Comparison

Blackstone Legend vs Next Agers

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

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About

Blackstone Legend

Inherit a town and become a master craftsman in this business simulation adventure. Rebuild your town, recruit heroes, trade with clients, and craft legendary equipment. Explore dangerous realms, uncover treasures, and unravel mysteries to restore your lineage.

Highlights
  • Rebuild workshops, shops, and warehouses
  • Sign contracts and recruit heroes
  • Craft and sell equipment to various races
  • Assemble a legendary squad for adventures
  • Discover hidden labyrinths and treasure maps
  • Cultivate farmland and cook meals
  • Build and develop a guild
Features
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Welcome to Blackstone! It's a business simulation game with casual and creative gameplay. You will play the role of a town owner who inherits the town from his grandfather, embarking on an adventure and becoming a great craftsman! In order to revitalize the town, you need to rebuild the workshop, shops and warehouse, sign contracts with the goblin Chamber of Commercial, and recruit heroes and adventurers to join your team. You need to trade with honored clients from various forces and unlock new blueprints. You will assemble a legendary squad of heroes to venture into realms of ancient danger, battling fearsome monsters and gathering crucial resources. Delve into labyrinthine depths, uncovering hidden treasure maps that reveal cryptic puzzles and unlock long-lost treasures. Unravel the mysteries of your lineage as you navigate through traps and ancient runes, culminating in the ultimate quest to seize the mythical artifacts! Game features: -- Make equipment in the workshop and sell them to humans, dwarves, elves, and werewolves. -- Hold banquets at the tavern to attract adventurers and heroes. Build up a mercenary team to embark on adventures, defeat monsters, and obtain various rare materials. -- Hundreds of exquisite blueprints are available in the game. Collect them to complete your gallery. -- Cultivate farmland, collect ingredients, and provide delicious meals for customers. -- Feed and dress up your farm pets which will help you run your business. -- Adventure in a magical realm with dynamic weather patterns. Explore mystic territories and challenge bosses. -- Discover hidden labyrinths, complete fun challenges, and locate treasure map fragments. -- Collect avatars and DIY your image. -- Build a guild and develop guild techs. Join various events with guild members.

About

Next Agers

Lead a civilization from the Stone Age to the future, developing technologies and building iconic world wonders. Recruit unique troops from different eras and engage in real-time strategic battles. Manage your city's economy and form alliances with other players.

Highlights
  • Era progression
  • World Wonders construction
  • Unique troop types
  • Real-time strategy battles
  • City management
  • Alliance system
Features
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Next Agers is a civilization-themed, city-building and strategy game. Experience the role of a civilization's leader and lead the populace toward continuous development and expansion, building a civilization whose name will last for eternity. [Era Progression] Lead the people on a daring discovery of the unknown. Choose your technology development path and complete the evolution from the primitive Stone Age to the dark Middle Ages, and onwards into the marvelous future ages, reproducing all of the cornerstone inventions of human history. [World Wonders] Experience the charms of history's greatest civilizations, building famous wonders of the world and making your cities into civilizational landmarks. [Unique Troop Types] Recruit troop types from various civilizations and eras, with the possibility of seeing cavemen fight tanks and airplanes on the battlefield. Each troop type has its own specialty, and only by playing to strengths and avoiding weaknesses can you overcome the enemy. [Freedom to Build] Freely build your cities, giving them the forms you desire. [Domestic Management] Manage the city's affairs by increasing its manpower and optimally assigning them to various production industries, growing your economy and developing new technologies. [Legendary Leaders] The legendary leaders of the world's civilizations will appear one after another. Invite them as allies to join your city, fight with them side by side or ask them to assist with management. Whether or not the talents of these giants of history are fully realized will be decided by you. [Real-Time Battle] Engage in real-time and large-scale strategy-based battles. Plan your formations and send them out, using famous generals across history as key factors that shift the battle. [Form Alliances] Create an Alliance with other players, advancing through collaboration and developing the Alliance's territory together. Next Agers is a free-to-play game. Some in-game items (including random items) can be purchased.

Screenshots

Blackstone Legend4 screens
Next Agers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Next Agers at none against Blackstone Legend's shown. Next Agers also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Blackstone Legend's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 147). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Blackstone Legend sells 20 one-off in-app purchases and Next Agers sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Blackstone Legend against 4.7 for Next Agers. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blackstone Legend has 1.2K ratings behind it against 147, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of Blackstone Legend's written reviews are positive against 44% of Next Agers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blackstone Legend ships an update every 2 weeks, Next Agers every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Blackstone Legend versus Next Agers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackstone LegendNext Agers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.2K ratings)4.7 (147 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.8% of reviews — better43.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better147
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.4 GB642 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperBabuyo GamesCAMEL GAMES LIMITED

Customer experience

Blackstone Legend

All ratings1,206 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral6.9%
Negative48.3%

Next Agers

All ratings147 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral0.7%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative53.1%

Bugs and requests

Blackstone Legend

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Unable to craft knives, blocking progression
  • Inconsistent day/night cycle between gameplay and visuals

Requested features

2 requests
  • Apply day/night cycle consistently across the game
  • Improve crafting system and make it more accessible

Next Agers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

20 purchases

Blackstone Legend

One-time20
  • Random Research Material Chests$0.99
  • Random Research Tool Chests$0.99
  • New Lord Pack 1$1.99
Show 17 more
  • 240 Rubies$1.99
  • Noads$4.99
  • Level Revival$4.99
  • DailyTask Revival$4.99
  • 650 Rubies$4.99
  • Contest Material Pack -2$9.99
  • 75 Craftsman's Marks$9.99
  • Golden Rewards$9.99
  • Monthly Card$9.99
  • 1320 Rubies$9.99
  • Golden Pass$9.99
  • Recipe Line: Fine Cuisine$19.99
  • Moon Spring & Orbs Bundle$19.99
  • Recipe Line: Drink$19.99
  • 2800 Rubies$19.99
  • Super Festival Pack$26.99
  • Super Festival Pack$29.99
14 purchases

Next Agers

One-time14
  • 0.99 USD Pack$0.99
  • 1.99 USD Pack$1.99
  • 2.99 USD Pack$2.99
Show 11 more
  • 3.99 USD Pack$3.99
  • 4.99 USD Pack$4.99
  • 5.99 USD Pack$5.99
  • 6.99 USD Pack$6.99
  • 9.99 USD Pack$9.99
  • 14.99 USD Pack$14.99
  • 19.99 USD Pack$19.99
  • 24.99 USD Pack$24.99
  • 29.99 USD Pack$29.99
  • 49.99 USD Pack$49.99
  • 99.99 USD Pack$99.99

Questions

Is Blackstone Legend free?
Blackstone Legend is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Next Agers free?
Next Agers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blackstone Legend or Next Agers?
Next Agers is rated higher. Blackstone Legend averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Next Agers averages 4.7 from 147 ratings.
Do Blackstone Legend or Next Agers have ads?
Blackstone Legend shows ads; Next Agers does not.
Which is updated more often, Blackstone Legend or Next Agers?
Blackstone Legend ships an update every 2 weeks, and Next Agers every 9 days. Most recently, Blackstone Legend was updated on October 28, 2026 and Next Agers on October 24, 2026.

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