Silicon Evolution vs Pocket Forge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Silicon Evolution
Build a computing empire from an 8-bit CPU to a quantum supercomputer. Invest in research, upgrade hardware, and prestige to accelerate your progress through technology eras. Enjoy idle gameplay with persistent legacy income.
- Build a computing empire
- 8 technology eras
- Invest in research
- Prestige system
- Legacy hardware income
- Multiple architecture paths
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Start with a single 8-bit CPU. End up running a quantum supercomputer. Everything in between is up to you. Silicon Evolution is an idle game about building a computing empire across 8 technology eras. Buy hardware, invest in research, prestige to keep your gains, and come back to find your empire still ticking away while you were gone. The research tree has 122 nodes across 11 categories - power, cooling, networking, security, virtualization and more. Each node has 5 levels. It takes a while to work through all of it, and that's kind of the point. Once you hit the 32-bit era, you pick an architecture path that sticks for the rest of the run: - Overclocker: your cycle output goes up 60% and the Boost button lasts twice as long - Architect: knowledge generation goes up 80% and research gets 40% cheaper - Resilience: offline earnings jump 120% and your legacy hardware earns 3x as much Prestige resets your hardware but not your silicon shards, which permanently multiply what you earn. Each run is a bit faster than the last. After enough runs you can reset everything for a leaderboard time and try to beat yourself. Old hardware never disappears - it becomes legacy income that keeps paying out forever. No paywalls. No timers you can pay to skip. The only in-app purchase removes ads, and that's it.
Pocket Forge
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Pocket Forge at 2 against Silicon Evolution's —. Pocket Forge also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). On price and in-app purchases 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. Silicon Evolution sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pocket Forge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Silicon Evolution | Pocket Forge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan Schmidt | Fong Wun Chen |
In-app purchases
Silicon Evolution
- Make Silicon Evolution AD free$2.99
Pocket Forge
- Premium Forge$3.99
Questions
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