Pocket Frontier vs Idle Polygon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Frontier
Embark on a survival crafting adventure on a mysterious island. Explore diverse biomes, mine resources, build a base, and battle creatures. Master a deep skill tree and play solo or with friends.
- Vast multi-level world exploration
- Resource gathering and farming
- Base building and crafting
- Combat against diverse creatures
- Deep skill tree progression
- Co-op multiplayer
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*NOTICE* Try free for 30 minutes. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks the full game. No ads. Pocket Frontier is a survival crafting game set on a mysterious island full of resources, creatures, and secrets. Build your base, farm the land, explore dangerous biomes above and below ground, and forge your path to the stars. * Explore a Vast Multi-Level World * Venture across diverse surface biomes — prairies, forests, deserts, swamps, and more. Then dig deep underground through multiple levels of caverns, each with unique environments, tougher enemies, and rarer resources. Something ancient lurks at the very bottom. * Mine, Farm, and Gather * Harvest wood from towering trees, mine ores from deep veins, till soil and grow crops, and hunt wildlife for food. Improve your gear, unlocking tougher materials and deeper layers of the world. * Craft and Build Your Base * Turn raw materials into everything you need to survive. Cook meals at campfires, smelt ingots in furnaces, forge weapons at the toolsmith, automate your resource gathering. * Fight Dangerous Creatures * Battle a wide variety of enemies: from slimes and zombies to vampires, golems, and worse. Wield swords with elemental powers: flame swords ignite foes, ice swords freeze them solid. Build defensive towers to defend your territory while you're away. * Master a Deep Skill Tree * Unlock dozens of skills across gathering, farming, combat, crafting, and survival. Choose your specialization and shape your playstyle. * Play Solo or With Friends * Invite friends to join your world in co-op multiplayer. Share resources, divide tasks, build side by side, and face the dangers of the frontier as a team. Every world supports cooperative play, but solo adventurers can thrive too. Start your adventure — the frontier awaits!
Idle Polygon
Engage in a visually stunning incremental game with RPG battle elements. Upgrade your geometries and income to astronomical levels, and master prestige cycles for endless replayability.
- Mesmerizing geometric visuals
- Incremental upgrades and income
- RPG battles with strategic gameplay
- Endless replayability with prestige cycles
- Hypnotic art style
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Mesmerizing Visuals: Expand your geometries through a clean, crisp, and hypnotic art style. Incremental Mechanics: Watch numbers soar as you upgrade shapes and income to astronomical levels. RPG Battles: Test your growth against tough opponents. Strategy is key to victory. Endless Replayability: Master the cycles of Prism and Spectrum Prestige to uncover hidden depths in an infinite loop.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Frontier at 4.5 against Idle Polygon's 3.0. Pocket Frontier also leads on ads (none vs shown). Idle Polygon's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 40%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Pocket Frontier sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Idle Polygon sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pocket Frontier holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Pocket Frontier's written reviews are positive against 50% of Idle Polygon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pocket Frontier ships an update weekly, Idle Polygon every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Frontier | Idle Polygon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 200 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roofdog Games | KOKI MORITA |
Customer experience
Pocket Frontier
Idle Polygon
In-app purchases
Pocket Frontier
- Unlock full game$4.99
Idle Polygon
- Diamond S$0.99
- Diamond M$2.99
- Offline Boost$3.99
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- Remove Ads$4.99
- Diamond L$5.99
- Diamond XL$29.99
- Diamond MAX$59.99
Questions
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