, each with its own look and lore. Watch your ecosystem come to life as your collection grows. PRESTIGE & EVOLVE When the time is right, reset your progress and carry forward bonus spores that make each run more powerful than the last. Every prestige brings new potential. BOOST YOUR OPERATION Earn temporary boosts through rewarded ads — double your production for an hour, multiply your tap power, or claim an instant burst of progress. For players who want a permanent edge, the Shop offers one-time upgrades that stay with you forever. BUILT FOR IDLE PLAY Your mycelium keeps growing whether you're actively tapping or not. Check back, collect your haul, and keep expanding. No energy timers. No pay-to-win walls. Just the quiet satisfaction of watching something grow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The UnderGrowth at Free against Four Tribes's $1.99. The UnderGrowth also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). Four Tribes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
The UnderGrowth is free to download; Four Tribes costs $1.99 up front. The UnderGrowth sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Four Tribes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Four Tribes ships an update every 7 months, The UnderGrowth every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Four Tribes | The UnderGrowth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sean O'Connor | Ehren Davis |
Bugs and requests
Four Tribes
Reported bugs
32 issues- Regularly crashes
- Action takes place offscreen or is blocked
- Game runs slow when a lot is happening
- Recently started crashing
- Needs landscape mode for iPad
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- Cannot keep up with fast chip
- Lack of raising land on land
- Playing with just thumb is rubbish
- CPU is unforgiving
- Struggling to win level one on very easy
- Huge random element
- Not playable on Plus
- Cannot launch games on 6S
- Momentum scrolling is terrible
- Broken on iOS8
- Unplayable
- Cannot scroll beyond level boundaries
- Accidental volcanoes when flattening edge
- Save your money until new version
- Game crashes on title screen
- Does not open
- Refusing to load since OS4 update
- Choppy/slow performance
- Waste of time and money, does not load
- Restored phone and iPod touch because of it
- Won't even open
- Crashes at the very beginning
- Won't start up
- Level 13 crashes every time
- Game crashes on title screen
- Laggy on old devices
- Crashing issues
Requested features
32 requests- Landscape mode for iPad
- More introduction/tutorial
- Gentle pace for starting
- Build and flatten land
- Smarter AI for harder levels
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- Add sink holes or landslides
- Modern militaristic version (nukes, missiles)
- Drag to add land
- Add Demi gods
- Create own levels and share
- More levels
- Animated landscape changes
- LAN or GameCenter multiplayer
- Custom maps/user created levels
- Time speed up/slow down
- Better AI for troops and AI
- More textures (swamps, deserts)
- Reset game or more levels
- Freeplay mode
- Achievements
- Multiplayer
- Infinite mode
- Ability to control Knights
- Build water
- Raise mountains
- Add tornadoes
- Raise sea level
- Choice of enemy count
- Music/background sound
- Wizard character
- Different building types
- More attacks
The UnderGrowth
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Four Tribes
No in-app purchases
The UnderGrowth
- 10× Click Power$0.99
- 2× Production Boost$0.99
