Comparison

Tiny Dragons vs Idle Frontier

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

Head to head
About

Tiny Dragons

Tap to hatch and collect a horde of dragons, building their lairs and upgrading them for riches. This casual idle clicker game features unique 3D visuals and challenges friends to see who can hatch the most dragons.

Highlights
  • Tap to hatch dragons
  • Build and upgrade dragon lairs
  • Collect dragon gold
  • Idle simulator mode
  • Unique 3D visuals
  • Challenge friends
Features
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TAP TAP TAP - HATCH DRAGONS! Want to build up a DRAGON horde and GROW RICH doing it? Can you TAP FAST enough? CLICK-TAP-HATCH to collect dragon gold every day – even when you’re not playing! 6 REASONS TO PLAY TINY DRAGONS - SUPER CASUAL GAME PLAY Just keep tapping the screen. The perfect dragon clicker story! - TAP & BUILD Build your dragon’s lair, collect money, hatch dragons, upgrade your Dragons Dens! Tap! Tap! Tapped! - CLICK & CASH Casual & addictive idle clicker gameplay for dragons happy to click & pocket money every day! Collect and grow rich! - UPGRADE & GROW Plan your cash investments and level up with multiple story upgrades - UNIQUE VISUALS Amazing 3D magical world with noble dragons in a fantastical land - CHALLENGE FRIENDS Think you can hatch more happy dragons than your friends? Got more gems? Send them dragons a challenge! Tap like a tycoon and hatch as many tiny dragons as you can to grow and upgrade your Dragon Lair to pocket MONEY in this awesome 3D game! A dragon farming simulator like no other! 3 SIMPLE STEPS TO GROW YOUR TOWN 1. Tap to clone - (idle simulator mode when away!) 2. Research to win 3. Upgrade your dragon dens to be the township tycoon story all your friends are talking about! Challenge your friends to see who finds the rarest dragon egg in this idle mining pocket clicker! ~~~~~~~~~~~ ALREADY LOVE THE GAME? Like us: https://www.facebook.com/tinytycoon/

About

Idle Frontier

Tap to build a western empire, mine gold, and hire characters to automate your businesses. Progress through towns, invest profits, and compete in events to become an idle tycoon. Enjoy limitless prosperity as your gold piles up.

Highlights
  • Tap to explore towns
  • Automate businesses for idle cash
  • Invest to multiply profits
  • Collect characters to strengthen towns
  • Prestige to continue progression
  • Compete in event leaderboards
Features
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Tap to explore new towns, build your empire & settle the idle frontier! Now with less dysentery! Start exploring your first wild west town with the help of local town folk to mine for gold and cash you’ll need to become the tycoon of Tap Town! Tap your way to idle tycoon status one town at a time, hiring interesting characters from various towns, and sit back and watch as your gold piles up! Can you reach Providence Valley? FEATURES: AUTOMATE your businesses and earn limitless cash while you're idle INVEST your idle cash into your town and watch your profits multiply COLLECT characters to help strengthen your town PRESTIGE to continue your journey one town at a time COMPETE in event leaderboards for profit multipliers Reach Providence Valley and find limitless prosperity! Please Note: Idle Frontier is a free-to-play game, but some extra game items can be purchased for real money. You can disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. Playing Idle Frontier requires a secure internet connection. Got problems or issues? email us at support@idlefrontier.zendesk.com Kongregate User Agreement: https://www.kongregate.com/user-agreement

Screenshots

Tiny Dragons4 screens
Idle Frontier4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tiny Dragons and Idle Frontier both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Tiny Dragons's written reviews are positive against 30% of Idle Frontier's. Tiny Dragons also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Idle Frontier's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 104) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ads 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. Tiny Dragons sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Frontier sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. 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 Tiny Dragons against 4.6 for Idle Frontier. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Frontier has 17K ratings behind it against 104, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Tiny Dragons's written reviews are positive against 30% of Idle Frontier's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiny Dragons ships an update every 4 months, Idle Frontier monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tiny Dragons versus Idle Frontier: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny DragonsIdle Frontier
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (104 ratings) — better4.6 (17K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better29.6% of reviews
Number of ratings10417K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
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
Size272 MB287 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMindstorm StudiosKongregate

Customer experience

Tiny Dragons

All ratings104 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Idle Frontier

All ratings16,690 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews389 reviews
Positive29.6%
Neutral18.5%
Negative51.9%

Bugs and requests

Tiny Dragons

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Idle Frontier

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Freezing and crashing on loading screens
  • Inconsistent ad rewards and functionality
  • Loss of progress and saved data
  • Kongregate login issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • More balanced event difficulty
  • Ability to sell/trade unused manager cards
  • Improved offline progression and automation
  • Better tutorial and explanations for new players

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tiny Dragons

One-time10
  • Vault Permit 80% Off$0.99
  • Dragon Bank 70% Off$0.99
  • Fiery Pile$0.99
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  • Vault Permit 60% Off$1.99
  • Dragon Bank$2.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Vault Permit$4.99
  • Burning Trunk$4.99
  • Shiny Box$9.99
  • Wagonload$19.99
10 purchases

Idle Frontier

Subscriptions3
  • VIP Subscription (Weekly)$2.997 Days
  • VIP Subscription (Monthly)$7.991 Month
  • Subscription + Calendar Boost$9.991 Month
One-time7
  • Extra Small Gold Pack$4.99
  • Small Gold Pack$9.99
  • Settler's Pack$9.99
Show 4 more
  • Trapper's Pack$14.99
  • Medium Gold Pack$19.99
  • Sailor's Pack$19.99
  • Conductor's Pack$29.99

Questions

Is Tiny Dragons free?
Tiny Dragons is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Frontier free?
Idle Frontier is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tiny Dragons or Idle Frontier?
Tiny Dragons is rated higher. Tiny Dragons averages 4.7 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while Idle Frontier averages 4.6 from 17K ratings.
Do Tiny Dragons or Idle Frontier have ads?
Both Tiny Dragons and Idle Frontier show ads.
Which is updated more often, Tiny Dragons or Idle Frontier?
Tiny Dragons ships an update every 4 months, and Idle Frontier monthly. Most recently, Tiny Dragons was updated on November 8, 2026 and Idle Frontier on November 10, 2026.

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