Degrees! vs Melter Idle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Degrees!
A timing-based arcade game where players tap to make a circle fly, dodge obstacles, and collect coins. Use collected coins to purchase power-ups that slow down time and help progress through challenging levels. New content is added regularly to keep gameplay fresh.
- Timing-based gameplay
- Obstacle dodging
- Coin collection
- Time-slowing power-ups
- Regular level updates
- New mechanics
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Degrees is a game all about timing. Time your taps perfectly to send your circle flying! Make it dodge harmful obstacles and squeeze through tight spaces to collect coins. Then, take the coins you earned or bought in purchases and buy power-ups that slow down time! You already start with 3 of these power-ups to kickstart your level-crushing adventure. Every major update has 20 more levels for you to figure out and enjoy, along with new mechanics and ideas that will shake up the gameplay every time!
Melter Idle
Engage in a satisfying pixel-melting experience. Collect in-game currency to enhance your melting capabilities and unlock new upgrades. Watch as pixels transform into valuable resources.
- Pixel melting gameplay
- Collect money
- Upgrade Melter
- Idle progression
- Satisfying visuals
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Melt everything pixels and collect money to upgrade your Melter!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Degrees! at 100% against Melter Idle's 8%. Degrees! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). Melter Idle's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (46 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Degrees! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Melter Idle has 46 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Degrees!'s written reviews are positive against 8% of Melter Idle's.
Degrees! ships an update every 35 months, Melter Idle every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Degrees! | Melter Idle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 3.6 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 8.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 219 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jeffrey Shelton | 小末 张 |
Customer experience
Degrees!
Melter Idle
In-app purchases
Degrees!
No in-app purchases
Melter Idle
No in-app purchases
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