Comparison

Frontier Town vs Frontier Junction

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

Head to head
About

Frontier Town

Transform a barren plot into a thriving Wild West settlement by strategically building and upgrading various establishments. Hire diverse personnel to boost productivity and unlock special bonuses, all while managing income to expand your frontier empire.

Highlights
  • Build key establishments
  • Generate and collect income
  • Upgrade buildings
  • Hire diverse personnel
  • Expand frontier empire
  • Wild West aesthetic
Features
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Turn a barren land into a bustling Wild West town with your precise management! Step into the dusty boots of a pioneer and build your very own Wild West town from the ground up! In Frontier Town: Idle RPG, start with a barren patch of land and transform it into a bustling frontier settlement filled with saloons, banks, general stores, and more. As your town grows, earn money from each building to expand, upgrade, and hire new personnel, turning your settlement into the most prosperous town in the West! Build Your Town!: Place key buildings like saloons, stables, banks, and train stations to attract settlers and travelers. Make Money!: Each building generates income that you can collect to invest back into your town. Plan your upgrades to increase your revenue effectively! Upgrade Buildings! Improve your structures to increase their income output, visual appeal, and functionality. Hire Personnel! Employ bartenders, blacksmiths, lawmen, miners, and merchants to enhance productivity and unlock special bonuses. With a vibrant cartoonish Wild West aesthetic, charming animations, your town will come to life with bustling activity as you build the ultimate frontier tycoon empire!

About

Frontier Junction

Features
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Frontier Junction is a cozy settlement builder about making a small valley thrive. Start in Millbrook with a few plots and a handful of tools. Sow crops, tend animals, and turn what you grow into bread, bricks, tools and more. Then send carts down the road to Ironridge, where the mine and the smelter are, and keep going until four settlements are working together. What you'll do - Farm and raise animals, then process what you harvest - Build, move and rearrange workshops between plots - Send carts along roads and set routes to run automatically - Fill town orders and help revitalize each settlement - Load goods onto the Valley Line and watch the trains run - Decorate your towns with props from the trading post Made to be relaxed - No clocks on the screen and nothing to keep up with - Your towns keep working while you're away, and a short note tells you what finished - Fully playable offline, and no account needed - Optional sign-in to keep your progress safe across devices - Coin packs are optional. Everything in the game can be earned by playing Play a few minutes at a time, or settle in for an evening.

Screenshots

Frontier Town4 screens
Frontier Junction2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Frontier Town at none against Frontier Junction's 3. Frontier Junction's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Frontier Junction sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Frontier Town asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Frontier Town versus Frontier Junction: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrontier TownFrontier Junction
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (153 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings153 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB119 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperYALP GAMES LLCHome Field Studio LLC

In-app purchases

None

Frontier Town

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Frontier Junction

One-time3
  • Pocketful of Coins$1.99
  • Traveler's Purse$7.99
  • Settler's Strongbox$15.99

Questions

Is Frontier Town free?
Frontier Town is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Frontier Junction free?
Frontier Junction is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Frontier Town or Frontier Junction have ads?
Frontier Town shows ads; Frontier Junction does not.

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