Gargoyles vs ATM KING
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gargoyles
Command a strategic army of gargoyles to defend against attacking automatons and predators. Evolve your gargoyles through unique trees, harvest pixies, and follow a compelling story to uncover the source of the attacks. Features include diverse enemies, randomly assigned gargoyle perks, and in-game achievements.
- Strategic gargoyle army placement
- Pixie harvesting and resource management
- Gargoyle evolution with multiple trees
- Defeat diverse enemies and automatons
- Engaging story campaign
- Randomly assigned gargoyle perks
- 22 in-game achievements
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Lulu ported a gargoyle from the Between. She had last seen a gargoyle when she was ten. Her grandmother had brought her to the forest, and helped her feed a pixie to the strange unmoving creature. This gargoyle, too, ate a pixie from Lulu’s careful hand. It sang a pure note of pleasure. Then it spoke into Lulu’s mind. At that moment the automatons attacked. Place your gargoyle army strategically to harvest pixies and defeat the hordes of attacking automatons and predators. Level your gargoyles, evolving them into more-powerful forms in three different evolution trees. Try a tanky Boulder for defense and a Black Mage for ranged vapor-type damage—or maybe experiment with the Lure ability of the multirow Manticore. In the main campaign, follow Lulu and her companion gargoyle Poe to discover the source of the automatons and how to stop them. Your gargoyle army stays with you as you proceed through each battle of the campaign. With your favorite evolutions and best battle tactics, you might make it to victory. FEATURES • 24 distinct enemies including vaporwolves, tetrapods, and lightbats • every gargoyle pup is different because of its randomly assigned perks (some rare!) • 22 in-game achievements • pause the combat at any time • save and load the game at any time • tutorial, game tips, and an “easy” difficulty setting are available if wanted • optional story mode • original music by Joel Roston • no in-app purchases or ads
ATM KING
Build a global cash empire by placing and upgrading ATMs. Earn money even when offline and unlock new zones, from convenience stores to the Moon. Compete with others on leaderboards and collect rare assets.
- Build ATM empire across 11 themed zones
- Earn money offline
- Upgrade machines and hire workers
- Reset empire for permanent multipliers
- Collect rare assets from crates
- Compete on global leaderboards
- Engage in random in-game events
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Start with one ATM in a convenience store. End up owning machines across the entire planet and beyond. ATM King is an idle tycoon game about building the biggest cash empire in the world. Tap to collect, place ATMs in bigger and bigger locations, and watch your money pile up even while you're away. GROW YOUR EMPIRE - Place ATMs across 11 themed zones from a small-town gas station to Tokyo, Dubai, London, the Moon, and Mars - Unlock higher-tier locations as your income climbs - Upgrade your machines and hire workers to collect and protect your cash EARN WHILE YOU'RE AWAY - Your ATMs keep earning when the app is closed - Come back to a stack of offline cash and surprise events REBIRTH FOR MORE - Reset your empire to earn permanent multipliers - Each rebirth unlocks new bonuses, extra crate slots, and faster growth COLLECT RARE ASSETS - Open crates to collect assets across multiple rarities - Chase Legendary, Mythic, and S-Tier pulls - Full drop odds are shown in-game before you spend COMPETE WITH THE WORLD - Climb the global leaderboard - Add friends and see who's building the biggest empire - Spend raid tokens to hit rivals and steal a cut of their cash RANDOM EVENTS - Crypto booms, holiday rushes, blackouts, and more keep every session fresh Free to play. Optional in-app purchases for coins and an ad-free Pro upgrade. An account is optional and only used to sync your save
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ATM KING at Free against Gargoyles's $1.99. ATM KING also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months). Gargoyles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
ATM KING is free to download; Gargoyles costs $1.99 up front. ATM KING sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Gargoyles asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gargoyles against 5.0 for ATM KING. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Gargoyles ships an update every 5 months, ATM KING every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gargoyles | ATM KING |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Karl Voskuil | Zachary Winter |
Customer experience
Gargoyles
ATM KING
In-app purchases
Gargoyles
No in-app purchases
ATM KING
- 100 Coins$0.99
- 500 + 50 Bouns coins$3.99
- ATM KING PRO$4.99
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- 1,200 + 200 Bouns coins$7.99
- 2,500 + 200 Bouns coins$14.99
- 6,500 + 1500 Bouns coins$29.99









