Comparison

Fortune Mill vs Descent

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

Head to head
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.

About

Descent

Embark on an old-school mining adventure on your iPhone. Dig through six unique strata, collecting increasingly valuable ores as you descend. Upgrade your rig, strategically use dynamite, and uncover buried secrets to find your way home.

Highlights
  • Six unique strata to explore
  • Collect various ores including gold and platinum
  • Upgrade drill, fuel, cargo, hull, and engine
  • Use dynamite for difficult rock
  • Discover buried bones for rewards
  • Offline play with autosave
Features
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Descent is an old-school mining game, made for iPhone. • Six strata with unique characteristics • Ore gets richer with depth: iron, copper, silver, gold, platinum — and Descentium, the rare guidance ore that opens the way home • Five rig systems to upgrade: drill, fuel tank, cargo bay, hull, engine • Dynamite... for when the rock disagrees with you • Insurance: rescues aren't free! • Buried bones scattered in the deep: assemble the whole skeleton for a payout • Bring 3 Descentium and $150,000 to the launch pad, to complete the game • Autosaves constantly; pick any run back up where you left it • Fully offline. No ads. No in-app purchases. • Game Center and iCloud sync are optional: achievements, leaderboards, and your save on every device The ore gets richer the deeper you go. So does everything trying to stop you!

Screenshots

Fortune Mill4 screens
Descent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Descent at 100% against Fortune Mill's 34%. Descent also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Fortune Mill's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (72 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, 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

Fortune Mill is free to download; Descent costs $1.99 up front. Fortune Mill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Descent asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Descent holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fortune Mill has 72 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Fortune Mill's written reviews are positive against 100% of Descent's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fortune Mill ships an update every 6 days, Descent every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fortune Mill versus Descent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFortune MillDescent
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.1 (72 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size215 MB7 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLavaflamestudios LLCCartographer ApS

Customer experience

Fortune Mill

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews236 reviews
Positive34.3%
Neutral23.3%
Negative42.4%

Descent

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fortune Mill

One-time1
  • Fortune Mill - Full Game$9.99
None

Descent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fortune Mill free?
Fortune Mill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Descent free?
Descent costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fortune Mill or Descent?
Descent is rated higher. Fortune Mill averages 3.1 out of 5 from 72 ratings, while Descent averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Fortune Mill or Descent have ads?
Neither Fortune Mill nor Descent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fortune Mill or Descent?
Fortune Mill ships an update every 6 days, and Descent every 9 days. Most recently, Fortune Mill was updated on October 22, 2026 and Descent on October 20, 2026.

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