Comparison

Idle Blocks vs The Long Descent

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

Head to head
About

Idle Blocks

Tap to break blocks and earn rewards. Upgrade your tools and abilities to break more blocks faster. Enjoy endless gameplay with no internet connection required.

Highlights
  • Block breaking gameplay
  • Infinite upgrades
  • Offline play
  • Free to play
  • Endless gameplay
Features
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How many blocks can you break? - Free play - No Internet connection required - Infinite gameplay - Infinite upgrade grade

About

The Long Descent

Embark on an idle deep-sea adventure, piloting an exploration probe to uncover the mystery of a silent ocean. Harvest energy, discover unique species, and upgrade your vessel as you descend through increasingly challenging zones. Enjoy offline progress and optional purchases to support development.

Highlights
  • Idle deep-sea exploration
  • Harvest energy and upgrade ship
  • Discover and catalogue species
  • Skippable reflex minigame
  • Offline progress
  • Fully painted world
Features
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The ocean went silent. You're being sent down to find out why. The Long Descent is an idle deep-sea odyssey: pilot the last exploration probe, harvest energy from the dark, and descend through 31 hand-written zones — from the sunlit shallows to places the sea itself doesn't talk about, and past them into a deep with no floor. DESCEND — Every zone multiplies your output and deepens the story. Your pressure hull must be re-certified at each boundary: reinforce the ship, watch it visibly armor up, and push past the wall. DISCOVER — Catalogue 93 painted deep-sea species, each with its own lore and passive bonus. Rare editions (Shiny → Abyssal) make every sighting a roll of the dice. DIVE — A skippable reflex minigame: steer by headlamp through painted mines and jellyfish for an energy burst. The deeper you go, the dimmer your light. REFIT — Surface, trade your depth for Cores, and descend again — permanently stronger. ◆ Fully painted world: ship, creatures, machines, story vistas ◆ Offline progress — your drones keep working while you're away ◆ Plays in minutes-a-day sips or long hauls; no energy timers on gameplay ◆ No forced ads, ever — every ad is a button you choose to press, and it pays you for pressing it ◆ No account, no server — your save lives on your device ◆ Analytics are opt-in, anonymous, and off until you say otherwise ◆ Optional Pearl bundles support development — the weekly featured bundle carries real bonus Pearls, and there are no fake sales here The road on the seabed is paved, straight, and older than the coastlines above. Who built a road down here? Descend and find out.

Screenshots

Idle Blocks3 screens
The Long Descent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idle Blocks at none against The Long Descent's 10. Idle Blocks also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). The Long Descent's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 1). On price 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. The Long Descent sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Blocks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Blocks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Long Descent has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Idle Blocks's written reviews are positive against 73% of The Long Descent's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Idle Blocks versus The Long Descent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle BlocksThe Long Descent
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better73.3% of reviews
Number of ratings134 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB42 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developerkawamura ayumiShai Ankori

Customer experience

Idle Blocks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

The Long Descent

All ratings29 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Idle Blocks

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

The Long Descent

One-time10
  • Aurora Hull$1.99
  • Deep Start$2.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
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  • Abyssal Engine$4.99
  • Pressure Vault Crack$4.99
  • Premium Season Track$4.99
  • Deep Permit$9.99
  • Pressure Vault Crack II$9.99
  • 1,200 Pearls (+240 bonus)$9.99
  • Pressure Vault Crack III$19.99

Questions

Is Idle Blocks free?
Idle Blocks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Long Descent free?
The Long Descent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Idle Blocks or The Long Descent?
Idle Blocks is rated higher. Idle Blocks averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while The Long Descent averages 4.6 from 34 ratings.
Do Idle Blocks or The Long Descent have ads?
The Long Descent shows ads; Idle Blocks does not.

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