Comparison

Bronze Age vs Final Outpost

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

Head to head
About

Bronze Age

Lead your people to prosperity in a historical simulation game. Choose between the Stone Age or Bronze Age, manage resources, research technologies, and build historical structures. Face challenges like natural disasters and enemy raids.

Highlights
  • Choose Stone Age or Bronze Age start
  • Resource management with 30+ events
  • Survival mode against enemies
  • Research over 60 technologies
  • Build over 20 historical buildings
  • Track human evolution (Stone Age)
Features
Currently charting
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Pre-civilization Stone Age and Pre-Civilization Bronze Age are two classic games published in 2013. Both of them received enthusiastic acclaim from gamers around the world. Over the past years, gamers have played them more than twenty million times, built over one hundred and sixty million buildings, resisted over four hundred million raids, and mined over eighty trillion resources. You can be one of them right now! Choose your starting date – either 4,000,000 B.C. (Stone Age) or 6000 B.C. (Bronze Age) – and lead your people to prosperity! Key features, highlighted by our fans: *Exciting gameplay Simple and easy to use resource manager enhanced with more than 30 events. The Ice Age, natural disasters, enemy raids, wars, nomads, changes in the ruling dynasty, religious leaders, and popular revolts - all will be etched into the history of your people’s ascent. And if you're looking for a challenge, you can try our new survival mode against increasingly powerful enemies. *Detailed reconstruction of history Researching more than 60 technologies, from mastering fire to establishing laws, will immerse you in the background of each period. You can build more than 20 historicalbuildings drawn from the architecture of the ancient world. And when you play the Stone Age campaign you will be able to track the evolution of humankind from Australopithecus to Homo sapiens.

About

Final Outpost

Lead the last survivors of the apocalypse in this survival strategy base-builder. Manage citizens, assign jobs, craft tools, and build a fortified settlement. Survive against zombie hordes and harsh environmental conditions.

Highlights
  • Base building and expansion
  • Citizen role assignment and skill upgrades
  • Resource management and crafting
  • Zombie defense and combat
  • Farming and food production
  • Simulated seasons and weather
Features
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===DEFINITIVE Edition of the 1M+ player Base-Builder=== Traders, Settle new regions, Difficulty modes, Modifiers, New artwork, Achievements, No IAPs and more. Build your Outpost • Manage your citizens • Survive the zombie apocalypse Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive? ===ASSIGN JOBS=== Choose from 10+ job roles for each of your citizens, and watch them get to work! ===BUILD YOUR OUTPOST=== Construct and upgrade 12+ building types and expand your sprawling settlement. Build vital resource storage, production buildings and housing for new survivors. ===KILL ZOMBIES=== Deck out your defences to keep 5+ zombie types away from your walls. Start out with a single knife and progress to mowing down hordes with machine guns, crossbows and snipers. ===FARM FOR FOOD=== Feed your hungry citizens as your Outpost expands. Begin farming wheat in your fields to overcome the dwindling deer population outside your walls. ===SIMULATED SEASONS + WEATHER=== Survive harsh droughts, cold winters, and unforgiving thunderstorms with simulated weather and seasons. ===UPGRADE YOUR CITIZENS=== Upgrade your citizens’ skills to gather, defend and repair more efficiently. -------------------- Send your feedback and bug reports to support@exabytegames.com Join the newsletter: https://cutt.ly/news-d

Screenshots

Bronze Age4 screens
Final Outpost4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Final Outpost at fortnightly against Bronze Age's every 11 months. Bronze Age's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and ratings volume (212 vs 40). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bronze Age costs $1.99 and Final Outpost $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bronze Age holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bronze Age has 212 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Bronze Age's written reviews are positive against 75% of Final Outpost's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bronze Age ships an update every 11 months, Final Outpost fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Bronze Age versus Final Outpost: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBronze AgeFinal Outpost
Price$1.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (212 ratings) — better4.4 (40 ratings)
Positive reviews69.6% of reviews75.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings212 — better40
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#180#76 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size237 MB288 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMIKHAIL VASILEV18619964037Exabyte Games Ltd

Customer experience

Bronze Age

All ratings211 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive69.6%
Neutral9.6%
Negative20.8%

Final Outpost

All ratings40 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive75.4%
Neutral7.7%
Negative16.9%

User reviews

Bronze Age

From 212 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Addictive and engaging gameplay
  • 🧠 Strategic depth and replayability
  • 📚 Educational historical progression
  • ⏱️ Turn-based mechanics reduce pressure
  • 🌍 Offline functionality available

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Screen flashing/flickering issue (critical)
  • 📱 Not optimized for newer iPhone models
  • 🔤 Text and UI elements too small
  • ⚠️ Game crashes or fails to load
  • 🎮 Difficulty spikes make gameplay frustrating

Final Outpost

From 40 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Very good game
  • 🚀 Game runs great
  • 🚀 Fast forward button helps

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Game crashes when loading save
  • 🐛 Game freezes at tutorial
  • 🐛 Glitching tutorial

Bugs and requests

Bronze Age

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Screen flashing black and gray rapidly (seizure risk)
  • Game fails to launch or open
  • Unresponsive controls and buttons
  • Loading screen hangs indefinitely
  • Screen not fitted for iPhone 5, iPhone X, and newer models
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  • Text too small and unreadable on iPhone
  • Background flickers outside game map area

Requested features

10 requests
  • Fix resolution and screen scaling for modern devices
  • Add more historical eras (Iron Age, Medieval, Industrial, Modern, Future)
  • Improve graphics quality
  • Add story/narrative elements
  • Increase game length and campaign duration
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  • Add more starting nation options (e.g., Europe)
  • Implement raiding/combat mechanics
  • Add political/governmental systems
  • Increase number of difficulty levels
  • Lower the game price

Final Outpost

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Save crashes when loading
  • Game freezes at start
  • Game stuck at first tutorial tip

Requested features

2 requests
  • Update the game
  • Add more features

In-app purchases

None

Bronze Age

No in-app purchases

None

Final Outpost

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bronze Age free?
Bronze Age costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Final Outpost free?
Final Outpost costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bronze Age or Final Outpost?
Bronze Age is rated higher. Bronze Age averages 4.6 out of 5 from 212 ratings, while Final Outpost averages 4.4 from 40 ratings.
Do Bronze Age or Final Outpost have ads?
Neither Bronze Age nor Final Outpost shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bronze Age or Final Outpost?
Bronze Age ships an update every 11 months, and Final Outpost fortnightly. Most recently, Bronze Age was updated on October 26, 2026 and Final Outpost on October 25, 2026.
Which is more popular, Bronze Age or Final Outpost?
Bronze Age currently peaks at #180 in the App Store charts, and Final Outpost at #76. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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