Comparison

Chronosmith TimeQuarry vs SIDES

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

Head to head
About

Chronosmith TimeQuarry

Mine for ores and gems, then craft them into better tools. Sell your findings for coins to upgrade your equipment and increase your mining efficiency. Enjoy a pure idle progression experience with pixel art and synth beats, playable offline.

Highlights
  • Tap to dig and collect ores/gems
  • Forge items at the anvil
  • Sell loot on the market
  • Upgrade mining speed and haul capacity
  • Pixel art graphics
  • Synth beat soundtrack
  • Offline play
Features
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ChronoSmith: Time Quarry Mine deeper. Craft smarter. Sell higher. Upgrade faster. That’s the loop. → Tap to dig — break blocks, collect ores and gems. → Forge at the anvil — turn loot into better tools. → Sell on the market — trade for coins. → Upgrade everything — faster mining, bigger hauls. Pixel art. Synth beats. Works offline. No timers. No forced ads. Just pure idle progression. Start digging. Keep upgrading!

About

SIDES

Control a triangle that must survive for sixty seconds in an arena. Defeat the boss, which has one more side than you, to transform into it and gain new abilities. Progress through increasingly complex shapes and challenges.

Highlights
  • Shape progression
  • Boss battles
  • One-thumb controls
  • Persistent upgrades (Resonance)
  • Offline play
  • Optional rewarded ads
Features
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You are a triangle. The arena fills. Survive sixty seconds and the boss walks in — the shape with one more side than you. Beat it, and you become it. Every vertex is a weapon mount. Ascend from triangle to square to pentagon and beyond, into stars, star polygons, mandalas and the solids — each form multiplies your whole arsenal, and each boss is the next you. ONE THUMB. Kite, collect, and pick your draft between rounds. Sixty-second rounds, a run in ten minutes, a deep climb in an hour. RESONANCE. Every climb pays flux; flux buys permanent Resonance — sharper edges, a harder hull, faster blood. The ladder remembers your best form and lets you start from it. THREATS AND BOUNTIES. Four threat levels, a Wanted ladder that stacks handicaps for more flux, relic chests with real downsides, daily signals, seasonal skins. No account. Plays offline. Your save follows you through iCloud. Ads are optional, rewarded and never personalised. Game Center achievements and leaderboards.

Screenshots

Chronosmith TimeQuarry4 screens
SIDES4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SIDES at 5.0 against Chronosmith TimeQuarry's 3.0. On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Chronosmith TimeQuarry sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and SIDES sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SIDES holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Chronosmith TimeQuarry versus SIDES: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChronosmith TimeQuarrySIDES
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB16 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTempusforge StudioShai Ankori

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Chronosmith TimeQuarry

One-time10
  • Small Stack of Gold$1.99
  • Craft Recipe - Common$1.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
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  • Bag of Gold$4.99
  • Large Stack of Gold$9.99
  • Craft Recipe - Uncommon$9.99
  • Heap of Gold$19.99
  • Craft Recipe - Rare$24.99
  • Mount of Gold$49.99
  • Craft Recipe - Legendary$59.99
5 purchases

SIDES

One-time5
  • Flux Pocket$0.99
  • Founder's Pack$2.99
  • Flux Case$3.99
Show 2 more
  • Prism Premium$4.99
  • Flux Vault$7.99

Questions

Is Chronosmith TimeQuarry free?
Chronosmith TimeQuarry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SIDES free?
SIDES is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chronosmith TimeQuarry or SIDES?
SIDES is rated higher. Chronosmith TimeQuarry averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while SIDES averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Chronosmith TimeQuarry or SIDES have ads?
Both Chronosmith TimeQuarry and SIDES show ads.

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