James Spring vs Idle Pocket Planet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
James Spring
Embark on a thrilling hide-and-seek adventure where you guide James as far as possible. Discover and uncover all 44 of James' friends while navigating beautifully designed worlds and avoiding dangerous enemies. Enjoy a completely free gaming experience with simple touch controls.
- Endless running gameplay
- Collect hidden friends
- Avoid dangerous enemies
- Explore beautiful worlds
- Simple touch controls
- Completely free to play
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Where is everyone? Let's play hide and seek! Make James go as far as possible! Find as many James' friends as you can! - Run James as far as possible with simple touch controls - Find and Uncover rest of the 44 James' friends - Watch out cute but dangerous enemies - Travel beautiful designed worlds - No ads and completely free!
Idle Pocket Planet
Explore and colonize a mysterious galaxy by merging settlements and ships to build technological fortresses. Collect artifacts, expand your empire across unusual planets, and enjoy a relaxing idle experience as your colonies grow automatically.
- Colonize mysterious galaxies
- Merge settlements and ships
- Discover new planets
- Collect artifacts
- Expand galactic empire
- Idle gameplay
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Grow your little planets into technological fortresses and discover new (and kind of weird) galaxies! Set out on a cosmic voyage into the vast expanse and discover new planets to claim! COLONIZE this mysterious galaxy as your technological achievements lead you to new stages of scientific evolution! COMBINE your settlements and ships to create new constructs, each more powerful than the last and able to yield greater rewards! COLLECT tons of artifacts to complete your scientific journal and decorate your ship! EXPAND your galactic empire into sci-fi colonies, and settle on unusual planets! RELAX in a contemplative idle experience as you marvel at the soothing strangeness of space while your colonies grow on their own.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Pocket Planet at 4.8 against James Spring's 4.0. Idle Pocket Planet also leads on ratings volume (2.2K vs 5) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). James Spring's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement 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. Idle Pocket Planet sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. James Spring asks for nothing beyond the download.
Idle Pocket Planet holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Pocket Planet has 2.2K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of James Spring's written reviews are positive against 92% of Idle Pocket Planet's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
James Spring ships an update every 2 months, Idle Pocket Planet monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | James Spring | Idle Pocket Planet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (2.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews — better | 91.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 2.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 202 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SungHyuk Yoon | Mum Not Proud |
Customer experience
James Spring
Idle Pocket Planet
Bugs and requests
James Spring
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Idle Pocket Planet
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Issues with ad rewards not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- More planets and content to explore
- Ability to customize planets further
- Cross-game integration with other Hyperbeard titles
- Improved tutorial and guidance
In-app purchases
James Spring
No in-app purchases
Idle Pocket Planet
- Pack 1$0.99
- Starter Pack$1.99
- Pack 2$3.99
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- Pack 3$9.99
- Special Offer$11.99
- Pack 4$19.99
- Pack 5$24.99
Questions
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