ROCK!! vs Buffering
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ROCK!!
An incremental game focused on mining rocks. Players craft, sell, and upgrade resources to dig deeper into the planet, making unique bonus choices. It offers more autonomy than typical idle games while remaining accessible to newcomers.
- Incremental rock mining gameplay
- Crafting and selling resources
- Strategic upgrade paths
- Unique bonus choices
- No ads or in-app purchases
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ROCK is an incremental game about mining rocks! Craft, sell, and upgrade various resources to dig through the planet, with an emphasis on choosing unique bonuses along the way! Players with experience in the genre will hopefully notice more autonomy than other idle games, while still being easy enough for new players. Combined with NO ads, NO in-app purchases, and NO offline progress means you can play as much as you want! Try to win as fast as you can and, most importantly, good luck!
Buffering
Compete with friends in a weekly Survivor-style game. Predict which cast member will survive each round. Get eliminated if your pick is wrong.
- Weekly cast member predictions
- Elimination-based gameplay
- Compete with friends
- Season-long challenges
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Buffering lets you compete with your friends during a season of Survivor! Each week, pick a cast member you think will survive. Pick wrong and you're out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Buffering at 3 against ROCK!!'s —. Buffering also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). ROCK!!'s advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ROCK!! against 5.0 for Buffering. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | ROCK!! | Buffering |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Kanter | Tomas Agrest |
In-app purchases
ROCK!!
No in-app purchases
Buffering
No in-app purchases
