Comparison

ROCK!! vs Archmage Idle

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

Archmage Idle

An idle RPG where you train skills to empower wizards and manage resources. Your guild continues to work and gather resources even when you are offline, allowing for continuous progression.

Highlights
  • Interconnected skill system
  • Recruit and train wizards
  • Elemental hex map combat
  • Resource management
  • Offline progression
  • Item collection
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Archmage Idle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ROCK!! at none against Archmage Idle's 9. ROCK!! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Archmage Idle's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 3) and chart position (#140 vs unranked). On price and iOS requirement 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. Archmage Idle sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. ROCK!! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ROCK!! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Archmage Idle has 50 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
ROCK!! versus Archmage Idle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterROCK!!Archmage Idle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.7 (50 ratings)
Positive reviews—82.4% of reviews
Number of ratings350 — better
Update frequency—Daily
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#140 — better
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB346 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin KanterTopCog LLC

In-app purchases

None

ROCK!!

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Archmage Idle

One-time9
  • 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

Questions

Is ROCK!! free?
ROCK!! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Archmage Idle free?
Archmage Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ROCK!! or Archmage Idle?
ROCK!! is rated higher. ROCK!! averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Archmage Idle averages 4.7 from 50 ratings.

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