Comparison

Gladiators World vs ClockmakersBench

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

Head to head
About

Gladiators World

Features
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Create your unique gladiator and dive into the world of thrilling online battles! Showcase your agility, strategic thinking, and cunning to win rewards and become a true arena legend. The gladiators of Rome are waiting for your entrance! Choose from various types of gladiators, participate in intense battles, and climb to the pinnacle of glory. Only the bravest and most skilled warriors can achieve freedom and the recognition of Rome. Are you ready to challenge the best? Key Features of the Game: โ€ข Unique characters and types of gladiators. โ€ข Dynamic online battles. โ€ข The chance to become a legend of Rome. Download World of Gladiators now and begin your journey to glory!

About

ClockmakersBench

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Pull up a stool at the Clockmaker's Bench. This is a calm, hands-on idle game about the slow craft of horology โ€” winding escapements, seating gears into half-built pocket watches, and listening to a whole shelf of finished mechanisms tick away. Start with a bare bench. Tap to wind the mainspring; each turn seats another gear into the movement on your workbench. Finish a watch and place it on the ticking shelf, where it runs on its own and earns coin tick after tick โ€” even while the app is closed. As coin flows in, master finer movements. Unlock the moonphase, then the chronograph, the gravity-defying tourbillon, and finally the perpetual calendar โ€” each grade more intricate, more valuable, and more beautiful on the shelf than the last. Patrons come calling, too. Accept a commission and one of your finished watches auto-ships to its owner overnight, paying coin plus patina โ€” a prestige currency you spend on permanent polish that lifts your whole workshop. What you'll do: - Tap to wind and watch gears click into place - Fill a ticking shelf that earns coin passively, even offline - Unlock five complication grades, from time-only to perpetual calendar - Fulfil patron commissions for coin and patina - Upgrade your winding power, automatic winder, shelf, and commission slots - Polish your workshop with patina for a permanent yield bonus Clockmaker's Bench is free to play and supported by occasional ads. You can watch an optional short video for a 30-minute taste of doubled yield, or unlock Master Horologist once to remove ads, double all coin and patina forever, and add two extra commission slots. No subscription โ€” a single purchase, restorable on any device. No timers nagging you, no fail states, no rush. Just the quiet satisfaction of a well-built mechanism and a shelf that keeps on ticking. Pull up a stool and start winding.

Screenshots

Gladiators World3 screens
ClockmakersBench4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gladiators World at none against ClockmakersBench's 1. Gladiators World also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). ClockmakersBench's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 9 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. ClockmakersBench sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gladiators World asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gladiators World ships an update every 9 months, ClockmakersBench every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Gladiators World versus ClockmakersBench: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGladiators WorldClockmakersBench
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size56 MB4 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperParkbenchChristian Pedersen

In-app purchases

None

Gladiators World

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ClockmakersBench

One-time1
  • Clockmaker's Bench Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Gladiators World free?
Gladiators World is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClockmakersBench free?
ClockmakersBench is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gladiators World or ClockmakersBench have ads?
Both Gladiators World and ClockmakersBench show ads.
Which is updated more often, Gladiators World or ClockmakersBench?
Gladiators World ships an update every 9 months, and ClockmakersBench every 5 days. Most recently, Gladiators World was updated on October 6, 2026 and ClockmakersBench on October 17, 2026.

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