# Idle Research — Fun Incremental Game! > Incremental resource management game with idle and active playstyles. (iPhone/iPad app by Considera Core LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-research/id1538381108 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Considera Core LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1524226225) - Category: Games, Entertainment, Simulation, Strategy - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.80/5 from 828 App Store ratings · 128 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 9+ - Requires: iOS 11.0 · 455 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2022-08-01 - Data updated: 2026-08-25 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-research/id1538381108/reviews.md ## What is Idle Research? Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks, Tubes, and Cylinders to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed! Idle Research is the most satisfying incremental game with lots of fun things to do! If you love idle or clicker incremental games with basic and complex features, this game is for you! FEATURES! Cute & Colorful Art - Lots of colorful and fun items! Modern UI - A very simplistic, beautiful, modern, and colorful UI that's pleasing to look at! Massive Numbers - Up to the e100000s is guaranteed! Lots of Content - Lots of places to unlock that make numbers grow! Hundreds of hours gauranteed! Cloud Saving - Transfer your saves to any device with just one login! Made With Love - This game is being worked on by a solo developer who is very passionate! CONTENT! Research - Research and unlock up to 18 different and colorful items! Crafting - Craft items that unlock tons of features and make numbers grow! Accelerators - Speed up the game with up to 62 different Accelerators! Automation - There are a ton of ways to automate the game and let it play for you! Mastery - Improve your Research speed by mastering your items! Prestige - Reset some aspects of the game to speed things up even more! Adventure - Fight enemies in 7 different zones and infinite stages! Skilling - Access up to 70 different skills that boost tons of stuff! Potions - Brew up to 12 different potions! Simulations - Start simulations for your adventure zones and earn fragments! Buy up to 17 different upgrades! Daily Solitaire - Play the solitaire minigame and gain as many points as you can! Earn in-game rewards that make you progress further! Play Idle Research today for FREE! ## Key features - Research and craft items - Idle and active playstyles - Massive number generation - Hundreds of hours of content - Cloud saving - Automation and accelerators - Adventure and skilling systems ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | A Diamond Offering | $1.99 | one-time | | Ad Bundle | $9.99 | one-time | | Free Ad Rewards | $7.99 | one-time | | The Master | $0.99 | one-time | | The Crafter | $1.99 | one-time | | New Player Bundle | $4.99 | one-time | | The Freezer | $4.99 | one-time | | The Melter | $1.99 | one-time | | Research Bundle | $2.99 | one-time | | The Time Bender | $4.99 | one-time | | The Researcher | $1.99 | one-time | | A Suitcase Full of Diamonds! | $4.99 | one-time | ## What do users think of Idle Research? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great progression and gameplay - 🚀 Efficient and well-optimized - 💡 Unique and engaging mechanics - 🎨 Customizable UI and visuals - 📈 Satisfying incremental progression **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and glitches (crashes, freezes) - 🔋 High battery consumption - 🕰️ Slow progress at later stages - 🤔 Confusing or cluttered UI - 🚫 Lack of updates and new content **Commonly reported bugs** - Auto research not working - Presets not functioning properly - Solitaire timer resetting unexpectedly - Incompatibility issues on older devices **Most requested features** - Increase ice cap and progression limits - Add more late-game content and features - Improve solitaire mode (undo, card visibility) - Implement cloud/cross-device saves - Add support for more languages ## Recent user reviews (10 of 128) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-research/id1538381108/reviews.md ### 4/5 — Ice capped *2026-08-02, version 0.21.9* Hi, not sure if you’re still updating or reading reviews, but I wanted to say that this is an awesome game. One problem I have noticed, however, isn’t it the points to upgrade the ice flasks are capped at 10DTG. Is there a reason for that? At this point, I have to manually reset freeze mode. In order to gain more points and I reached the cap in like five seconds so it’s almost impossible to progress. Thank you for your time, Kieran Yule ### 5/5 — I’m waiting continued *2026-04-25, version 0.21.9* If you need an idea for cylinders I have one rainbow cylinders basically like golden flask but you prestige your ice flasks and tubes and cylinders. ### 5/5 — I’m waiting *2026-04-16, version 0.21.9* Are you still working on the cylinder update I need to know and soon and when it’s ready let me know because the progress is very slow at this point but still a good game ### 1/5 — Pointless *2026-03-07, version 0.21.9* There is no content here. I played for 30 minutes hoping it would be something interesting… at no point is it beneficial to do anything but have red bottles be made. So you just slowly add more bottle makers and spend your money making them run faster… that’s the whole game. ### 5/5 — Did I play *2025-12-21, version 0.21.9* Oh! ### 5/5 — I want the cylinders soon! *2025-11-20, version 0.21.9* I am on the tubes layer close to getting enough golden tubes to unlock cylinders! ### 2/5 — Good game but not idle *2025-10-04, version 0.21.9* You do only progress if you have the app active ### 1/5 — Was great. Just crashed and it’s not working *2025-08-25, version 0.21.9* Was awesome. Then crashed and won’t work ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-04-25, version 0.21.9* This game has taken a week of my life and I don’t regret a second of it. This game is perfect if you have a ton of time to waste. Super satisfying to watch the numbers go up infinitely. Not to mention the many features in the game currently and the many more to come. Best idle game I’ve played yet 10/10 ### 5/5 — Mmm, Autism Likes This One *2025-04-02, version 0.21.9* This is the best incremental game I’ve played yet! And it’s not even finished?? I love this game, I’ve been playing it for a couple months. I just unlocked the dark age a few days ago & ngl a lot of the mechanics go way over my head but I just lurk until I eventually figure it out lol. It’s kept me hooked for this long I’m definitely seeing it to the end >:) ## Frequently asked questions about Idle Research ### What is Idle Research? Idle Research is an addictive incremental game focused on resource management. Players research and craft various items to generate energy, offering both idle and active playstyles. It's designed to provide a satisfying experience with large numbers and extensive content. ### What are the key features of Idle Research? Key features include researching and crafting over 18 colorful items, a modern and pleasing UI, massive number generation, hundreds of hours of unlockable content, cloud saving for cross-device play, and various systems like automation, accelerators, adventure, skilling, and mini-games like Solitaire. ### Is Idle Research free to play? Yes, Idle Research is free to play. The game does include in-app purchases and advertisements, which can be used to enhance progression or speed up gameplay. ### What kind of content can I unlock in Idle Research? You can unlock up to 18 different researchable items, craft items that unlock new features, use up to 62 accelerators, explore numerous automation options, master items for research speed, prestige to reset aspects for faster progress, fight enemies in adventure zones, access 70+ skills, brew potions, start simulations, and play a daily Solitaire minigame. ### Can I play Idle Research on multiple devices? Yes, Idle Research supports cloud saving. This allows you to transfer your game progress to any device by simply logging in with your account, ensuring you can continue your research and crafting wherever you go. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 0.21.9 — 2022-08-22 v0.21.7/9 Patch Notes! [Added] - (Accelerators) You can now hold on the little buttons on every accelerator. - (Crafting) EXPERIMENTAL: Added a manual input for crafting presets. If you somehow add some weird string or something and it messes up the game, please get in contact with me! - (Tutorial) During the tutorial, when you need to head to a certain location in navigation, the button will turn blue! - (Research) Added the crafting cost in the description of current research. - (Settings) Ability to toggle patch notes on game load. - (Settings) When using Mixed Notation, you can now switch through a few numbers when you want it to switch to scientific. - (Diamond Shop) If you feel generous and appreciate my work, you can now donate in the Diamond Shop. These do not change the game in any way, just donations. If you are in my Discord and want a donator role, reach out to me! - (Misc.) Quick save and return to the main menu button on the navigation panel. - (Misc.) When you unlock a feature and it involves the navigation panel, the button will turn red. [Changed] - (Achievements) The auto slot achievement has been changed to “Buy 10 Crafters” - (Adventure) Deploy All bugs - (Adventure) In stats, the Skill shards per kill was relabeled. - (Crafting) Orange Flask base crafting time: 40 => 30 seconds. - (Crafting) Yellow Flask base crafting time: 200 => 150 seconds. - (Crafting) Yellow Flask base crafting cost: 25 => 20 Orange Flasks. - (Tutorial) Redid the entire Flasks tutorial, made it more friendly and up to date with the recent changes :) - (Tutorial) The tutorial is now a floating window that can be moved around and resized :^D - (Research) Orange Flask base research time: 60 => 30 seconds. - (Research) Orange Flask base research requirement: 50 => 100 Orange Flasks. - (Misc.) Adventure and Diamond Shop buttons have been repositioned in the navigation panel. [Fixed] - (OFFLINE) OFFLINE PROGRESS SHOULD WORK AS NORMALLY NOW. IF IT DOESN'T BE THE FIRST LOAD, IT SHOULD BE AFTERWARDS. REPORT TO THE DEV IF IT DOESN’T STILL. - (Achievements) The Auto Crafting slot achievement has been replaced by: Buy 10 Crafters. - (Ice) Fixed a bug where the crafting slots don’t reset on freeze mode/ice age upgrade doesn’t working. I am aware others are having issues, but I’m going to try to figure out - (Ice) Fixed buy max ice makers - (Mastery) Fixed some mastery bugs - (Skilling) Fixed distribute all skill shards - (Skilling) Fixed an ice upgrade that isn’t supposed to hide skill tabs - (Solitaire) Fixed an issue where doing practice mode can reset solitaire cooldown - (Diamond Shop) Certain upgrades not unlocking - (Misc.) Minor UI/Game bugs - (Misc.) Letter Notation - (Misc.) Fixed several buy maxes - (Misc.) Fixed a bug where certain old saves couldn’t be imported in settings - (Misc.) Fixed an ad exploit on mobile [Removed] - (Accelerators) The toggle spend mode, useless - (Ice) Auto Upgrade and Unlock Auto Deploy, useless ### 0.21.8 — 2022-08-12 v0.21.6/7/8 [Added] - (Crafting) Presets now have a custom preset input. - (Solitaire) A setting to toggle Auto Win [Changed] NOTE! A lot of the balancing related changes in this update are subject to change! - (Saving!) Save System has been reworked. Flasks, Tubes, and Shared data has been merged! No more importing/exporting/managing multiple files! This should eliminate a lot of the save-related bugs. With this save system change, current backups have been wiped. You are still allowed to import previous saves with the following tags: “FLASKS>”, “TUBES>”, “SHARED>”. - (Saving) You now have a maximum of 50 backup files. - (Menu) Menu has gotten a touch up since the save system was reworked, so it should be less confusing now! - (Research) Orange Flask Research Time: 120 => 60 Seconds - (Research) Yellow Flask Research Time: 600 => 300 Seconds - (Research) Yellow Flask Requirement: 250 => 100 Orange Flasks - (Research) Blue Flask Time: 7,200 => 20,000 Seconds - (Research) Purple Flask Time: 1.00e7 => 1.00e8 Seconds - (Diamond Shop) The upgrades have been moved to their own page - (Diamond Shop) (subject to change!) The upgrades have been reworked to make it more fair for F2P and pay-to-speed-up players. Most upgrades have been grouped together, so you can buy one upgrade with multiple effects. Each upgrade group starts at 1 Diamond Item, the cost multiplier is 4x. Costs are no longer shared. Upgrades work exactly the same, just a bit easier to choose which upgrades to get. This also means the UI has been cleaned up :). Everyone's upgrades will be reset for the first time, just so you can respend your diamonds accordingly! - (Crafting) Start of the rebalancing phase, for a smoother early game experience. Here are some base Flask cost changes: Yellow (15 => 25), Green (25 => 250), Blue (75 => 1.00e3). - (Accelerators): (subject to change!) Energy boost accelerator unlock cost: 1.00e10 => 1.00e15 - (Prestige): (subject to change!) Base formula: log(energy / 1e10 + 1, 1.35) => log(energy / 1e15 + 1, 1.35) - (Prestige): (subject to change!) Prestige Unlocks at 1.00e18 Energy [Fixed] - (Accelerators) Item Accelerators generate items when you haven’t unlocked the accelerator. - (Ice) Fixed a bug where ice makers went negative for some reason - (Offline) Fixed offline progress [Removed] - (Crafting) Manual Crafting! Whenever you buy a crafting slot, it automatically starts crafting for you. You no longer need to buy Auto Crafters. This is to make the early game feel smoother. - (Settings) Flask/Tube Resetting, due to the reworked save system. ### 0.21.7 — 2022-08-11 v0.21.6/7 [Added] - (Crafting) Presets now have a custom preset input. - (Solitaire) A setting to toggle Auto Win [Changed] NOTE! A lot of the balancing related changes in this update are subject to change! - (Saving!) Save System has been reworked. Flasks, Tubes, and Shared data has been merged! No more importing/exporting/managing multiple files! This should eliminate a lot of the save-related bugs. With this save system change, current backups have been wiped. You are still allowed to import previous saves with the following tags: “FLASKS>”, “TUBES>”, “SHARED>”. - (Saving) You now have a maximum of 50 backup files. - (Menu) Menu has gotten a touch up since the save system was reworked, so it should be less confusing now! - (Research) Orange Flask Research Time: 120 => 60 Seconds - (Research) Yellow Flask Research Time: 600 => 300 Seconds - (Research) Yellow Flask Requirement: 250 => 100 Orange Flasks - (Research) Blue Flask Time: 7,200 => 20,000 Seconds - (Research) Purple Flask Time: 1.00e7 => 1.00e8 Seconds - (Diamond Shop) The upgrades have been moved to their own page - (Diamond Shop) (subject to change!) The upgrades have been reworked to make it more fair for F2P and pay-to-speed-up players. Most upgrades have been grouped together, so you can buy one upgrade with multiple effects. Each upgrade group starts at 1 Diamond Item, the cost multiplier is 4x. Costs are no longer shared. Upgrades work exactly the same, just a bit easier to choose which upgrades to get. This also means the UI has been cleaned up :). Everyone's upgrades will be reset for the first time, just so you can respend your diamonds accordingly! - (Crafting) Start of the rebalancing phase, for a smoother early game experience. Here are some base Flask cost changes: Yellow (15 => 25), Green (25 => 250), Blue (75 => 1.00e3). - (Accelerators): (subject to change!) Energy boost accelerator unlock cost: 1.00e10 => 1.00e15 - (Prestige): (subject to change!) Base formula: log(energy / 1e10 + 1, 1.35) => log(energy / 1e15 + 1, 1.35) - (Prestige): (subject to change!) Prestige Unlocks at 1.00e18 Energy [Fixed] - (Accelerators) Item Accelerators generate items when you haven’t unlocked the accelerator. - (Ice) Fixed a bug where ice makers went negative for some reason - (Offline) Fixed offline progress [Removed] - (Crafting) Manual Crafting! Whenever you buy a crafting slot, it automatically starts crafting for you. You no longer need to buy Auto Crafters. This is to make the early game feel smoother. - (Settings) Flask/Tube Resetting, due to the reworked save system. ### 0.21.6 — 2022-08-11 v0.21.6 [Added] - (Crafting) Presets now have a custom preset input. - (Solitaire) A setting to toggle Auto Win [Changed] NOTE! A lot of the balancing related changes in this update are subject to change! - (Saving!) Save System has been reworked. Flasks, Tubes, and Shared data has been merged! No more importing/exporting/managing multiple files! This should eliminate a lot of the save-related bugs. With this save system change, current backups have been wiped. You are still allowed to import previous saves with the following tags: “FLASKS>”, “TUBES>”, “SHARED>”. - (Saving) You now have a maximum of 50 backup files. - (Menu) Menu has gotten a touch up since the save system was reworked, so it should be less confusing now! - (Research) Orange Flask Research Time: 120 => 60 Seconds - (Research) Yellow Flask Research Time: 600 => 300 Seconds - (Research) Yellow Flask Requirement: 250 => 100 Orange Flasks - (Research) Blue Flask Time: 7,200 => 20,000 Seconds - (Research) Purple Flask Time: 1.00e7 => 1.00e8 Seconds - (Diamond Shop) The upgrades have been moved to their own page - (Diamond Shop) (subject to change!) The upgrades have been reworked to make it more fair for F2P and pay-to-speed-up players. Most upgrades have been grouped together, so you can buy one upgrade with multiple effects. Each upgrade group starts at 1 Diamond Item, the cost multiplier is 4x. Costs are no longer shared. Upgrades work exactly the same, just a bit easier to choose which upgrades to get. This also means the UI has been cleaned up :). Everyone's upgrades will be reset for the first time, just so you can respend your diamonds accordingly! - (Crafting) Start of the rebalancing phase, for a smoother early game experience. Here are some base Flask cost changes: Yellow (15 => 25), Green (25 => 250), Blue (75 => 1.00e3). - (Accelerators): (subject to change!) Energy boost accelerator unlock cost: 1.00e10 => 1.00e15 - (Prestige): (subject to change!) Base formula: log(energy / 1e10 + 1, 1.35) => log(energy / 1e15 + 1, 1.35) - (Prestige): (subject to change!) Prestige Unlocks at 1.00e18 Energy [Fixed] - (Accelerators) Item Accelerators generate items when you haven’t unlocked the accelerator. - (Ice) Fixed a bug where ice makers went negative for some reason - (Offline) Fixed offline progress [Removed] - (Crafting) Manual Crafting! Whenever you buy a crafting slot, it automatically starts crafting for you. You no longer need to buy Auto Crafters. This is to make the early game feel smoother. - (Settings) Flask/Tube Resetting, due to the reworked save system. ### 0.21.5 — 2022-08-07 v0.21.4-v0.21.5 Added - Flask’s Assembly: Added shortcut buttons in Juice. - You can now hold on the Sample Processor buttons. - Mastery: (QoL) since there is a large phase where you only have 1 mastery slot, assigning another mastery slot will disable the already enabled one (assuming you have no slots left). - Potions: You can now see tube expenditures at the top. - Settings: Added a setting where the game can run in 10 fps if it’s out of focus. - Misc: Added Skill Shards to the Skilling navigation button - SOLITAIRE: YOU CAN NOW DOUBLE CLICK THE CARDS IF YOU WANT THEM TO GO TO ONE OF THE 4 FOUNDATION PILES (if it can) (WOOOOOO!!!) - +5 Diamonds for winning! Game will also automatically end if you win. - Solitaire cooldown has been reduced to 23 hours, so users don’t keep pushing it further and further into the night. - AUTO WIN CONDITION HAS BEEN ADDED! No more needing to spam drag/click cards! - You can now switch between the normal Idle Research solitaire cards and super basic easy to read ones!! - Upon ending the game, there is a confirmation now Changed - Adventure: Auto Stage is a little more flexible for when you first start out/enter freeze mode. - Settings: “Mute Music” has been relabeled to “Music”, to make it more straightforward. - UI Scale Change is now saved based on the device. - Tube’s Simulations: Auto Purify no-longer saves, just so you don’t miss out on nice gains. - The concept of Simulation Length is gone! Simulations will run forever. No need to start them either, once they are unlocked, they are free to go! That means the Simulation Length - - upgrade was removed and that right panel has been cleaned up. Woo! - Diamond Shop: The Special Upgrade and others are now hidden until you unlock the previously specified feature. - The Time Bender IAP now ranges from 0.1x-5.0x (previously 0.5x-5.0x), if you enjoy the pain. - Misc: Some buttons in the navigation panel have been indented. Fixed - Minor Bugs - Skilling: Distribute skill shards on color works properly. - When you change pages, it will keep the last skill you selected. - The skill XP goal was being displayed. - Crafting: In Tubes, the tube consumption from potions is now correct. - You can now scroll on the actual crafting screen. This comes with a cost, when holding while crafting, moving your finger will disable it because Unity prioritizes moving the scroll system. I tried at least. - Change All would not update the Item Accelerators’ generator properly. - Fire: Burning time was shared between Flasks and Tubes. - Assembly: 45% of the samples are supposed to go to crafting speed and count accordingly, not 40%. - Ice: Fixed a bug where queuing in Flasks will start Freeze mode in Tubes, even if you haven’t unlocked it. - Misc: Discord RPC was displaying “mspace” when using mixed scientific notation and had the monospace setting on. - When a number is negative while using letter notation, it became NaN Removed - Smooth progress bars for skills, tutorial, adventure, and research. Not needed and it causes issues with lower FPS. 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