Idle Bounce vs IdleSpiral
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Bounce
Experience the first 3D bouncing and crushing idle game with endless upgrades. Play offline anytime, anywhere, even during classes or meetings. Enjoy satisfying gameplay without internet requirements.
- 3D bouncing and crushing gameplay
- Idle progression
- Endless upgrades
- Offline play
- Satisfying visual experience
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The first 3d-bouncing-crushing-idle game ever! -Free to play -Endless gameplay and upgrades -No internet connection required -Play in a boring class or meeting ;P
IdleSpiral
An idle, incremental game where players aim to grow a spiral. It combines simple gameplay with mathematical beauty for long-term engagement.
- Idle gameplay
- Incremental progression
- Spiral mathematics
- Long-term engagement
- Simple mechanics
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Idle Spiral is a beautiful idle and incremental game inspired by spirals and mathematics. Grow your spiral farther and farther from the origin. Improve its parameters, discover formulas, challenge enemies, collect rewards, and watch simple mathematical rules create increasingly complex patterns. The controls are simple, but the progression is deep and designed to be enjoyed over a long time. Play actively when you want to optimize your build, or return later and continue from your offline progress. Features: • Deep idle and incremental progression • Spiral growth based on mathematical formulas • Upgrades, battles, challenges, achievements, and daily rewards • Optional ads and in-app purchases • Account, shared Mileage, and cross-platform save foundations • Performance and battery-use options for mobile devices How far can you grow your spiral?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idle Bounce at none against IdleSpiral's 12. Idle Bounce also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (83% vs 54%). IdleSpiral's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (79 vs 11). On price, update cadence 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. IdleSpiral sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Bounce asks for nothing beyond the download.
IdleSpiral holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IdleSpiral has 79 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Idle Bounce's written reviews are positive against 54% of IdleSpiral's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Idle Bounce ships an update every 3 days, IdleSpiral every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Bounce | IdleSpiral |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) | 4.2 (79 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 54.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 79 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 235 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dan Lespect | Idle System, Inc. |
Customer experience
Idle Bounce
IdleSpiral
Bugs and requests
Idle Bounce
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
IdleSpiral
Reported bugs
28 issues- Game is unresponsive
- Ads don't work or give rewards
- Patterns are random
- Bar at the bottom center not growable
- Phone gets super hot and drains battery
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- Translation is poor
- Offline progress not accumulating
- Game speed items cause overheating
- Game becomes laggy
- Last two Z Reactors missing
- Last three challenges missing
- Game not idle, requires active play
- Rewards reset when app is closed
- Memory of Formula system confusing
- Battles no longer progress offline
- Text is too small
- Daily bonus not working
- Offline gains broken
- Achievements not unlocking
- Offline battles don't increase difficulty
- Stats not functioning
- Social sharing (screenshot/tweet) broken
- Daily rewards unclear
- Challenges past first versions inaccessible
- Save process wipes progress
- Offline enemy kills not counting
- Spiral Equations not working
- Difficulty of fighting tab not increasing offline
Requested features
10 requests- Fix bugs and glitches
- Improve ad rewards and length
- Make the game truly idle again
- Fix offline gains and progress
- Improve translation and text display
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- Bring PC version content to mobile
- Fix social sharing features
- Add dark mode
- Fix challenges not appearing
- Fix Z-Reactors not appearing
In-app purchases
Idle Bounce
No in-app purchases
IdleSpiral
- Spiral Point 500$1.99
- Snake Spiral$4.99
- Bubble Spiral$4.99
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- Arrow Spiral$4.99
- Water Spiral$9.99
- Space Spiral$9.99
- Bonfire Spiral$9.99
- Permanent Bonus$9.99
- Pixel Spiral$9.99
- Railway Spiral$9.99
- Spiral Point 3000$12.99
- Spiral Point 10000$29.99
