Comparison

Rock Pusher vs Dockside Defense

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

Dockside Defense

Features
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Turn a tropical island into your own fortress. Choose your turrets, build a maze of walls, and keep waves of mischievous mushrooms away from home. Power lasers and plasma weapons with solar panels, wind turbines, generators, and batteries. Improve your private island, grow tropical fruit, explore the harbor, and take on dockside challenges between battles. Enter first-person mode and aim your equipped weapon yourself. Plan around weapon range, recoil, energy use, and changing island layouts. Features in this tested release: • Tower defense with player-built routes and automatically connecting walls. • Distinct weapon families and visible turret upgrades. • A private island with power buildings, farming, and harbor activities. • Optional rewarded videos for in-game benefits. • Portrait touch controls and adjustable graphics settings.

Screenshots

Rock Pusher4 screens
Dockside Defense3 screens

Verdict

The call

Rock Pusher and Dockside Defense are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 16 one-off in-app purchases and Dockside Defense sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Rock Pusher versus Dockside Defense: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRock PusherDockside Defense
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews24.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings10K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 8 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size327 MB138 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperRollic GamesJUSTIN MICHAEL WILCOX

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

Dockside Defense

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Rock Pusher

One-time16
  • 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
3 purchases

Dockside Defense

One-time3
  • Pocket Gems 80$1.99
  • Reef Vault 500$7.99
  • Ocean Trove 1200$14.99

Questions

Is Rock Pusher free?
Rock Pusher is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dockside Defense free?
Dockside Defense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rock Pusher or Dockside Defense have ads?
Both Rock Pusher and Dockside Defense show ads.
Which is updated more often, Rock Pusher or Dockside Defense?
Rock Pusher ships an update every 8 days, and Dockside Defense every 8 days. Most recently, Rock Pusher was updated on October 21, 2026 and Dockside Defense on October 10, 2026.

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