Infinite Growth vs Critical
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Feed and grow a giant baby
- Earn money through promotions
- Upgrade childcare tools
- Collect titles and rewards
- Simulate child care
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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
Critical
Manage a reactor to prevent it from becoming critical by delivering water. Earn money over time to unlock permanent upgrades and improve your survival capabilities. Invest wisely to extend your runs and uncover secrets.
- Reactor management
- Incremental income generation
- Permanent upgrades
- Research and secrets
- Survival gameplay
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Stop the reactor from going critical by delivering water. Robots are expensive though, so we use cheap expendable personnel instead. Money earned ramps up incrementally the longer you last. Survive as long as possible to maximize your income! Spend your hard earned cash to unlock permanent upgrades. Invest wisely to make each new run longer than the last. Tons of upgrades to buy, research to be done, and secrets to uncover. Give it a try! The longer you can keep the reactor from exploding, the more money you’ll make. Start small and watch your income grow exponentially as you survive longer and longer. Delay the inevitable cataclysm as long as possible and watch your cashflow go through the roof.
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Verdict
Infinite Growth and Critical both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Infinite Growth's written reviews are positive against 18% of Critical's. Infinite Growth also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (517 vs 147). Critical's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Critical sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Infinite Growth asks for nothing beyond the download.
Infinite Growth holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 517 and 147 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Infinite Growth's written reviews are positive against 18% of Critical's.
Infinite Growth ships an update every 2 months, Critical fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Infinite Growth | Critical |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (517 ratings) — better | 4.4 (147 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.2% of reviews — better | 18.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 517 — better | 147 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yun Ho Jang | WaffleStack Studio LLC |
Customer experience
Infinite Growth
Critical
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
Critical
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Infinite Growth
No in-app purchases
Critical
- 100 Gems$4.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
- Remove All Ads$9.99
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- 225 Gems$9.99
- Pro Pack$9.99
- Pro Pack$14.99
- New Player Sale$14.99
- 500 Gems$14.99
- 800 Gems$19.99
- 3000 Gems$39.99
Questions
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