Comparison

Winter Burrow vs Pocket Forge

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

Head to head
About

Winter Burrow

A cozy woodland survival game where you play as a mouse restoring their ruined home. Explore, gather resources, craft items, and befriend locals to uncover a mystery. Play at your own pace and customize your experience.

Highlights
  • Cozy woodland survival gameplay
  • Resource gathering and crafting
  • Home restoration and decoration
  • Character customization
  • Story-driven mystery
  • Play at your own pace
Features
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Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game. Explore, gather resources, craft tools, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals! In Winter Burrow, you play a mouse who returns from the big city to find their childhood home in ruins. To make matters worse, your Aunt (who was supposed to be looking after it) has gone missing. Restore your broken-down childhood burrow to its former glory so you can relax in front of the fireplace. Brave the elements and journey out into the frozen wilderness to collect vital resources for both yourself and your new home. Beware of the insect wildlife and remember that nobody survives on their own; find new friends, expand your survival handbook and solve the mystery of what happened to your Aunt. Winter Burrow is a survival game you play at your own pace. Customize your character, decorate your burrow and choose a path that fits your play style. This story is yours to tell.

About

Pocket Forge

Features
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Run your own fantasy forge. Hammer out weapons, sell them to adventurers who line up outside your shop, and reinvest the gold into a bigger, faster smithy. THE FORGE LOOP - Forge a weapon, watch the progress bar fill, sell it the moment it is done. - Buy upgrades for your anvil, hammer, furnace, bellows and shop to forge faster and sell for more. - Unlock 20 weapons, from a humble Wooden Sword up through late-game masterwork blades, each with its own price and forge time. - Hit 5 forge milestones as your weapon collection grows, each one a permanent boost to your income. KEEP EARNING WHILE YOU'RE AWAY - Your forge keeps working even when the app is closed. Come back to a "While you were away" summary and collect the gold you earned, capped at 8 hours. - Want more? Watch a short rewarded video to double that offline haul. Entirely optional, never required. ADS THAT ASK, NEVER INTERRUPT - No banner ads. No forced interstitials between screens. - Every ad in Pocket Forge is a rewarded video you choose to watch, for a bonus like a 2x offline haul, a temporary production boost, or a mystery merchant chest. Skip them and you still progress, just a little slower. PREMIUM FORGE (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) - Prefer to play without watching any videos? Premium Forge gives you every ad reward instantly and permanently: 2x offline earnings, production boosts and mystery chests, plus a royal forge scene. One purchase, no ads to sit through. NO ACCOUNT, NO NOISE - No login, no game server, no multiplayer, no chat. Your save lives on your device. - Simple haptics, sound effects and forge animations that stay out of the way of the tap-forge-sell loop. Pocket Forge: Dungeon Smith is built by a solo developer (iCyan Studio). Questions or feedback: icyanstudio2025@gmail.com.

Screenshots

Winter Burrow4 screens
Pocket Forge3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Winter Burrow at none against Pocket Forge's shown. Winter Burrow also leads on chart position (#105 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. Winter Burrow sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Pocket Forge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Winter Burrow versus Pocket Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWinter BurrowPocket Forge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (526 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings526 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#105 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size385 MB44 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNoodlecakeFong Wun Chen

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Winter Burrow

One-time2
  • Unlock Full Game$5.99
  • Unlock Full Game$9.99
1 purchases

Pocket Forge

One-time1
  • Premium Forge$3.99

Questions

Is Winter Burrow free?
Winter Burrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Forge free?
Pocket Forge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Winter Burrow or Pocket Forge have ads?
Pocket Forge shows ads; Winter Burrow does not.

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