Comparison

Prison Struggle vs Quietblade

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

Head to head
About

Prison Struggle

Engage in a gritty idle-RPG where you rise through the criminal ranks from petty theft to major heists. Earn cash and XP even when offline, specialize your character with skill trees, and craft gear. Recruit cellmates and join crews to conquer territory and compete in raids and fights.

Highlights
  • Idle earning while offline
  • Eleven escalating criminal jobs
  • Four skill branches for specialization
  • Gear collection and crafting
  • Recruit and upgrade cellmates
  • Daily contracts and bounties
  • Cooperative endless raids
  • 1v1 player and NPC fights
Features
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Do the time. Run the crime. Prison Struggle: Idle is a gritty crime idle-RPG set inside the walls. Start by combing the yard drains for loose change and claw your way up to blowing the main vault wide open. Every job you pull earns cash and XP — and the hustle keeps paying out even while you're locked away from your phone. EARN WHILE YOU'RE AWAY Your inmate keeps working when the app is closed. Come back to stacks of cash and a pile of loot from the jobs that ran while you were gone. Tap in, collect, and push for the next big score. CLIMB THE CRIMINAL LADDER Eleven escalating jobs, from petty pickpocketing and shakedowns to armed robbery, breakout runs, and full-blown vault demolition. Bigger scores demand more nerve, the right gear, and a body built for the work. SPECIALIZE YOUR BUILD Unlock four skill branches — Muscle, Hustle, Stealth, and Influence — and spend skill points on permanent upgrades that stick with you. Boost raw power, juice crime payouts, sharpen drop rates, or stack bonuses for raids, fights, and territory wars. Respec when your hustle changes direction. GEAR UP Loot shivs, brass knuckles, pistols, riot shields, kevlar, gold chains, and legendary blades from your crimes and boss fights. Equip the best with one tap, sell the rest, and tune your build around four stats — Attack, Defense, Speed, and Stealth. THE WORKSHOP Salvage duplicate gear into materials and craft contraband in your own queue — lockpicks, guard uniforms, burner phones, and more. The best inmates don't just loot the yard; they manufacture what the block can't buy. RECRUIT CELLMATES Build a crew of idle earners tied to your crimes. Each cellmate stashes cash passively while you run the yard. Upgrade them, collect their haul, and watch your idle income compound. DAILY CONTRACTS Fresh bounties every day — hit crime targets, win fights, deal raid damage, craft gear, upgrade cellmates, and more. Chain completions for streak rewards and bonus cash. PIMP YOUR CELL Spend your earnings on permanent upgrades: a weight bench for raw power, a smuggled treadmill for speed, a false wall panel to stay unseen, black-market rations to soak up punishment. A fully kitted cell is the difference between a small-time crook and the inmate who runs the block. ENDLESS RAID — TOGETHER The whole block fights one shared boss at a time. Every kill spawns a stronger successor — climb stages together before the 4-hour window runs out. Chip HP in real time, share the loot with everyone who contributed, and push for the highest stage score before the run ends. Raids spend Energy, separate from Nerve, so auto-running crimes never drains your fight bar dry. 1v1 FIGHTS Challenge NPCs and real players head-to-head for cash, XP, and loot when you've got the muscle to back it up. JOIN A CREW. CLAIM THE YARD. Form or join a gang, climb the leaderboards, search for rivals by name, and fight for control of the prison map. Conquer territory tile by tile across a living seasonal map — every tile your crew holds buffs every member. Launch war strikes against rival gangs and grind your way to the top before the 14-day season resets. FAIR PLAY, BUILT IN Every payout, drop, and boss hit is verified on the server, so leaderboards and territory wars are won by the smartest hustle — not by cheaters. Gritty. Tense. Always grinding. Build your rep, gear up, gang up, and take over the block. Crime never sleeps. Will you?

About

Quietblade

This is a calm, offline-first idle RPG where your character automatically explores and collects resources. Return to manage your character's health, equip new weapons, and make permanent upgrades to progress through challenging areas.

Highlights
  • Automatic offline exploration
  • Resource collection and management
  • Weapon finding and improvement
  • Permanent character training
  • Home-screen widgets
  • Manual boss challenges
Features
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Quietblade is a calm, offline-first idle RPG built for short, satisfying check-ins. Rook keeps exploring while the app is closed. Return to see each encounter, collect gold and weapons, recover at camp, time a ration boost, and choose permanent upgrades. • Automatic offline exploration • Health, rest, potions, and six-hour food boosts • Weapons to find, equip, improve, and salvage • Permanent attack and vitality training • Small and medium home-screen widgets • Optional iCloud save mirror • Dark mode and Liquid Glass design • Area routes and manual boss challenges • No player account • Consent-gated ads with monthly and lifetime ad-free choices Difficulty rises by area. Prepare with equipment, training, food, or rest, then choose when to challenge each boss. Ordinary victories restore a little health, and an ordinary defeat begins recovery automatically. Game works without any payment. Optional supplies, voluntary reward videos, and monthly or lifetime ad-free access support continued development. Advertising is consent-gated and follows iOS tracking choices. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Prison Struggle4 screens
Quietblade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Quietblade at 67% against Prison Struggle's 0%. Prison Struggle's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and rating (4.0 vs 3.8). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Quietblade sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Prison Struggle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Prison Struggle holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Prison Struggle's written reviews are positive against 67% of Quietblade's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prison Struggle ships an update weekly, Quietblade every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Prison Struggle versus Quietblade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrison StruggleQuietblade
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB19 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLockdown GamingMarios Pentelas

Customer experience

Prison Struggle

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Quietblade

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Prison Struggle

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Quietblade

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Ad-Free$1.991 Month
One-time4
  • Full Heal$0.99
  • Field Supplies$1.99
  • Lifetime Ad-Free$2.99
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  • Lifetime Ad-Free$8.99

Questions

Is Prison Struggle free?
Prison Struggle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quietblade free?
Quietblade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Prison Struggle or Quietblade?
Prison Struggle is rated higher. Prison Struggle averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Quietblade averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Prison Struggle or Quietblade have ads?
Both Prison Struggle and Quietblade show ads.
Which is updated more often, Prison Struggle or Quietblade?
Prison Struggle ships an update weekly, and Quietblade every 3 weeks. Most recently, Prison Struggle was updated on October 17, 2026 and Quietblade on October 11, 2026.

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