Idle Painter vs Idle Pet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Painter
Create your own art studio, upgrade your tools, and master various art styles. Draw countless pictures to become a renowned artist. Enjoy a relaxing and creative drawing simulation experience.
- Build and upgrade art studio
- Learn new art styles
- Draw numerous pictures
- Master art techniques
- Creative and relaxing gameplay
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Build your own art studio, upgrade your tools, learn new styles and draw as much pictures as possible! Become a master! Privacy Policy: https://say.games/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://say.games/terms-of-use
Idle Pet
Build and evolve virtual pets from their skeletal structure. Grow organs from stem cells and unlock new animal creations. Experience a unique idle tycoon game focused on biological creation.
- Cell-by-cell pet creation
- Organ growth from stem cells
- Skeleton construction
- Pet evolution simulator
- Idle tycoon gameplay
- Cute animal creator
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Idle Pet - tap-tap idle construction 3d. Our pets are our friends! We love cute furry animals. But do you know what is the structure of the animal? Idle Pet is a skeleton game that will show you how the body of petshop inhabitants, starting with the very first cage. You will find a unique pumping pet. Create a living creature from scratch. Watch how organs pass into the body, just grow them from stem cells. Use powerups and boosters like a real idle tycoon. Evolution has created a dog for millions of years. And how soon will you make a person? You are waiting for cute animals creator simulator ready to run. Start playing for idli making right now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Painter at 4.7 against Idle Pet's 4.2. Idle Painter also leads on ratings volume (32K vs 372). Idle Pet's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Idle Painter sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Pet sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Painter holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Painter has 32K ratings behind it against 372, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Idle Painter's written reviews are positive against 57% of Idle Pet's.
Idle Painter ships an update every 3 months, Idle Pet every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Painter | Idle Pet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (32K ratings) — better | 4.2 (372 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32K — better | 372 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 283 MB | 238 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | SayGames LTD | AA2G1 LTD |
Customer experience
Idle Painter
Idle Pet
User reviews
Idle Painter
From 32K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful and creative artwork
- 👍 Relaxing and soothing gameplay
- 🚀 Fast painting process
- 💎 Satisfying to watch pictures come to life
Room to improve
- 🔍 Limited number of pictures to paint
- 🔍 Repetitive gameplay after completing all pictures
- 🔍 Frequent and unskippable ads
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs causing lost progress
Idle Pet
From 372 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📚 Educational content about animal anatomy
- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay mechanics
- 🦁 Diverse animal selection to unlock
- 🎨 Good graphics and visual design
- 👶 Suitable for children learning biology
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- 💰 Aggressive monetization strategy
- ⚠️ Forced ads even when declining rewards
- 🐛 Game crashes and won't load
- ⏳ Extremely slow progression without ads
Bugs and requests
Idle Painter
Reported bugs
3 issues- Paintings not showing up correctly in the top frame
- Inability to watch videos to unlock new paintings
- Game crashing when completing certain quests
Requested features
5 requests- More pictures and painting options
- Ability to replay favorite paintings
- Option to disable vibration after completing paintings
- Auto-sell feature to continue painting without manual interaction
- Prestige or reset system to provide more long-term progression
Idle Pet
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game stuck on loading screen or title screen
- Game won't load after reinstalling
- Black screen on startup
- Game crashes at 90% loading bar
- Clicking 'no ads' option still shows ads
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- Clicking X on ads doesn't work
- Clicking decline on reward still shows ad
- Gift popup has no close button
- Clicking sound persists when nothing to build
- Upgrade button automatically triggers ads repeatedly
Requested features
14 requests- Add lion to the game
- Add frog, raccoon, snake, and fox animals
- Add tortoise and rabbit
- Add capybara
- Replace unicorn with horse or narwhal
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- Add leaderboard system
- Create sequel with more animals (Idle Animals 2)
- Add domestic and wild animal categories
- Allow customizable upgrade increments (not just 5)
- Add X button to close gift/present popups
- Reduce or remove forced ads
- Implement ad-free premium version at reasonable price
- Add pinch gesture for bones like cells
- Lower age rating from 9+ to 5+
In-app purchases
Idle Painter
- 100 Crystals Pack$0.99
- 300 Crystals Pack$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- 1000 Crystals Mega Pack$4.99
Idle Pet
- Open Human$0.99
- 60 Crystals$1.99
- Open Girl$1.99
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- Disable Ads$2.99
- 120 Crystals$2.99
- 300 Crystals$4.99
- Open Unicorn$4.99
- Open Elephant$4.99
- 700 Crystals$8.99
- 2000 Crystals$23.99
