Tap Forward vs PickleClicker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tap Forward
Experience a simulated life journey from birth to old age. Make choices, upgrade your character, and encounter various life events. See how your decisions shape your future and try to reach the end of your life's path.
- Idle game mechanics
- Upgrades and power-ups
- Life events simulation
- Character progression
- Discover new faces
- Experience aging
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Have you even wondered what will happen to you in 30, 50 or 100 years from now? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to time travel? Now you can!! Tap tap tap your way into the future, TAP Forward! Game features: - Amazingly fun idle game mechanics - Upgrades & power ups to boost your progress - Get sick but try not to die! - Life events will tell you what's going on around your life - As you grow, you will discover new faces Grow and get old! Experience new things, and heck even get sick!! Try to reach your last breath AND don't let him die!! Enjoy.
PickleClicker
Tap to pack pickles and build a vast empire in this idle simulation game. Upgrade your factory, automate production, and catch UFOs for bonus rewards. Earn income even while offline and reset progress for permanent multipliers.
- Endless tapping for income
- Factory automation and upgrades
- UFO bonus rewards and boss contracts
- Offline income generation
- Prestige system for multipliers
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Welcome to Pickle Clicker - the ultimate idle game where you build your own pickle empire! Tap to pack pickles into jars, upgrade your equipment, and watch your profits grow into the trillions. But keep an eye on the sky - mysterious UFOs fly by carrying massive jackpots and special boss contracts! Main Features: Endless Tapping: Pack jars and earn cash with every click. Automation: Buy upgrades and hyper conveyors to make the factory work for you. Catch UFOs: Tap flying saucers for huge bonuses and complete 30-second boss contracts. Offline Income: Your factory keeps earning money even when you are away. Prestige System: Reset your progress to earn powerful permanent multipliers. Start your pickle-packing journey today and become the ultimate tycoon!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PickleClicker at none against Tap Forward's 11. PickleClicker also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (50% vs 39%). Tap Forward's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (41 vs 3). On price, rating 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. Tap Forward sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. PickleClicker asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.6 for Tap Forward against 3.7 for PickleClicker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tap Forward has 41 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 39% of Tap Forward's written reviews are positive against 50% of PickleClicker's.
Tap Forward ships an update every 3 weeks, PickleClicker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tap Forward | PickleClicker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (41 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 537 MB | 237 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FIVE BITS, INC. | Yehor Ivanov |
Customer experience
Tap Forward
PickleClicker
In-app purchases
Tap Forward
- AutoClicker Small$0.99
- Small Time Travel$0.99
- Premium Spin$0.99
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- Tap Small$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Tap Medium$1.99
- AutoClicker Large$2.99
- Large Time Travel$2.99
- Idle Large$2.99
- Tap Large$2.99
- Inmortality$9.99
PickleClicker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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