Excellent Throw vs Idle Chest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Excellent Throw
Practice and master excellent and curve throws in a fun, addictive gameplay experience. Explore multiple game types, target distances, and unlockable content to enhance your throwing skills.
- Master excellent throws
- Master curve throws
- Addictive gameplay
- Multiple game types
- Multiple target distances
- Unlockables
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Master your skills to ace Excellent and Curve throws when it counts! With addictive gameplay, multiple game types, multiple target distances, unlockables, and surprises — throwing has never been so much fun! -- This game has not been prepared, approved, or licensed by any entity that created or produced Pokémon GO, including Niantic, Inc., The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Creatures Inc., and GAME FREAK Inc.
Idle Chest
Embark on a treasure-hunting adventure where every click earns rewards. Upgrade your skills, collect and enhance equipment, and unlock unique abilities. Discover the secrets of this world through engaging gameplay and an addictive incremental experience.
- Open various chests
- Loot and upgrade equipment
- Buy skill upgrades
- Unlock unique skills
- Discover game story
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Dive in "Idle Chest", an adventure where each click brings you closer to fabulous treasures. Earn rewards, upgrade your skills, and unlock new chests for endless fun! Get ready to be hooked on this addictive endless incremental clicker experience! * OPEN CHESTS Open a variety of chests and discover everything they hide, from equipments to resources or other awesome chests! * LOOT EQUIPMENTS Collect different equipments upgrade them and equip them to gain bonus and discover more legendary equipments! * BUY UPGRADES Upgrade your opening skills by buying upgrades to allow you to drop more rewards and open chests faster! * UNLOCK UNIQUE SKILLS Using skill points, unlock every skills in the skill tree to become stronger and obtain unique powers! * DISCOVER THE STORY Progress in the game to discover the secret behind this world! Come discover "Idle Chest", the new incremental, clicker game which you wouldn't want to miss !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Chest at 4.5 against Excellent Throw's 3.1. Idle Chest also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 57%). Excellent Throw's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Excellent Throw sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Chest sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Chest holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 109 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Excellent Throw's written reviews are positive against 81% of Idle Chest's.
Excellent Throw ships an update every 3 weeks, Idle Chest every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Excellent Throw | Idle Chest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (46 ratings) | 4.5 (109 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 80.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 | 109 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 192 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AK Arts LLC | Thomas Gunzburger |
Customer experience
Excellent Throw
Idle Chest
Bugs and requests
Excellent Throw
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Idle Chest
Reported bugs
2 issues- Progress resets or reverts
- Minions not working after equipping 'Chosen One'
Requested features
2 requests- Dark mode option
- Better UI for comparing damage sources
In-app purchases
Excellent Throw
- Unlimited Balls$0.99
- Excellent Bundle$0.99
- Majestic Beach Bundle$1.99
Idle Chest
- Underwater Background Skin$3.99
- Underwater Chests Skin$3.99
- Underwater Acolytes Skin$3.99
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- No Ads$3.99
- Underwater Complete Skins Pack$8.99
