Rock Pusher vs Squirrelz Nutz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Hire workers
- Push a boulder
- Earn rewards
- Idle gameplay
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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!
Squirrelz Nutz
Navigate a squirrel through diverse worlds, collecting acorns and dodging obstacles in this fast-paced endless runner. Upgrade your abilities and unlock new looks for your character. Designed for quick, one-handed play.
- Endless runner gameplay
- Seven distinct worlds
- Acorn collection and upgrades
- Unlockable squirrel skins
- Escalating difficulty
- One-thumb controls
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Grab the acorns. Dodge everything else. Run until you can't. Squirrelz Nuts is a fast, pick-up-and-play endless runner built for one-thumb sessions and no-mercy high scores. Eight worlds, escalating chaos, and a shop full of upgrades between runs. EIGHT WORLDS Forest: birds overhead, dogs on your tail Ocean Adventure: sharks above, sea urchins below Star Station: aliens and UFOs, and nowhere to hide City Park: pigeons, benches and mailboxes everywhere Snow Day: something big is up on the mountain with you Squirrel Park: the big city, with an obstacle at every turn Falling Leaves: stumps below, birds flocking low Halloween: prepare to be spooked! BUILD YOUR RUN Bank acorns on every run and spend them on upgrades and power-ups. Bad runs still pay. Unlock new worlds in any order once you have saved enough. UNLOCK NEW LOOKS Collect gems as you run and cash them in for new squirrel skins. An optional pack adds five more you can't get any other way, including astronaut, scuba, and a winter squirrel who came prepared. DIFFICULTY THAT KEEPS UP The game scales with you. The further you get, the less forgiving it becomes. ONE THUMB, ANY MOMENT Designed for short sessions. Plays fine in line, on the train, or during a meeting you should be paying attention to. NO ADS. NO PAYWALLS. The full game is free. Every acorn and gem is earned in-game. Two optional skins pack if you want to look good doing it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Squirrelz Nutz at 100% against Rock Pusher's 25%. Squirrelz Nutz also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and ads (none vs shown). Rock Pusher's advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Rock Pusher sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Squirrelz Nutz sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Squirrelz Nutz holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rock Pusher has 10K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Rock Pusher's written reviews are positive against 100% of Squirrelz Nutz's.
Rock Pusher ships an update every 8 days, Squirrelz Nutz every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rock Pusher | Squirrelz Nutz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 327 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rollic Games | West Code Studios |
Customer experience
Rock Pusher
Squirrelz Nutz
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
Squirrelz Nutz
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rock Pusher
- Rune Pack$1.99
- Small Gem Pack$2.99
- Medium Gem Pack$4.99
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- Starter Pack 2$4.99
- Starter Pack With Prestige$6.99
- Small Skip-It Pack$7.99
- Energy Bundle$7.99
- No Ads$7.99
- Large Gem Pack$9.99
- Starter Pack$12.99
- Ice Island Pack$14.99
- Fire Island Pack$19.99
- Epic Gem Pack$19.99
- Large Skip-It Pack$30.99
- Legendary Gem Pack$39.99
- Ultimate Gem Pack$99.99
Squirrelz Nutz
- Character Pack$2.99
Questions
Is Rock Pusher free?
Is Squirrelz Nutz free?
Which has better reviews, Rock Pusher or Squirrelz Nutz?
Do Rock Pusher or Squirrelz Nutz have ads?
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