Idle Drops vs Idle Press
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Drops
Collect colorful drops in this visually stunning incremental game with a deep sci-fi narrative. Explore a realm beyond the mirage and uncover the truth of your existence through a relaxing yet addictive experience.
- Visually focused incremental gameplay
- Drop collection and cascade creation
- Deep sci-fi story and lore
- Prestige system for advancement
- Beautiful soundtrack and UI
- No forced ads
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Idle Drops is a visually focused incremental game where you collect colorful drops and create a cascade of chaos. But beneath the surface, there is something more. Discover the truth of your existence as you delve deep into realm beyond the mirage. Features: - Beautiful and mesmerizing soundtrack - Multiple ways to advance, including prestige system - Highly polished UI and animations - Deep sci-fi story - No forced ads Idle Drops is a game built in the Judicator Jane LitRPG universe.
Idle Press
Experience the satisfaction of owning and operating a powerful industrial press. Crush a variety of objects with satisfying physics and see how much you can destroy.
- Operate a powerful industrial press
- Crush a variety of objects
- Satisfying physics simulation
- Personal press ownership simulation
- Unlimited crushing
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Always wanted to own your personal press and crush all the stuff? Now you can make it real! Powerful industrial press is right inside of your iPhone. Crush as hard as you want. Crush it all. Will it crush? Sure it will!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Idle Press at none against Idle Drops's shown. Idle Press also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (3K vs 813). Idle Drops's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 32%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Idle Drops sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Press sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Press holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 813 and 3K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Idle Drops's written reviews are positive against 32% of Idle Press's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Idle Drops ships an update every 9 days, Idle Press monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Drops | Idle Press |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (813 ratings) | 4.6 (3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.1% of reviews — better | 32.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 813 | 3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 266 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Rouleau Inc | Zplay (Beijing) Info. Tech. Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Idle Drops
Idle Press
User reviews
Idle Drops
From 813 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Relaxing gameplay
- 🚀 Addictive experience
- 💡 Interesting story/lore
- 🎨 Great visuals and music
Room to improve
- 🔍 Frequent ads
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- 🔋 Progress loss issues
- 📊 Slow progression at higher levels
Idle Press
From 3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast progress
- 🎮 Satisfying gameplay
- 🕰️ Relaxing experience
- 💰 Generous rewards
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lack of content/features
- 💢 Excessive ads
- 🚫 Paid ad removal not working
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
Bugs and requests
Idle Drops
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads causing game freezes
- Losing progress after prestiging
- Inconsistent ad reward functionality
Requested features
4 requests- Add more level variety
- Improve ad implementation
- Implement cloud save/sync
- Expand on the story/lore
Idle Press
Reported bugs
3 issues- Gems/money getting stuck after upgrades
- Ads shown despite paid ad removal
- Offline progress not tracking properly
Requested features
4 requests- More content and progression
- Improved ad implementation
- Better offline/idle functionality
- Visual improvements
In-app purchases
Idle Drops
- 10 Diamonds$0.99
- Dragon Drop$0.99
- Ad-Free Collect x2$2.99
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- Remove Ads$2.99
- Ad-Free Drops x2 and Multi x2$2.99
- 55 Diamonds$4.99
- Mega Pack Remove Ads$6.99
- Mega Pack$6.99
- 120 Diamonds$9.99
- 250 Diamonds$19.99
Idle Press
- 15 Gems Pack$0.99
- No ADS$1.99
- 90 Gems Pack$4.99
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- 210 Gems Pack$9.99
- 480 Gems Pack$19.99
- 1275 Gems Pack$49.99
- 2850 Gems Pack$99.99
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