Comparison

Infinite Growth vs Exponential Idle

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

Head to head
About

Infinite Growth

Nurture and grow a giant baby by feeding it and managing your finances. Earn money through promotions and use it to upgrade childcare tools. Collect titles and rewards as your baby expands.

Highlights
  • Feed and grow a giant baby
  • Earn money through promotions
  • Upgrade childcare tools
  • Collect titles and rewards
  • Simulate child care
Features
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Eat: Please continue to feed the ever-growing children. Earn money: promotion at work, and try making money. Upgrade : Upgrading the tools you need child care to try to grow a giant baby. Collecting: Collect a lot of titles and get a lot of reward

About

Exponential Idle

Engage in a math-inspired incremental game where you strategically stack virtual money through exponential growth. Advance through time, make variable changes, and purchase upgrades to accelerate your earnings and unlock achievements.

Highlights
  • Exponential growth mechanics
  • Time progression
  • Change of variables
  • Buy upgrades
  • Earn virtual money
  • Unlock achievements
Features
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Play Exponential Idle, a math-inspired incremental game. Your goal is to stack up money by taking advantage of exponential growth. To do so, you have to step through time by tapping the equation or simply let the time follow its course. You can perform change of variables to accelerate the process, buy upgrades, get rewards, and unlock achievements while earning virtual money.

Screenshots

Infinite Growth4 screens
Exponential Idle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Infinite Growth at none against Exponential Idle's 4. Exponential Idle's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (4.1K vs 517). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Exponential Idle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Infinite Growth asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Exponential Idle holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exponential Idle has 4.1K ratings behind it against 517, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Infinite Growth's written reviews are positive against 92% of Exponential Idle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Infinite Growth ships an update every 2 months, Exponential Idle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Infinite Growth versus Exponential Idle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInfinite GrowthExponential Idle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (517 ratings)4.9 (4.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews91.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5174.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYun Ho JangGilles-Philippe Paille

Customer experience

Infinite Growth

All ratings517 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral7.9%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews351 reviews
Positive89.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative3.1%

Exponential Idle

All ratings4,139 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews270 reviews
Positive91.9%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.9%

User reviews

Infinite Growth

From 517 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great and addictive game
  • 👍 Fun and silly concept
  • 👍 Unique and original idea
  • 👍 Surprisingly enjoyable

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Ads not working properly
  • 🐛 Camera/UI issues on newer devices
  • 🐛 Some achievements are broken
  • ⏱️ Slow progression/growth

Exponential Idle

From 4.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great and addicting game
  • 👍 Interesting story and educational
  • 👍 Numbers go big
  • 👍 User-friendly with good descriptions
  • 👍 Highly automated progression

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • ⏱️ Slow progression after initial stages
  • 🕹️ Difficult mini-games
  • 🔒 Harsh time-change penalty
  • 🔋 Potential performance issues on some devices

Bugs and requests

Infinite Growth

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Ads not playing
  • Achievements not unlocking properly
  • Compatibility issues on certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline money/growth generation
  • More updates and content
  • Ability to have multiple save files
  • Better optimization for newer devices

Exponential Idle

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Puzzle mini-games not loading correctly
  • Offline progress issues after updates
  • Occasional app crashes

Requested features

5 requests
  • More mini-games and challenges
  • Better explanations for advanced mechanics
  • Adjustable color schemes and visual customization
  • Improved offline progress tracking
  • Smoother performance and optimization

In-app purchases

None

Infinite Growth

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Exponential Idle

One-time4
  • Donate$0.99
  • Permanent Ad Reward$1.99
  • Donate$1.99
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  • Donate$3.99

Questions

Is Infinite Growth free?
Infinite Growth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Exponential Idle free?
Exponential Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Infinite Growth or Exponential Idle?
Exponential Idle is rated higher. Infinite Growth averages 4.5 out of 5 from 517 ratings, while Exponential Idle averages 4.9 from 4.1K ratings.
Do Infinite Growth or Exponential Idle have ads?
Both Infinite Growth and Exponential Idle show ads.
Which is updated more often, Infinite Growth or Exponential Idle?
Infinite Growth ships an update every 2 months, and Exponential Idle every 3 weeks. Most recently, Infinite Growth was updated on November 2, 2026 and Exponential Idle on November 3, 2026.

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