Comparison

Armadillo Gold Rush vs Roly Armadillo

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

Head to head
About

Armadillo Gold Rush

Guide a rolling armadillo through challenging levels to collect gold while avoiding obstacles and enemies. Utilize a variety of tools and your wits to solve puzzles and achieve high scores in this arcade puzzler.

Highlights
  • 75+ unique levels
  • Obstacles, enemies, and traps
  • Bombs, blocks, tunnels, and rockets
  • Star system for replayability
  • Combo meter for high scores
  • Unlock new levels
Features
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Best-selling arcade puzzler now on the App Store! Life’s tough when you’re an armadillo who can roll but can’t stop—especially when you’re trying to strike it rich in the Wild West! Position the armadillo so you can scoop up the gold while avoiding snakes, scorpions, spikes, and other dangers. Armadillo Gold Rush has 75+ levels of obstacles, enemies, and traps standing between your armadillo and precious gold. Puzzle out a path that rolls your armadillo over the coins without losing its life. To grab all the gold you’ll need to get clever with bombs, blocks, tunnels, one-way doors, rockets, switches, and most of all your brain! A mobile best seller for 10+ years, Armadillo Gold Rush has been recreated for iPhone & iPad with updated graphics and easy-to-learn touch controls. Features: • 75+ unique levels test your reflexes and challenge your puzzle solving skills • Roll through forest mazes, rocky deserts, underground caves, dark canyons, and more with progressively harder puzzles • Built-in star system offers many hours of replay • Clever solutions will increase your combo meter and yield huge scores • Challenge yourself to solve levels in fewer moves and the fastest possible time • Unlock new levels as you beat different parts of the game

About

Roly Armadillo

Features
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Pull back. Let go. Watch Roly fly. Roly Armadillo is a physics golf game where you launch a rolled-up armadillo across deserts, ice fields, and canyons — and try to reach the flag in as few shots as possible. The controls are simple: drag back from Roly like a slingshot, aim with the dotted arc, and release. What happens next is up to physics. — READ THE GROUND — Every surface plays differently, and knowing them is the whole game: • ICE — slick as glass. Roly never stops sliding, so you keep your speed but give up control. • SNOW — your brakes. Land here to stop exactly where you want. • BOUNCE BLOCKS — ricochet off them to reach ledges you can't launch to directly. • STICKY WALLS — Roly clings on and waits. Chain them together to climb. • BOOST PADS — free momentum, fired in the direction of the arrow. • QUICKSAND, POISON & WATER — one slows you, one resets you, one catches you. — POWER-UPS WHEN YOU'RE STUCK — Six ways to change how Roly behaves before a shot: Undo, Power, Bounce, Ice, Ghost, and Stick. Spend them wisely — they're limited. — 30 HAND-BUILT LEVELS — Three worlds, ten levels each, and every one designed around a single idea before twisting it. Beat the par to earn three stars. Beating par is easy. Beating it every time isn't. — BUILD YOUR OWN — The full level editor is built right in. Drop in ground, hazards, boosts, sticky walls, and decorations. Set the par. Test it instantly. If it's too hard, that's your problem to fix. — SHARE WITH ANYONE — Publish a level and it gets its own link. Send it to a friend, and it opens straight into your course inside the app — no searching, no codes to type. Browse what everyone else has made under Featured, New, and Most Liked, and download whatever looks fun. — NO PRESSURE — Play offline. Play one-handed. Play for two minutes or an hour. There's no timer, no lives, and nothing chasing you. Just you, a very round armadillo, and a flag somewhere off in the distance. Free to play. Built by one person with Solar2D.

Screenshots

Armadillo Gold Rush4 screens
Roly Armadillo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roly Armadillo at none against Armadillo Gold Rush's 2. Roly Armadillo also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 9 months). Armadillo Gold Rush's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. Armadillo Gold Rush sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Roly Armadillo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Armadillo Gold Rush ships an update every 9 months, Roly Armadillo every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Armadillo Gold Rush versus Roly Armadillo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArmadillo Gold RushRoly Armadillo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB78 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAppAbove Games LLCScott Harrison

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Armadillo Gold Rush

One-time2
  • Unlock All Levels$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Roly Armadillo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Armadillo Gold Rush free?
Armadillo Gold Rush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Roly Armadillo free?
Roly Armadillo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Armadillo Gold Rush or Roly Armadillo have ads?
Roly Armadillo shows ads; Armadillo Gold Rush does not.
Which is updated more often, Armadillo Gold Rush or Roly Armadillo?
Armadillo Gold Rush ships an update every 9 months, and Roly Armadillo every 8 days. Most recently, Armadillo Gold Rush was updated on November 6, 2026 and Roly Armadillo on November 6, 2026.

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