Comparison

Tap Craft 2 vs XP Waste

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tap Craft 2

Become a legendary smith and defender by crafting powerful armor and weapons. Battle monsters and bosses, develop your hero's talents, and see how far your clicking skills can take you in this adventure.

Highlights
  • Craft over 400 items
  • Develop hero talents
  • Battle monsters and bosses
  • Clicker gameplay mechanics
  • RPG elements
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You are the last blacksmith and defender of humanity. Your mission: forge legendary weapons, craft powerful armor, and stop the endless monster invasion! Gear up, grab your sword, and become the hero the world needs in this epic RPG clicker. • Craft and upgrade over 400 unique items: epic swords, shields, and gear. • Level up your hero and unlock powerful new talents. • Tap to crush endless waves of monsters and defeat mighty bosses. • Idle progression: your forge works and earns gold even when you are offline! • Every tap is a key to victory, so don't waste your time! Try the idle tap game — Tap Craft 2. How far can you get? Prove your crafting and combat skills today!

About

XP Waste

A cozy idle game where you level up 23 different skills to 99. Train skills actively or passively, unlock new methods, and gain permanent perks. Chase the ultimate goal of maxing all skills for a satisfying progression experience.

Highlights
  • Train 23 unique skills
  • Evolving training methods
  • Permanent account-wide perks
  • Passive AFK training
  • Energy and Supercharge mechanics
  • Daily boosts and Raids
  • XP Lamps for instant progress
Features
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XP Waste is a cozy idle skilling game built around one simple, satisfying goal: level every skill to 99. Tap a big, thematic training object to earn experience — chop a tree, cast a line, throw a punch. As a skill grows, its training method upgrades into something new and more powerful, and every tap is worth more. Set skills to train passively, bank Energy for explosive Supercharge bursts, and chase the ultimate flex: max level in all 23 skills. TRAIN 23 SKILLS TO 99 Four categories — Combat, Production, Utility, and Gathering — each with its own thematic training. Every skill uses an authentic, hard-earned experience curve where reaching 99 is a real achievement. Maxing all of them is the true endgame. METHODS THAT EVOLVE Training is never static. Each skill has six tiers of thematic progression that unlock as you level, and the on-screen object visibly upgrades as you climb — a small, frequent reward for every milestone. EVERY SKILL MAKES YOU STRONGER Leveling isn't just a number. Each of the 23 skills grants a permanent, account-wide perk that grows the more you train it. No two perks do the same thing — one widens your biggest hits, another deepens your Energy reserves, another even auto-taps for you — so there's always a reason to spread your taps. TRAIN WHILE YOU'RE AWAY Assign skills to AFK slots and they earn experience passively — while the app is open and while it's closed. Come back to a welcome-back summary of everything your skills earned, and every level-up, while you were gone. Unlock more slots as your total level climbs. ENERGY & SUPERCHARGE Tapping has a chance to spark Energy. Bank enough and Supercharge a skill for a burst of multiplied XP per tap. In a hurry? An Energy Cell fills your bar instantly so you can burst right now. DAILY BOOST Activate a daily boost to multiply all experience for a few minutes — stack it with a Supercharge for an enormous payoff. Certain skills make your boosts stronger and last longer. RAIDS, DIARIES & XP LAMPS There's more to chase than taps. Run daily themed Raids for each skill group and work through Diary tasks as you hit milestones. Clear them to bank XP Lamps — one-time rewards you spend on any skill for an instant burst of progress. BUILT FOR IPHONE & IPAD A clean, native, universal experience designed to look and play great on every device, in every orientation on iPad. Play your way — grind combat, master the gathering skills, or spread your taps wide. It's your account. Push all 23 skills to 99, reach the max total level, and earn your place among the maxed. XP Waste is free to play. Optional token packs can speed up your bursts, but everything can be earned through play. No ads, no account required, and no internet connection needed — your progress lives on your device.

Screenshots

Tap Craft 24 screens
XP Waste4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: XP Waste at 100% against Tap Craft 2's 57%. XP Waste also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Tap Craft 2's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tap Craft 2 sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and XP Waste sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

XP Waste holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tap Craft 2 has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Tap Craft 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of XP Waste's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tap Craft 2 ships an update fortnightly, XP Waste every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tap Craft 2 versus XP Waste: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTap Craft 2XP Waste
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperVitaliy MayorovGREGORY JOSEPH MOHLER

Customer experience

Tap Craft 2

All ratings10 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

XP Waste

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Tap Craft 2

One-time6
  • Crystal pack. Level 1.$2.99
  • Crystal pack. Level 2.$4.99
  • Crystal pack. Level 3.$9.99
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  • Crystal pack. Level 4.$19.99
  • Crystal pack. Level 5.$39.99
  • Crystal pack. Level 6.$69.99
3 purchases

XP Waste

One-time3
  • Pouch of Tokens$0.99
  • Sack of Tokens$4.99
  • Chest of Tokens$9.99

Questions

Is Tap Craft 2 free?
Tap Craft 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is XP Waste free?
XP Waste is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tap Craft 2 or XP Waste?
XP Waste is rated higher. Tap Craft 2 averages 3.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while XP Waste averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Tap Craft 2 or XP Waste have ads?
Neither Tap Craft 2 nor XP Waste shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tap Craft 2 or XP Waste?
Tap Craft 2 ships an update fortnightly, and XP Waste every 4 days. Most recently, Tap Craft 2 was updated on November 2, 2026 and XP Waste on October 31, 2026.

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