ROCK!! vs Archmage Idle
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!
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.
- Interconnected skill system
- Recruit and train wizards
- Elemental hex map combat
- Resource management
- Offline 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: 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
Both are free to download. Archmage Idle sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. ROCK!! asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | ROCK!! | Archmage Idle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.7 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 82.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #140 — better |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 346 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Kanter | TopCog LLC |
In-app purchases
ROCK!!
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





