Comparison

Doomsday Clicker vs Idle Apocalypse

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

Head to head
About

Doomsday Clicker

Tap to build and expand an underground shelter to house survivors after global destruction. Grow your bunker, earn coins, and discover quirky surprises. Destroy and rebuild the world repeatedly for escalating profits.

Highlights
  • Tap to build and expand underground shelter
  • Earn coins by housing survivors
  • Collect bonuses from visitors
  • Spin a wheel for productivity boosts
  • Destroy and rebuild the world for profit
  • Discover quirky surprises and characters
Features
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You’ve spent years developing the technology to withstand the total destruction of the earth’s surface, and Doomsday survivors will have no choice but to turn to YOU—their rescuer, their benefactor, their SUPREME LEADER! Tap the buttons to build your underground shelter, then tap some more to expand it with luxurious rooms and upgrades. The bigger your bunker, the more people you hold, and the more coins you make. Keep tapping and watch as your profits grow to greater and more outrageous extremes! In Doomsday Clicker you can: • Collect bonuses when “unwanted visitors” come knock-knocking at your bunker’s door • Discover endless quirky surprises! • Feel immense satisfaction as numbers tick ever higher • Visit THE SUPERCHARGER, a wheel of chance that gives a limited-time productivity boost • Destroy the world over and over again to increase profits. Destroy the world, and build it up again, making more and more every time! • Meet tons of crazy characters… and watch them mutate • Stay tuned! More locations, enemies and survivors characters are coming soon! Doomsday Clicker is free to play but offers some game items for purchase with real money. We love to hear from our players! On Twitter? Drop us a line @pikpokgames and join the conversation with #DoomsdayClicker

About

Idle Apocalypse

Manage a cult, summon demons, and build a tower to destroy the world in this idle clicker simulator. Gather resources, craft monsters, and cast spells to achieve the ultimate apocalypse.

Highlights
  • Cult resource management
  • Summon legendary demon gods
  • Build and craft a tower
  • Create and evolve monsters
  • Incremental idle gameplay
  • Summon Idols for the Apocalypse
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Ever wanted to run a cult? Summon legendary demon gods? Control hordes of unwashed monsters? Craft a tower so tall it defies all laws of physics? Or… destroy the world? No? Well, why not give it a try anyway? Idle Apocalypse is the best cult, clicker apocalypse simulator of 2018! Craft your tower and build it high into the sky and deep underground. Tap to create hordes of goblins, demons and beasts to do your bidding. Cast spells on any brave heroes foolish enough to get in your way. Summon the legendary Idols – a feared group of gods – and bring about the End Times in this novel idle tapper game. Idle Apocalypse is a game about resource management, strategy and evil! - Features - Craft Your Tower - Collect materials to unlock over 40 new rooms! - Unlock research stations to discover technologies. - Tap generators to accelerate progress! - Build mines, juicers, kitchens and factories. Create Monsters - Craft over 20 unique monsters to do your bidding. - Evolve, upgrade and improve them. - Collect goblins, beasts and demons. Incremental Action - Play as much or as little as you like! - Your monsters keep fighting even while you’re offline! - Resource management gameplay. Watch as your tower evolves with just a few taps! Endless Idle Game - Summon Idols to bring about the Apocalypse! - Prestige to unlock valuable chants and grow your tower higher. - Evolve and craft your tower on multiple play-throughs, unlocking new mechanics! Lovers of simulation games and incremental clickers won’t be able to put down this idle monster breeding RPG. And if you do you’ll pick up again a few hours later, because it’s an idle game and there’s loot to collect!

Screenshots

Doomsday Clicker1 screens
Idle Apocalypse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Idle Apocalypse at every 5 weeks against Doomsday Clicker's every 3 months. Idle Apocalypse also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Doomsday Clicker's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 70%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Doomsday Clicker sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Apocalypse sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Doomsday Clicker against 4.6 for Idle Apocalypse. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.2K and 2.5K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Doomsday Clicker's written reviews are positive against 70% of Idle Apocalypse's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doomsday Clicker ships an update every 3 months, Idle Apocalypse every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Doomsday Clicker versus Idle Apocalypse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoomsday ClickerIdle Apocalypse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.2K ratings)4.6 (2.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews — better69.5% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K — better2.5K
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB280 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperPikPokGrumpy Rhino Games LTD

Customer experience

Doomsday Clicker

All ratings3,145 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews1,134 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative15.3%

Idle Apocalypse

All ratings2,447 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews200 reviews
Positive69.5%
Neutral10.5%
Negative20.0%

User reviews

Doomsday Clicker

From 3.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🎶 Excellent soundtrack and music
  • 💎 Satisfying progression and upgrades
  • 🕹️ Simple yet engaging mechanics
  • 🎨 Charming and humorous visuals

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🕰️ Repetitive gameplay after a while
  • 💰 Imbalanced upgrade costs at higher levels
  • 🤖 Issues with ad-based rewards not working properly

Idle Apocalypse

From 2.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Favorite mobile game of all time
  • 👍 Amazing Idle Game
  • 👍 Best Forever-Game
  • 👍 Excellent Customer Support
  • 👍 love love love this

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Broken
  • 🐛 Great game but never lets me play :(
  • 🐛 Unplayable Bug
  • 🐛 PLEASE FIX ADS
  • 🐛 Recent update problems

Bugs and requests

Doomsday Clicker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent mutant/human gain rates
  • Upgrade costs not scaling properly
  • Ads not providing expected rewards

Requested features

4 requests
  • More variety in rooms and bunkers
  • Additional game modes or challenges
  • Ability to skip or fast-forward certain tasks
  • Better cloud save/restore functionality

Idle Apocalypse

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Game keeps freezing or crashing
  • Ads not working properly
  • Progress gets reset or lost
  • Progression gets stuck due to bugs
  • Offline mode issues
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  • Incompatibility with new OS versions

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add more towers and maybe changing heroes
  • Add a timer/stopwatch 🙂😋
  • More events!
  • Add more floors like a vampire's cave
  • Add more heroes or not
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  • Add more types of apocalypse
  • Make chants permanent and not having to be reinstated after every apocalypse
  • Add a notification on when one of my upgrades are available, like a checklist system
  • Keep progress after the apocalypse
  • Add a way to schedule changes in what is produced

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Doomsday Clicker

One-time10
  • 400 Gold$1.99
  • 200 Gold$1.99
  • 300 Gold$1.99
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  • 550 Gold Pack$4.99
  • 1100 Gold$4.99
  • 830 Gold$4.99
  • Gold Stash$4.99
  • Doomsdog$4.99
  • 1150 Gold Pack$9.99
  • 2400 Gold Pack$19.99
10 purchases

Idle Apocalypse

One-time10
  • Tiny Gem Pack$4.99
  • Remove Ads$9.99
  • Small Gem Pack$9.99
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  • Turbo Bundle$9.99
  • Event Bundle$9.99
  • Seasonal Bundle$9.99
  • Boost Bundle$13.99
  • Medium Gem Pack$19.99
  • Skin Bundle$19.99
  • Tesla Bundle$30.99

Questions

Is Doomsday Clicker free?
Doomsday Clicker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Apocalypse free?
Idle Apocalypse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Doomsday Clicker or Idle Apocalypse?
Idle Apocalypse is rated higher. Doomsday Clicker averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while Idle Apocalypse averages 4.6 from 2.5K ratings.
Do Doomsday Clicker or Idle Apocalypse have ads?
Both Doomsday Clicker and Idle Apocalypse show ads.
Which is updated more often, Doomsday Clicker or Idle Apocalypse?
Doomsday Clicker ships an update every 3 months, and Idle Apocalypse every 5 weeks. Most recently, Doomsday Clicker was updated on November 4, 2026 and Idle Apocalypse on November 2, 2026.

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