Comparison

Level Up Village! vs Pocket Forge

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

Head to head
About

Level Up Village!

Build a thriving village and gather heroes to battle monsters in this idle town-building simulator. Enjoy auto-battles, hero collection, and an infinite growth system. Your town and heroes grow even when you're offline.

Highlights
  • Idle town-building simulation
  • Auto battles with offline progression
  • Hero collection and team strategy
  • Hero leveling, promotion, and talent system
  • Tower climbing and treasure discovery
  • Charming pixel art graphics
Features
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▶ Hero Town in Crisis?! Right in Front of the Demon Lord’s Castle?! Build your village, gather heroes, and fight back against endless monsters! A vertical idle simulation with auto battles and strategic town-building! ▶ Idle Town-Building Simulation Slay monsters and collect resources to construct and upgrade your own village. Create a thriving town that grows even while you're away. ▶ Auto Battles & Explosive Growth Turn off the game, and your heroes keep fighting! Gain experience and loot automatically to grow fast. ▶ Hero Collection & Team Strategy Recruit pixel-art heroes with unique jobs and skills. Build the ultimate team and take down powerful monsters with synergy. ▶ The Ultimate Hero Growth System Level up, promote, and unlock talents. Enjoy an infinite growth loop packed with upgrade satisfaction. ▶ Climb the Tower & Discover Hidden Treasures Explore unknown floors, defeat boss monsters, and find rare loot! ▶ Charming Pixel Art Heroes Cute and quirky pixel characters, flashy skills, and a delightful little town! Enjoy the fun of collecting and growing in a world full of charm. Start building your town and summon your heroes now! A growing town, evolving battles, and nonstop idle progression await! Play Level Up Village today!

About

Pocket Forge

Features
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Run your own fantasy forge. Hammer out weapons, sell them to adventurers who line up outside your shop, and reinvest the gold into a bigger, faster smithy. THE FORGE LOOP - Forge a weapon, watch the progress bar fill, sell it the moment it is done. - Buy upgrades for your anvil, hammer, furnace, bellows and shop to forge faster and sell for more. - Unlock 20 weapons, from a humble Wooden Sword up through late-game masterwork blades, each with its own price and forge time. - Hit 5 forge milestones as your weapon collection grows, each one a permanent boost to your income. KEEP EARNING WHILE YOU'RE AWAY - Your forge keeps working even when the app is closed. Come back to a "While you were away" summary and collect the gold you earned, capped at 8 hours. - Want more? Watch a short rewarded video to double that offline haul. Entirely optional, never required. ADS THAT ASK, NEVER INTERRUPT - No banner ads. No forced interstitials between screens. - Every ad in Pocket Forge is a rewarded video you choose to watch, for a bonus like a 2x offline haul, a temporary production boost, or a mystery merchant chest. Skip them and you still progress, just a little slower. PREMIUM FORGE (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) - Prefer to play without watching any videos? Premium Forge gives you every ad reward instantly and permanently: 2x offline earnings, production boosts and mystery chests, plus a royal forge scene. One purchase, no ads to sit through. NO ACCOUNT, NO NOISE - No login, no game server, no multiplayer, no chat. Your save lives on your device. - Simple haptics, sound effects and forge animations that stay out of the way of the tap-forge-sell loop. Pocket Forge: Dungeon Smith is built by a solo developer (iCyan Studio). Questions or feedback: icyanstudio2025@gmail.com.

Screenshots

Level Up Village!4 screens
Pocket Forge3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Level Up Village! at 13.0 against Pocket Forge's 15.0. On price, ads, 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. Level Up Village! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Pocket Forge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Level Up Village! versus Pocket Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLevel Up Village!Pocket Forge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (670 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings670 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperekgamesFong Wun Chen

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Level Up Village!

One-time10
  • Level Up Village Package 15$0.99
  • Level Up Village Package 16$1.99
  • Level Up Village Package 1$1.99
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  • Level Up Village Package 17$3.99
  • Level Up Village Package 2$3.99
  • Level Up Village Package 3$7.99
  • No Ads$8.99
  • Auto Hunt Reward x2$14.99
  • Level Up Village Package 10$17.99
  • Level Up Village Package 4$17.99
1 purchases

Pocket Forge

One-time1
  • Premium Forge$3.99

Questions

Is Level Up Village! free?
Level Up Village! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Forge free?
Pocket Forge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Level Up Village! or Pocket Forge have ads?
Both Level Up Village! and Pocket Forge show ads.

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