Idle Drops vs NodeMint
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.
NodeMint
An incremental idle game where players tap to generate resources, build and upgrade nodes to automate income, and complete goals for permanent boosts. Scale your network and mint more to progress.
- Tap to generate Compute
- Mint Dollars
- Build and upgrade Nodes
- Automate income
- Complete goals for Research Points
- Reset for permanent boosts
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Nodemint is an incremental idle game where you tap the Core, generate Compute, mint Dollars, and build a growing network of powerful Nodes. Buy Nodes to automate your income, upgrade them to produce faster, complete goals to earn Research Points, and reset for permanent boosts when progress slows down. Build smarter. Scale higher. Mint more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Drops at 4.3 against NodeMint's 3.7. Idle Drops also leads on ratings volume (813 vs 3). NodeMint's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 NodeMint sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Drops holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Drops has 813 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Idle Drops's written reviews are positive against 100% of NodeMint'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, NodeMint every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Drops | NodeMint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (813 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 813 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 266 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Rouleau Inc | Mustafa Mohammed |
Customer experience
Idle Drops
NodeMint
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
NodeMint
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
NodeMint
- Silver Supporter$4.99
- Gold Supporter$9.99
- Diamond Supporter$19.99
