Fish Evolution vs Archmage Idle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fish Evolution
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Build your own aquarium and evolve your fish step by step! Tap to earn coins, unlock new species, upgrade your tank and enjoy a calm idle gameplay loop. Perfect for fans of idle games, clickers and relaxing aquarium simulators.
Archmage Idle
An idle RPG where you train skills and recruit wizards to conquer foes. Your skills directly impact combat and resource management, with unique abilities like Chronomancy and Diplomacy tying everything together. Collect items and manage resources while your guild works offline.
- Interconnected skill system
- Recruit and train wizards
- Elemental hex map combat
- Resource management (Runecrafting, Alchemy, Mercantile)
- Offline guild progression
- Item collection
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Train Skills. Recruit Wizards. Conquer Foes. An idle/incremental RPG with deeply interconnected skills. Your skills feed the frontlines: Attunement, Summoning, and Sigilry power your wizards as they fight across an elemental hex map. Your skills feed the supply lines: Research, Runecrafting, Alchemy, Mercantile, and Scavenging keep the resources flowing. And skills you won't find anywhere else, like Chronomancy, Diplomacy, and Appraisal, tie it all together. Burn Runes in the Runic Cauldron. Train wizards at the Academy. Sell surplus goods on the Bazaar. Collect hundreds of items that fuel both your skilling and your combat. Your guild keeps working while you're offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fish Evolution at none against Archmage Idle's 9. Fish Evolution also leads on ads (none vs shown). Archmage Idle's advantage is chart position (#85 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Archmage Idle sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Fish Evolution asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Fish Evolution | Archmage Idle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (74 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 77.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 74 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #85 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 379 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mustafa Cakar | TopCog LLC |
In-app purchases
Fish Evolution
No in-app purchases
Archmage Idle
- Time Warp$0.99
- VIP 1 - Apprentice Patron$2.99
- Remove Ads + XP Boost$4.99
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- VIP 2 - Adept Patron$4.99
- Animus Augment$9.99
- Time Warp x10$9.99
- VIP 3 - Mage Patron$9.99
- VIP 4 - Grandmage Patron$14.99
- VIP 5 - Archmage Patron$19.99
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