Comparison

Idle Energy Empire vs Block'n'Roll

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

Head to head
About

Idle Energy Empire

Build and manage an energy empire in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Harvest resources, produce batteries, upgrade machines, and defend your factory from zombie hordes. Expand your operations and connect the grid to survive and thrive.

Highlights
  • Resource management
  • Machine upgrades
  • Battery production
  • Electric train logistics
  • Grid connection gameplay
  • Zombie defense
  • Factory expansion
Features
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Power Up Your Factory and Survive the Wasteland! Welcome to Idle Electricity Outpost – an electrifying idle simulation game where you build and manage your energy empire in a post-apocalyptic wasteland! Generate electricity, produce powerful batteries, and defend your factory from relentless zombie hordes. Are you ready to light up the future? Manage Your Resources Start by harvesting essential minerals, creating glass cases, and forging metal components. Combine these resources to produce high-tech batteries and sell them for profit. Use your earnings to expand and optimize your factory! Upgrade Your Machines Boost your production capabilities by upgrading key machines: Furnace: Refine raw minerals into usable materials. Assembly Unit: Build battery components with precision. Charging Station: Power up and prepare your batteries for sale. Efficient Logistics Run an electric train to deliver minerals to your factory while your hard-working bots and skilled workers keep everything running smoothly. Every process counts towards creating an efficient energy empire. Connect the Grid Take charge of the power lines! Strategically connect electricity across your factory to keep the machines running and the lights on. This unique gameplay feature sets you apart from other tycoons. Defend Against Zombies Survive the post-apocalyptic wasteland by defending your factory from zombies! Tap to eliminate threats and keep your workers safe. Can you protect your outpost while growing your energy empire? Expand Your Outpost Use your profits to expand your operations, discover new technologies, and create the ultimate electricity hub. Turn your wasteland factory into a beacon of light for the future! Idle Electricity Outpost offers addictive idle gameplay, engaging strategy, and an exciting mix of survival and simulation. Download now and start building your energy empire today!

About

Block'n'Roll

Features
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A drafting sheet, and blocks with grooves cut into them. Lay a route from the feeder to the catcher, then let the ball go and find out whether it works. Laying a route is not the same as finishing one: a climb costs speed and a drop returns some of it, but what you get back from coming down never pays for going up again. Height is spent, not borrowed. Corners cost speed too. Nothing is settled until the ball has rolled. WHAT IS IN IT Practice — ten courses on small boards, where the rules are learned. Nothing is ranked. Open League — twenty hand-built courses, free, ranked by the total number of pieces used across the whole set. Fewest wins. Finishing them opens the Pro League. Pro League — twenty courses for people who have already finished twenty. Getting the ball home is assumed here; what is asked is how few pieces it took. Each course knows its own true minimum, so you can always see how far off you are. Drills — pick a theme and a course is built on the spot. One is free each day; Pro removes the limit. Skill Trials — Pro courses where the ball must pass through a fixed checkpoint before reaching the goal. A new course is made each time. Workshop — place the start and the goal yourself and build whatever you like. Once it has actually rolled home, it can be given away with a share code. What arrives is the problem; the answer does not travel with it. After the other person has solved it themselves, they can look at how you did it. NO ACCOUNT, NO PERMISSIONS No sign-up, no camera, no location, and no advertising. To improve the app, we collect anonymous aggregate counts of fixed actions and the app version only — never personal information, device identifiers, course content, or share codes. Generated courses rebuild from seven-character codes; your progress and hand-built courses stay on your device. No course content is uploaded to or stored on our servers. Block'n'Roll Pro is a one-time purchase — not a subscription — that opens Skill Trials and the Workshop, and removes the limit on drills. The Pro League becomes available after all 20 Open League courses are cleared.

Screenshots

Idle Energy Empire4 screens
Block'n'Roll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Block'n'Roll at none against Idle Energy Empire's shown. Idle Energy Empire's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Idle Energy Empire sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Block'n'Roll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Idle Energy Empire versus Block'n'Roll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Energy EmpireBlock'n'Roll
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (144 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings144 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size273 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSOZAPTakayuki Hamuro

Bugs and requests

Idle Energy Empire

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Button to upgrade factory not working
  • Stuck at loading screen
  • Unable to progress past first factory

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more factories (4, 5, 6)
  • Paid version to remove ads
  • Ability to scroll or resize tasks

Block'n'Roll

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Idle Energy Empire

One-time13
  • Starter Pack$0.99
  • Few gems$1.99
  • Gem Pack Offer$1.99
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  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Factory 2 Offer$4.99
  • Factory 3 Offer$4.99
  • Gems pack 2$4.99
  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Factory 2 Offer$6.99
  • Factory 3 Offer$6.99
  • Gem pack 3$9.99
  • Gem pack 5$19.99
  • Gem pack 5$49.99
1 purchases

Block'n'Roll

One-time1
  • Block'n'Roll Pro$12.99

Questions

Is Idle Energy Empire free?
Idle Energy Empire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Block'n'Roll free?
Block'n'Roll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Idle Energy Empire or Block'n'Roll have ads?
Idle Energy Empire shows ads; Block'n'Roll does not.

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