Idle Painter vs Idle Tree City
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 Tree City
Build a charming wood village by helping cute trees construct houses and revitalize dry land. Earn in-game cash to purchase upgrades, speed up production, and expand your settlement in this addictive idle game.
- Build wood houses
- Rescue dry land
- Earn cash
- Purchase upgrades
- Produce trees faster
- Build a village
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Welcome to Idle Tree City - a brand new idle game! In this idle game, you will help cute trees build beautiful wood houses and rescue the dry land. Earn cash, purchase upgrades, produce trees faster and build a whole new village! Enjoy the addictive & unique idle game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Idle Tree City at fortnightly against Idle Painter's every 3 months. Idle Tree City also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Idle Painter's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 41%) and ratings volume (32K vs 1.2K). 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
Both are free to download. Idle Painter sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Tree City sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Idle Painter against 4.7 for Idle Tree City. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Painter has 32K ratings behind it against 1.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Idle Painter's written reviews are positive against 41% of Idle Tree City's.
Idle Painter ships an update every 3 months, Idle Tree City fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Painter | Idle Tree City |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (32K ratings) | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews — better | 41.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32K — better | 1.2K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — 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 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 283 MB | 253 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SayGames LTD | ZPLAY (HK) TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED |
Customer experience
Idle Painter
Idle Tree City
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 Tree City
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Super fun game
- 👌 Pretty cool game
- 🤩 Epic game
- 👍 Great visuals and relaxing vibe
- 👍 Perfectly fine
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitching and bugs
- 💰 Expensive ad removal
- 🤯 Too many ads
- 🤔 Unreasonable monetization
- 🤯 Forced 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 Tree City
Reported bugs
4 issues- Logs stuck at 100% completion
- Auto-collect feature not working properly
- Game made user start over
- Town/buildings disappeared
Requested features
2 requests- Make villagers wander around the neighborhood
- Expand the game to Skyhigh
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 Tree City
- Gem Pack 1$1.99
- Gem Pack 2$4.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
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- Gem Pack 3$10.99
- Special Offer$15.99
- Gem Pack 4$19.99
- Power Pack$19.99
- Special Offer Regular$23.99
- Gem Pack 5$49.99
- Starter Pack Regular$49.99
Questions
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