Comparison

Rock Pusher vs Optrix

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

Head to head
About

Rock Pusher

Hire workers to help you push a massive boulder to its designated location. Despite the difficulty, successfully moving the rock yields valuable rewards.

Highlights
  • Hire workers
  • Push a boulder
  • Earn rewards
  • Idle gameplay
Features
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Can you push the rock? Hire workers to push the boulder to its destination. This rock is very hard to move, but it can give you nice rewards!

About

Optrix

Features
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Optrix is a single-player puzzle game about light, mirrors and patience. Every level hands you a laser, a grid full of optical elements, and a handful of crystals. Each crystal has to be hit by the beam in its own colour. Light them all and the level is solved. Mirrors send the beam off in a new direction. Splitters multiply it. Colour splitters break white light into red, green and blue. Some tiles can be pushed — you can spot them by their subtle wobble — and slide until an obstacle stops them. Bombs, balloons, blockers, doors, barriers and logic tiles arrive gradually across the level packs, so nothing ever lands in front of you unexplained. Designed to be calm. No streaks, no in-app purchases, no ads, no tracking. Put it down and come back later; Continue takes you straight back to where you left off. FEATURES • Play right away: four level packs with nearly 70 levels are built in. They play offline, with no account and no sign-up. • Two stars per level: one for solving it, one for staying inside the step limit. Stars unlock the later levels of a pack. • Made for iPhone and iPad: every orientation, Split View and Stage Manager windows, and larger text sizes. Pinch to zoom into big boards; arrows at the screen edge point at what happens off screen. • Queue up to five moves ahead. • Your music keeps playing: when you listen to your own music or a podcast, the game's music steps aside and the sound effects play on top. • An optional free account keeps your progress on our server and on every device you sign in on, the browser at optrixgame.net included. It also brings more level packs under "Get more packs". Signing up keeps the progress you made as a guest. • Sign in your way: email and password, Sign in with Apple, or Sign in with Google. Delete your account yourself, any time, in the app. • Solution reveals: with an account, the stars you earn pay for reveals. After a loss, reveal the level's reference solution and watch it play. Replaying your own winning run is always free. • Offline first: results you play offline wait on the device and upload once you are online, and the server confirms your stars. • Fully bilingual: English and German. Optrix began in 1995 as a TurboPascal experiment in 16 colours, and was rebuilt in 2025/2026 by the same two people. Version 2 is a native iPhone and iPad app, written in Swift. It is made and run by independent developers on their own hardware — no publisher, no ad network, no analytics. Privacy policy: https://optrixgame.net/legal/privacy Terms of Service: https://optrixgame.net/legal/terms Questions and feedback: optrix@glaveGbR.de

Screenshots

Rock Pusher4 screens
Optrix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Optrix at none against Rock Pusher's 10. Optrix also leads on ads (none vs shown). Rock Pusher's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. Rock Pusher sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Optrix asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rock Pusher ships an update every 8 days, Optrix every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Rock Pusher versus Optrix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRock PusherOptrix
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews24.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings10K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size327 MB119 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRollic GamesRobin Glave

Bugs and requests

Rock Pusher

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Unable to unlock Atlas after meeting gear power requirement
  • Merge quest gets stuck after evolving workers
  • Gear inventory freezes and becomes unusable
  • Prestige timer resets incorrectly
  • Energy system not functioning as expected
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  • Progression blocked at certain levels
  • Glitches when using multiple maps
  • Inability to upgrade gear past gold tier

Requested features

7 requests
  • Increase prestige frequency
  • Improve energy system and offline progression
  • Add more content and progression beyond current roadblock
  • Implement better quest and progression tracking
  • Improve merging and upgrading mechanics
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  • Add more ways to earn resources and progress
  • Provide better communication channels with developers

Optrix

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Rock Pusher

One-time10
  • Small Gem Pack$2.99
  • Medium Gem Pack$4.99
  • Starter Pack 2$4.99
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  • Starter Pack With Prestige$6.99
  • Energy Bundle$7.99
  • No Ads$7.99
  • Large Gem Pack$9.99
  • Ice Island Pack$14.99
  • Fire Island Pack$19.99
  • Epic Gem Pack$19.99
None

Optrix

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rock Pusher free?
Rock Pusher is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Optrix free?
Optrix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rock Pusher or Optrix have ads?
Rock Pusher shows ads; Optrix does not.
Which is updated more often, Rock Pusher or Optrix?
Rock Pusher ships an update every 8 days, and Optrix every 2 months. Most recently, Rock Pusher was updated on November 11, 2026 and Optrix on November 9, 2026.

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