Comparison

Idle Artisan Town vs Duskroot

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

Head to head
About

Idle Artisan Town

Build a thriving weapon crafting town, manage shops, and recruit heroes to defend against monster attacks. Earn gold even while offline and expand your commercial empire.

Highlights
  • Build weapon smiths, armor stores, and magic shops
  • Recruit and lead shopkeeper heroes into battle
  • Relaxing idle gameplay with offline earnings
  • Defend your town from monster attacks
  • Expand your commercial empire
Features
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Forge, Trade, and Defend! Become a legendary Master Artisan in Idle Artisan Town! Your mission is to build a thriving supply town within the dangerous "Iron Bastion." Craft powerful gear, manage your shops, and defend against monster attacks. Are you ready to build the ultimate commercial empire? Build Your Business Empire Start from scratch and build a prosperous town on the frontlines! Open weapon smiths, armor stores, and magic shops. Sell legendary gear to adventurers to earn gold and expand your city. Recruit Shopkeeper Heroes Your shopkeepers are also warriors! Recruit unique heroes like the Blacksmith and the Hunter. Lead them into battle to wipe out monster threats and secure the safety of your town. Relaxing Idle Gameplay Earn gold even while you sleep! Your town keeps running and making money 24/7. Log in anytime to collect huge profits, upgrade facilities, and level up your heroes without the grind. Master, the Iron Bastion needs you! Monsters are approaching. Download Idle Artisan Town now and start your journey to wealth and glory!

About

Duskroot

Cultivate crops, manage a shop, and explore dangerous mines in this cozy farming adventure. Develop your character through a unique skill tree and make strategic decisions in both commerce and combat.

Highlights
  • Farming and crop cultivation
  • Shop management and haggling
  • Mine exploration with combat
  • Branching skill tree progression
  • Optional rewarded ads
  • Cosmetic in-app purchases
Features
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Your grandmother Wren left you her farm. She left the shop too, and the hole in the ground under the field, and not much of an explanation. Water both, she said. Duskroot is a cosy farming game with a mine underneath it. FARM BY DAY Clear the ground, till it, plant it, water it, and bring it in. What you grow is what you have to sell. RUN YOUR OWN SHOP Put a thing on a shelf and put a price on it. Villagers come in, look at what you are asking, and decide. Too dear and they wince. Too cheap and you have fed them for nothing. Nobody ever tells you what anything is worth. You work it out by selling. DELVE BY DUSK Take a pick and a sword down and see how far you get. A sword combo, a bow you hold to draw, slimes, skeletons and a couple of things that are worse. Fall down there, or stay past midnight, and half of what you are carrying stays behind. ONE TREE, TWO LIVES Farming, fighting, mining, fishing and haggling all feed one pool of stars, and one branching tree spends them. There is no class to pick at the start. What you spend it on is who you turn into. FREE, AND IT STAYS FREE There is no paywall anywhere in Duskroot. Two moments offer you a short advert in exchange for a favour: a hint at the shop, and a hand up when you fall in the mine. Both are optional, both are capped, and skipping them costs you nothing. If you would rather never see an advert, the Rootkeeper's Pact takes the adverts away and leaves the favours. There is also a pet to follow you around and a night bloom for the tree, if you want to say thanks. Both are just for looks. Grow it. Sell it. Go down and get more.

Screenshots

Idle Artisan Town4 screens
Duskroot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Idle Artisan Town at 4.8 against Duskroot's 2.0. Idle Artisan Town also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 40%) and ads (none vs shown). Duskroot's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Idle Artisan Town sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Duskroot sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Artisan Town holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Artisan Town has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Idle Artisan Town's written reviews are positive against 40% of Duskroot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Artisan Town ships an update weekly, Duskroot daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Idle Artisan Town versus Duskroot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Artisan TownDuskroot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
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
Size229 MB333 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPalmGame Technology Co LtdMidknight Entertainment LTD.

Customer experience

Idle Artisan Town

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Duskroot

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Idle Artisan Town

One-time11
  • Promo Pack$0.99
  • Diamond 100$0.99
  • Value Pack$2.99
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  • Featured Pack$4.99
  • Diamond 550$4.99
  • Pass Card$9.99
  • Remove all ads$9.99
  • Diamond 1200$9.99
  • Diamond 2500$19.99
  • Diamond 6500$49.99
  • Diamond 14000$79.99
3 purchases

Duskroot

One-time3
  • Rootkeeper's Pact$3.99
  • Feed the Tree$4.99
  • Menagerie$4.99

Questions

Is Idle Artisan Town free?
Idle Artisan Town is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Duskroot free?
Duskroot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Idle Artisan Town or Duskroot?
Idle Artisan Town is rated higher. Idle Artisan Town averages 4.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Duskroot averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Idle Artisan Town or Duskroot have ads?
Duskroot shows ads; Idle Artisan Town does not.
Which is updated more often, Idle Artisan Town or Duskroot?
Idle Artisan Town ships an update weekly, and Duskroot daily. Most recently, Idle Artisan Town was updated on October 24, 2026 and Duskroot on October 25, 2026.

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