Comparison

Bacterial Takeover vs Idle War.app

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

Head to head
About

Bacterial Takeover

Become a tycoon of deadly bacteria and conquer the universe in this addictive idle clicker game. Grow your army, discover rare minerals, and use nano-tech to destroy planets. Perfect for quick play sessions or long journeys.

Highlights
  • Idle bacteria production
  • Offline play
  • Planet destruction
  • Bacteria boosting minerals
  • Nano tech upgrades
  • Achievements
Features
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The most unique and addictive of the idle clicker games is here! Become tycoon of deadly bacteria and take over the Universe. This idle clicker game will take you on a new space journey. Expand and grow big numbers of bacteria with enchantments in idle production and rare minerals. Take on the challenge and discover the best gameplay and idle strategy to destroy as many planets as possible! Key features: -- Click Click Click Clicker game. -- Play without internet. -- Perfect game for a lunch break or while on the bus. -- Addictive and simple mechanics with idle bacteria production -- Huge numbers of bacteria. -- Nano tech to destroy toughest. -- Ever mutating super bacteria. -- Discover bacteria boosting minerals. -- Tons of upgrades. -- Lots of achievements. No ads offer a monthly subscription that removes ads from the game during the period of subscription. During the period of subscription, you will be able to receive all ad bonuses for free without watching ads. This is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to iTunes account at confirmation. Subscription is renewed unless turned off 24h before the period ends; account will be charged for renewal as well. You may turn it off in your Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases the paid subscription, where applicable. Privacy policy: https://www.fufla.eu/privacy_policy.php Terms of service: https://www.fufla.eu/terms.php Join our very active Bacterial Takeover - Idle Clicker community: Facebook: https://www.fb.com/bacterialTakeover Twitter: https://twitter.com/BacteriaTapper Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bacterialtakeover Discord: https://discord.gg/xRYUzYU

About

Idle War.app

An incremental empire-building game where you conquer territories, manage resources, and upgrade your empire. Progress even while offline with automated features and discover new maps and challenges.

Highlights
  • Army generation and upgrades
  • Resource mining and smelting
  • Item crafting with recipes
  • Territory conquest and bonuses
  • Technology upgrades
  • Artifact discovery and upgrades
  • Advancement Points for permanent boosts
  • Auto-play features
Features
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Conquer the world while you sleep! War.app (previously known as Warzone) is an innovative incremental game that puts you in charge of an empire. As you use your armies to conquer neighboring territories, you'll discover tons of exciting assets you can use to strengthen your empire further. • Army camps generate armies continuously. You can capture more and upgrade them. Use your armies to conquer territories on the map to discover more things to help you. • Mines generate ores continuously, such as copper ore, tin ore, etc. You can upgrade them to produce more. • Smelters work continuously to smelt your ore into bars. Bars can be sold for more than the ore it took to make it. • Crafters work continuously to turn your smelted bars into items, such as copper bars into copper wire. • Find recipes on the map to unlock additional things your smelters and crafters can do. • Find caches on the map to give you an injection of free armies, money, or resources. • Technologies can be purchased to turn your items into useful bonuses, such as increasing army camps, better smelters, or drafting armies. • Regions of the map are separate into bonuses. Conquer an entire bonus to unlock sources of money, or other assets. • Mercenary Camps lets you hire armies to grow even faster. • Hospitals allow you to save armies when conquering territories. They can be upgraded to save even more. • Find a dig site and start digging for artifacts, which are permanent upgrades to fuel your empire. Artifacts can be upgraded by sacrificing ones you don't need. • Complete an entire map and you will earn Advancement Points (AP). These can be spent on Advancements which give you permanent upgrades, such as improving army camps, mines, sell prices, drafts, etc. • By default, you can accrue two hours of idle time. The Max Idle Time advancement can upgrade this time to any value, and you can also find artifacts that increase it. • Auto-advancements help you out by playing the game for you. For example, auto-conquer automatically conquers territories on the map, auto-sell automatically sells resources you don't need, auto-draft automatically picks up drafts, etc. Getting all of them can completely automate the game. • Over 30 maps are available, covering all parts of the world as well as fictional places. If you complete them all you can Ascend. • Powers can be used to accelerate your empire. Find them on the map, get them from the daily bonus, or spin the War.app Wheel to win powers or coins. • The multi-level power or advancement allow playing multiple levels at the same time. This is an effective way to boost your progression. • Find Arenas to compete against other War.app players in a strategic battle. The winner will get additional armies, money, and resources to fuel their empire. • Compete against up to 30 other players in a chaotic Battle Royale multi-player mode! Launch attacks against others and see who comes out on top! • Fight against an AI in challenges for additional AP, if your advancements and artifacts are strong enough to out-expand them. • Join a clan and compete in Clan Wars! • Participate in global or clan chat rooms built into the app • Earn and complete all of the achievements! Terms of service: https://war.app/TermsOfService

Screenshots

Bacterial Takeover4 screens
Idle War.app4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Idle War.app at none against Bacterial Takeover's shown. Bacterial Takeover's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 60%) and ratings volume (884 vs 148). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bacterial Takeover sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Idle War.app sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Bacterial Takeover against 4.7 for Idle War.app. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bacterial Takeover has 884 ratings behind it against 148, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Bacterial Takeover's written reviews are positive against 60% of Idle War.app's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bacterial Takeover ships an update every 5 weeks, Idle War.app every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bacterial Takeover versus Idle War.app: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBacterial TakeoverIdle War.app
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (884 ratings) — better4.7 (148 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings884 — better148
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size366 MB277 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperFufla SIARandy Ficker

Customer experience

Bacterial Takeover

All ratings884 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews180 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%

Idle War.app

All ratings148 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral0.7%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Bacterial Takeover

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Ads not loading properly
  • Game resets progress after updates
  • Planetary attack button not working
  • Mutations and upgrades not functioning as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • More content updates
  • Improved gene strand upgrades
  • Additional colony types
  • Better progression after black hole
  • Ability to buy more bacteria at once

Idle War.app

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Bacterial Takeover

Subscriptions1
  • Advertising free gaming$2.991 Month
One-time9
  • A tiny pack$0.99
  • A tiny pack$1.99
  • A small gem pack$2.99
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  • A small pack$3.99
  • Starter Pack$3.99
  • Friday Offer$4.99
  • A medium pack$9.99
  • Mega Boost Bundle$9.99
  • A large pack$19.99
10 purchases

Idle War.app

Subscriptions1
  • Idle Premium$8.991 Month
One-time9
  • Mothers Day Bundle$3.99
  • Father's Day Bundle$3.99
  • 500 Coins$5.99
Show 6 more
  • Super Camp$9.99
  • 1,000 Coins$9.99
  • Spring Bundle$9.99
  • Summer Solstice Bundle$9.99
  • 2,500 Coins$23.99
  • 10,000 Coins$89.99

Questions

Is Bacterial Takeover free?
Bacterial Takeover is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle War.app free?
Idle War.app is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bacterial Takeover or Idle War.app?
Bacterial Takeover is rated higher. Bacterial Takeover averages 4.7 out of 5 from 884 ratings, while Idle War.app averages 4.7 from 148 ratings.
Do Bacterial Takeover or Idle War.app have ads?
Bacterial Takeover shows ads; Idle War.app does not.
Which is updated more often, Bacterial Takeover or Idle War.app?
Bacterial Takeover ships an update every 5 weeks, and Idle War.app every 2 months. Most recently, Bacterial Takeover was updated on November 6, 2026 and Idle War.app on November 7, 2026.

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