# Exponential Idle — user reviews > 268 indexed App Store user reviews of Exponential Idle by Gilles-Philippe Paille, rated 4.90/5 from 4,100 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/exponential-idle/id1538487382/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/exponential-idle/id1538487382.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,810 · 4★ 217 · 3★ 32 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 32 ## What do users think of Exponential Idle? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great and addicting game - 👍 Interesting story and educational - 👍 Numbers go big - 👍 User-friendly with good descriptions - 👍 Highly automated progression - 👍 No forced ads - 👍 Unique math-based gameplay - 👍 Satisfying progression and prestige mechanics - 👍 Constantly updated with new content - 👍 Helpful and active community **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches - ⏱️ Slow progression after initial stages - 🕹️ Difficult mini-games - 🔒 Harsh time-change penalty - 🔋 Potential performance issues on some devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Puzzle mini-games not loading correctly - Offline progress issues after updates - Occasional app crashes **Most requested features** - More mini-games and challenges - Better explanations for advanced mechanics - Adjustable color schemes and visual customization - Improved offline progress tracking - Smoother performance and optimization ## Newest reviews (16 of 268) ### 5/5 — Well Done! *2026-02-03, version 1.4.40* I’ve always loved incremental games. But I’ve never fully been able to scratch my itch for them. Either they are too slow and I get bored or lose motivation right away or they are super short and I have every achievement including the secrets within the first hour of player. This game solves all of those issues. It’s not too slow in the beginning while also not racing you straight to the end. I find the progression to be extremely fun and I seem to be unlocking things right as I need them or they become useful. Very well balanced game. My itch has finally been scratched ### 4/5 — Fun math related idle game *2026-01-16, version 1.4.40* Game gets going quick. Progression is nice so far. Doesn’t lean too heavy into the math, but the complex equations can be fun. Just lacking a bit of options at the moment to keep it engaging. ### 3/5 — ?! *2026-01-09, version 1.4.40* How do you unlock chapters?!?!! ### 5/5 — Love *2026-01-02, version 1.4.40* I just love it ### 5/5 — Clean and Incremental *2026-01-01, version 1.4.40* Good casual game. No forced ads. I came from Android and reinstalled. ### 5/5 — . *2025-12-31, version 1.4.40* Number ### 5/5 — Sounds design *2025-12-14, version 1.4.40* The actual gameplay? Totally awesome. The design of the UI? Love it. The sound design though? I can’t describe it. It’s heavenly. Even if you don’t like idle games, get the game JUST so you can experience the awesomeness that is the creamy clicky sounds when you tap stuff. Even if this was just an app with a button for the sound, I swear I would use it constantly while doing other stuff. It makes my brain melt. I wish I could give it six stars. ### 5/5 — One of the best games I’ve played *2025-11-30, version 1.4.40* Absolutely genius. I’ve not had more fun in a mobile game, figuring out the puzzles to make the function grow. Please expand this game with more content. ### 5/5 — User Friendly *2025-11-29, version 1.4.40* This game lets the player actually dive deep into it without being bombarded by ads, given an impossible progression system requiring payment. I feel like I’m back in 2009, when mobile games were build with love and actually designed to entertain, not just make the developer money. This is easily in my top 3 mobile games list! ### 5/5 — Simple and fun game *2025-11-25, version 1.4.40* Nice little fun game ### 2/5 — I hate how they use e *2025-11-21, version 1.4.40* 1e3 is supposed to be 1 followed by 3 zeroes but this game doesn’t understand that at least initially ### 5/5 — Arrow flipping simulator *2025-11-10, version 1.4.40* . ### 5/5 — Cute send-up of idle games *2025-10-24, version 1.4.40* So many idle games have an exponential structure but hide it behind, idk, buying new equipment or facilities or whatever. This is an adorable deconstruction of the genre which reduces it purely to Number Go Up 😆 ### 5/5 — 굿 *2025-09-28, version 1.4.40* 내가 커지는 숫자를 보면 흥분하는 사람이다 싶으면 추천드립니다 ### 5/5 — Fun *2025-09-20, version 1.4.40* Simple, fun, mathy, and versatile enough that you can open it up while in line for coffee, or stay engaged on your whole commute. ### 5/5 — 10 von 10 *2025-09-17, version 1.4.40* Ich spiele gerne Handyspiele, bin aber meistens abgeschreckt von den Pay to Play Dingen. Diese Spiele zeigt einfach wie gut es ohne diese ganzen Kram funktioniert! Danke dafür!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Don’t waste money *2026-05-07, version 1.4.40* Constantly need to restore purchase, constantly getting hours of offline rewards nerfed due to my purchase not being restored. Very disappointing to have one crucial IAP and it’s barely functional. ### 1/5 — If you wanna waste your life by all means download *2026-04-21, version 1.4.40* Awful progression 100% don’t recommend ### 1/5 — Overrated *2026-03-05, version 1.4.40* Mid idle game with pacing destroyed due to star shop. Edit: my progress got wiped very cool. ### 1/5 — Overrated *2026-02-24, version 1.4.40* Mid idle game with pacing destroyed due to star shop ### 1/5 — Not forgiving at all *2024-09-14, version 1.4.33* I have two young kids who frequently get ahold of my phone when I’m not paying attention. Turns out they ended up changing the date to 2 weeks in the future. When I set it back, the game said I could either be locked out for 2 weeks, or reset my game entirely. Devs could have just programmed the game to revert idle progress when a time change happened but instead the lazy devs have it set to ban you from the game. Looks like I can’t play since I have kids. Was a fun game while it lasted but I can’t promote a game with such an unnecessary and harsh function. ### 1/5 — Game just dies out *2024-08-05, version 1.4.33* After you supremecy for the first two upgrades, it takes 5 days to get the next. I enjoyed the limited ads and it was fun, but there is just literally no point to opening the game. Theres nothing to be done but wait wait wait. Nothing to click to accelerate it. Just wait wait wait. Literally just log in once a day and say "cool, guess I will log in in a couple more days to see if I can do anything. ### 1/5 — Not an idle game *2023-03-03, version 1.4.29* Puzzle game more like. Why make an idle game if you're going to gate everything behind extremely boring tedious puzzles that have nothing to do with the math. I really want to like this game and give it 5 stars, but the puzzles completely ruin it. ### 1/5 — an idle game or a phishing tool? *2022-11-03, version 1.4.29* why does an incremental game need to track my activities across apps? instant uninstall; what a shady practice. ### 1/5 — 掛け算も出来てない *2022-06-26, version 1.4.29* システム任せ 実際にやってみたのか？ トラブルシューティングしたのか？ 16時間やったよ アンインストールするわ ### 1/5 — Incomprehensible *2021-09-30, version 1.4.20* I don’t read noodles 🍝🍝🍜🍜 أنا لا أقرأ المعكرونة❤️ ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Exponent idol *2026-08-02, version 1.4.40* Still blown away that this game is fundamentally astonishingly fun ### 5/5 — Worth the investment *2026-05-28, version 1.4.40* Phenomenal game. No unnecessary ads. One purchase for permanent ad block ($2!) and a silky grey atmosphere. Wonderful idle experience overall. Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Honestly, its really fun *2026-05-26, version 1.4.40* I love the incorporation of math in an Idle game. I’ve seen something similar before, but never to such a degree. Bravo ### 5/5 — Awesome game but 1 thing... *2026-05-21, version 1.4.40* Awesome game but r9 swapping is a huge pain - auto r9 swapping needs to be an unlocking feature. Make it parameterized - % of last max, amount of time, etc. until next prestige or supremacy. ### 5/5 — Best incremental game *2026-05-20, version 1.4.40* The mini games are honestly my favorite, they are so clever. The idle game mechanics of exponential idle are amazing and endless, too. ### 5/5 — Great Idle Game *2026-04-29, version 1.4.40* So much fun playing this idle/incremental game. Loved the theme of it and the fun little tweaks on the idle format. ### 5/5 — good game *2026-04-07, version 1.4.40* I love exponents ### 5/5 — Really great and well-thought out game *2026-03-23, version 1.4.40* Probably the best idle game out there that I’ve played. As a working mathematician, it’s really cool to see a game which has somewhat mathematically in-depth mechanics, as well as a storyline which is very relatable to those going through the academia pipeline. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — Par 3 kings *2026-02-16, version 1.4.40* Sector 9 ### 5/5 — Shut up and take my money! *2026-02-13, version 1.4.40* Genuinely clever incremental game. The math looks intimidating but you don't actually need to understand it to play and progress — though it might make you curious enough to learn. Clean design, no predatory monetization, and it respects your time whether you play actively or let it idle. My one complaint is that I'd happily give the developer more money than the current IAP options allow. If you ever add a bigger tip jar, I'm in. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-16.*