Comparison

Crafting Idle Clicker vs Swarm Simulator

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

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About

Crafting Idle Clicker

Build intricate production lines, from basic materials to legendary items. Automate sales, upgrade units, and unlock hundreds of achievements. Invest in research and customize your workshop for a deep crafting experience.

Highlights
  • Mine and harvest resources
  • Build complex production lines
  • Automate sales and upgrades
  • Unlock over 500 achievements
  • Collect and evolve blueprints
  • Customize workshop layout
  • Participate in event workshops
Features
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Become a crafting tycoon! - Mine and harvest resources to craft products and goods. - Build anything from basic materials to legendary items. - Automatically sell your goods and upgrade your crafting units. - Unlock over 500 achievements and ascend 100 levels. - Collect new blueprints to unlock them in your workshop. Build, invest and research! - Upgrade and evolve blueprints! Increase your revenue to get set bonuses. - Invest in further upgrades, new products or research. - Accomplish missions to get permanent prestige rewards. Customize your workshop! - Organize your workshop however you want. Just drag around the products. - Engage in regular event workshops with unique content and rewards. - Build a gigantic production line with over 100 items and counting. Crafting Idle Clicker supports multiple playstyles: -Active: Tap your products to speed up crafting. -Passive: Let the game run while it automatically earns money and invests the profits. -Closed: Crafting continues while the app is closed. Just give new orders from time to time. -Offline: Most features work without internet connection. Generative AI tools were used during development to assist in creating marketing and promotional graphics, localized text, and visual assets for game updates and new features (such as icons, UI elements, and seasonal content). All AI-assisted assets are reviewed, edited, and integrated by human developers prior to release. Do you like idle games, management games or incremental games, but most of them are too shallow for you? Then try Crafting Idle Clicker - one of the best crafting games out there! Over one million players enjoyed Crafting Idle Clicker already. The game is still updated regularly with new features and content. Help us making this the best idle clicker game on mobile. Feel free to send any feedback to feedback@blingblinggames.com! IdleClicker.com facebook.com/IdleClicker twitter.com/IdleClicker reddit.com/r/idleclicker

About

Swarm Simulator

Evolve your insect colony from simple larvae to powerful hive minds in this 3D incremental idle clicker game. Conquer territory, sacrifice units for growth, and ascend to unlock new mutations and expand your swarm across the universe.

Highlights
  • Incremental idle clicker gameplay
  • Endless progression and unit evolution
  • Idle mode for offline growth
  • Ascend system with new mutations
  • All-new 3D graphics and units
  • Elixir buffs and Golden Bug bonuses
Features
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Over 2 MILLION PLAYERS! Swarm Simulator: Evolution brings the strategic, incremental, idle, clicker gameplay of the wildly successful web game into a new 3D world with dozens of new systems and extra features! Evolve your way from lowly larvae and drones to all-powerful hive Overminds and beyond in this idle masterpiece! Conquer territory with fearsome Stingers and Locusts to become a tycoon of unit production. Sacrifice smaller units for the greater good of the colony and Ascend over and over as you build your Swarm toward its ultimate goal of universe spanning conquest! == Swarm Simulator Features == Idle Clicker Gameplay • Endless progression - start with a few lowly units, evolve and hatch your way to unimaginable numbers. • Idle mode - the game will keep progressing whether it's open or not, take a break for a few hours and your Swarm will grow and grow! • Ascend your Swarm to start over on a new world but with powerful new Mutations. Evolution Upgrades • All new 3D graphics and new units, dozens of 3D bugs in a fully 3D world. • Elixirs give short term buffs to your Swarm, use a Rage elixir to capture more territory ... or a Warper elixir to speed up time itself! • Golden Bugs can be captured to give long-term bonuses to your Swarm. • Swarm Lord Invasions, the HFL, Carapace Shards, unlockable skins for your bugs and more! The classic text-based incremental game has been reborn in vibrant 3D. Download Swarm Simulator now and conquer EVERYTHING!

Screenshots

Crafting Idle Clicker4 screens
Swarm Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Swarm Simulator at 12.0 against Crafting Idle Clicker's 15.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Crafting Idle Clicker sells 21 one-off in-app purchases and Swarm Simulator sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. 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 Crafting Idle Clicker against 4.7 for Swarm Simulator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.7K and 2.7K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Crafting Idle Clicker's written reviews are positive against 78% of Swarm Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crafting Idle Clicker ships an update every 8 days, Swarm Simulator every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Crafting Idle Clicker versus Swarm Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrafting Idle ClickerSwarm Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.7K ratings)4.7 (2.7K ratings)
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews78.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.7K — better2.7K
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size322 MB158 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBling Bling Games GmbHIron Horse Games LLC

Customer experience

Crafting Idle Clicker

All ratings3,722 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews410 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative19.8%

Swarm Simulator

All ratings2,719 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews175 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral5.1%
Negative16.6%

User reviews

Crafting Idle Clicker

From 3.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Unique gameplay
  • 🚀 Addictive and engaging
  • 💡 Innovative crafting mechanics
  • 🕰️ Offline progress
  • 👍 No forced ads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔌 Drains battery
  • 🔍 Confusing UI
  • 🕰️ Progress resets
  • 🔍 Unclear mechanics

Swarm Simulator

From 2.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🚀 Smooth and responsive
  • 💡 Unique incremental mechanics
  • 🔒 Minimal ads, not intrusive

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches in recent updates
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases

Bugs and requests

Crafting Idle Clicker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes on startup
  • Sync issues causing progress loss
  • Ads not working properly
  • Unresponsive controls

Requested features

4 requests
  • More detailed tutorial
  • Ability to rearrange UI elements
  • Offline mode improvements
  • Ability to hard reset progress

Swarm Simulator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Stuck on loading screen
  • Incorrect display of resources and upgrades
  • Issues with cloud save functionality

Requested features

4 requests
  • More content and updates
  • Offline mode
  • Customization options
  • Improved progression and endgame

In-app purchases

21 purchases

Crafting Idle Clicker

One-time21
  • Starter Package$0.99
  • Special Sale Offer5 variants$0.99
  • Special Sale Offer$4.99
Show 18 more
  • 30 day gems delivery$4.99
  • Handful of Gems$4.99
  • x2 Income & Offline Production$4.99
  • Double Speed$4.99
  • Artifact Challenge Silver Pass$4.99
  • Pouch of Gems$9.99
  • Extra Deal$9.99
  • Triple Speed$9.99
  • Special Sale Offer$9.99
  • Special Sale Offer$19.99
  • 30 day gems delivery$19.99
  • Artifact Challenge Gold Pass$19.99
  • Plump bag of Gems$19.99
  • 30 day favors delivery$19.99
  • 30 day lore pack delivery$19.99
  • Special Sale Offer$49.99
  • Chest of Gems$49.99
  • Treasury of Gems$99.99
11 purchases

Swarm Simulator

One-time11
  • Pouch of Crystals$4.99
  • Elixir Mega Pack$4.99
  • Swarm Supporter Pack$9.99
Show 8 more
  • Bag of Crystals$9.99
  • Crystalline King Pack$9.99
  • Arcane Amplifier Pack$9.99
  • Super Shards Pack$9.99
  • Challenge Crusher Pack$9.99
  • Barrel of Crystals$19.99
  • Elixir Ultra Pack$24.99
  • Storehouse of Crystals$49.99

Questions

Is Crafting Idle Clicker free?
Crafting Idle Clicker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Swarm Simulator free?
Swarm Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crafting Idle Clicker or Swarm Simulator?
Crafting Idle Clicker and Swarm Simulator are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3.7K and 2.7K ratings respectively.
Do Crafting Idle Clicker or Swarm Simulator have ads?
Both Crafting Idle Clicker and Swarm Simulator show ads.
Which is updated more often, Crafting Idle Clicker or Swarm Simulator?
Crafting Idle Clicker ships an update every 8 days, and Swarm Simulator every 9 days. Most recently, Crafting Idle Clicker was updated on October 17, 2026 and Swarm Simulator on October 12, 2026.

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