Comparison

Archmage Idle vs Fortune Mill

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

Head to head
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.

About

Fortune Mill

An incremental game where players earn money through various minigames to escape. Unlock upgrades, recruit creatures, and discover synergies across different game mechanics. Features New Game+ for extended replayability.

Highlights
  • Earn $1,000,000 to escape
  • Play darts and scratch-off tickets
  • Unlock automation and pachinko
  • Recruit unique creatures
  • Over 220 upgrades
  • Cross-room synergies
  • New Game+ mode
Features
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The hit incremental game where you must make $1,000,000 to escape! Throw darts, play scratch-off tickets, unlock automation, drop pachinko balls, and discover powerful synergies as each new game affects all the others! Fortune Mill can be downloaded for free and after you purchase the game, you will be able to enjoy the entire game with no additional payments. A single purchase unlocks the entire game! GAME FEATURES: • 5 rooms full of upgrades and unique creatures to recruit. The machine gun mouse, known as Rattling Gunner, is a fan favorite for a reason! • 220+ upgrades across the whole game, with each one changing how the game is played! • Cross-Room synergies. Each room affects the others - discover dozens of interesting combos! • New Game+ and other bonus modes which give the game huge replay-value, filled with unique upgrades only found after beating the game for the first time! NOTE: You will not receive cross-promotional pets for other games from beating Fortune Mill here in the iOS version.

Screenshots

Archmage Idle4 screens
Fortune Mill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Archmage Idle at 82% against Fortune Mill's 34%. Archmage Idle also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 days) and ratings volume (50 vs 1). Fortune Mill's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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 and Fortune Mill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fortune Mill 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Archmage Idle's written reviews are positive against 34% of Fortune Mill's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Archmage Idle ships an update daily, Fortune Mill every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Archmage Idle versus Fortune Mill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArchmage IdleFortune Mill
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (50 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews — better33.5% of reviews
Number of ratings50 — better1
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 6 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#190 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size346 MB215 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTopCog LLCLavaflamestudios LLC

Customer experience

Archmage Idle

All ratings50 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative14.7%

Fortune Mill

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews191 reviews
Positive33.5%
Neutral24.1%
Negative42.4%

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
1 purchases

Fortune Mill

One-time1
  • Fortune Mill - Full Game$9.99

Questions

Is Archmage Idle free?
Archmage Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fortune Mill free?
Fortune Mill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Archmage Idle or Fortune Mill?
Fortune Mill is rated higher. Archmage Idle averages 4.7 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while Fortune Mill averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Archmage Idle or Fortune Mill have ads?
Archmage Idle shows ads; Fortune Mill does not.
Which is updated more often, Archmage Idle or Fortune Mill?
Archmage Idle ships an update daily, and Fortune Mill every 6 days. Most recently, Archmage Idle was updated on September 23, 2026 and Fortune Mill on September 24, 2026.

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