Comparison

Kernel King vs Print Farm

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

Head to head
About

Kernel King

Tap to create an endless stream of popcorn in this addictive idle game. Invest in upgrades to pop faster, earn more, and unlock new poppers. Compete with friends and aim to become the ultimate Kernel King.

Highlights
  • Tap to make popcorn
  • Investments for faster popping
  • Upgrade popper and recipe
  • Offline kernel earnings
  • Unlockable poppers
  • Prestige system
  • Bonuses and multipliers
Features
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Tap to make popcorn! In this super simple yet insanely addicting game you'll be making more popcorn than you'll know what to do with. Tap to make popcorn in a meeting, during class, on the bus, waiting in line. Once you start popping you won't be able to stop. Your friends and family start to worry about when they haven't seen you in days. You are up to your eyes in popcorn. You begin to dream in popcorn. You only take breaks from popping popcorn to eat popcorn. There is only one goal. Become the Kernel King. Kernel King features: -Simple game mechanics - Tap to make popcorn -Investments to pop even faster - Once you start popping you'll be hard to stop -Upgrade your popper - Earn more kernels per second -Upgrade your recipe - Earn more kernels per click -Upgrade your status - Earn more kernels while you're not popping -Buy a bucket to collect popcorn while you're eating popcorn - Most have figured out how to eat and pop at the same time so you run the risk of falling behind with this tactic -Over 10 different poppers to unlock - Collect them all and show off to your friends -Game Center - Know exactly how close you are to being the king -Share on Facebook and Twitter - Let your friends know how far they are behind -Prestige and pop kernels even faster - It's harder to stay at the top than it is to get there -Bonuses and Multipliers - Earn bonuses and multipliers to start rolling in popcorn Everyone else has already started, but there is still hope. Download today for free and start your journey to the top. There can be only one Kernel King. Are you the one?

About

Print Farm

Features
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Ever wondered what it takes to run a real 3D printing business? Start with a single humble printer in your garage and build it into a print farm that spans the solar system. Print Farm is an idle tycoon game made by people who actually run one. HitPrints is a real 3D printing shop, and the game works the way real print farms do — designs get sliced, beds get leveled, prints fail, and the money is made by finding your bottleneck and crushing it. MASTER THE PRODUCTION CHAIN Every product flows through five stages: create designs in the Design Lab, prep them in the Slicer, print them on the Print Floor, polish them in Post-Process for bonus value, and sell them at the Shipping Dock. When one stage falls behind, the whole farm slows down. Spot the bottleneck, invest smart, and watch the profits flow. WATCH YOUR PRINTS COME TO LIFE The Print Floor is the heart of the game — prints grow layer by layer on animated printer beds. Tap finished prints to collect them at double value, or hire a Floor Worker to automate collection and a Manager to repair failed prints and speed up production. GROW FROM GARAGE TO GALAXY Found 12 facilities, each bigger than the last: Garage, Maker Space, Warehouse, Industrial Facility, Automated Megaplex, Orbital Print Station, Lunar Fab, Mars Colony Printer, Asteroid Belt Foundry, Europa Deep Fab, Titan Mega Forge, and the Dyson Swarm Assembler. Nothing ever resets — every facility keeps producing while you build the next one. UPGRADE YOUR FLEET 9 printer tiers, from a cheap starter kit to industrial machines to a construction-scale rig that prints houses and bridge sections. Unlock filament colors and materials that recolor your fleet and raise product value. KEEP PROGRESSING, EVEN OFFLINE • Innovation Points: permanent skill tree — production speed, offline earnings, cost cuts • R&D Lab: real-time research projects (2 to 48 hours) with permanent breakthroughs • Masterpiece Gallery: about 1 in 400 prints comes out flawless — enshrine it for a permanent bonus • Contracts: timed rush orders for big payouts • Viral Moments: catch the golden order for a cash jackpot or a ×7 production frenzy • Offline earnings: your farm keeps working while the app is closed — get notified when it's full MADE FOR MAKERS From Benchy boats and keychains to lithophanes, cosplay armor, drone frames, and full 3D-printed houses — if the community prints it, it's in here. Slicing, spools, failed first layers… you'll feel right at home. FREE MEANS FREE No forced ads. No account required. Optional rewarded ads let you double offline earnings or boost production — always your choice. Game Center leaderboards and iCloud save sync included. Download Print Farm and turn one printer into an empire.

Screenshots

Kernel King4 screens
Print Farm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Print Farm at none against Kernel King's 10. Kernel King's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.4). On price, update cadence 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. Kernel King sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Print Farm asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kernel King ships an update every 6 days, Print Farm weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Kernel King versus Print Farm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKernel KingPrint Farm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (40 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlake EckertKevinsmak LLC

Bugs and requests

Kernel King

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes and forces user to home screen
  • Data loss when game crashes
  • Game won't start without reviewing or advertising
  • Glitches causing loss of progress

Requested features

4 requests
  • Timer mode to track kernels earned
  • Upgrade levels with multipliers for easier progression
  • Better tutorial or onboarding instructions
  • More diverse upgrades and features

Print Farm

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Kernel King

One-time10
  • Double Kernels Per Second$0.99
  • Double Kernels$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Kernel Blast$1.99
  • Shaker of Salt$1.99
  • Treadmill$1.99
  • King Kernel$4.99
  • Salt Mine$9.99
  • Kernel Bomb$19.99
  • Forever 20x$49.99
None

Print Farm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kernel King free?
Kernel King is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Print Farm free?
Print Farm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kernel King or Print Farm have ads?
Print Farm shows ads; Kernel King does not.
Which is updated more often, Kernel King or Print Farm?
Kernel King ships an update every 6 days, and Print Farm weekly. Most recently, Kernel King was updated on October 22, 2026 and Print Farm on October 12, 2026.

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