Idle Press vs Gem Clicker!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Press
Experience the satisfaction of owning and operating a powerful industrial press. Crush a variety of objects with satisfying physics and see how much you can destroy.
- Operate a powerful industrial press
- Crush a variety of objects
- Satisfying physics simulation
- Personal press ownership simulation
- Unlimited crushing
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Always wanted to own your personal press and crush all the stuff? Now you can make it real! Powerful industrial press is right inside of your iPhone. Crush as hard as you want. Crush it all. Will it crush? Sure it will!
Gem Clicker!
Manage a desert mining operation to grow a prosperous gem mine. Invest in upgrades, merge conveyor belts for better gem extraction, and click to temporarily boost your mining speed. This idle clicker game lets you develop your mine over time.
- Grow an ore mine
- Invest money to develop the mine
- Merge conveyor belts for better gems
- Click to boost mining speed
- Idle gameplay
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Welcome to the future of mining, foreman. This canyon is your latest station as the regional manager of Dwarf Inc. Mining Co. This area was nothing but mere desert before Dwarf Inc. established their latest mining facility. But with your leadership and agile decision making skills, It's about to floursih with gems. - A clicker game where you grow an ore mine. - Develop your mine over time by investing more money. - Merge conveyor belts to mine better gems. - Click to boost your mining speed temporarily.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Idle Press at none against Gem Clicker!'s shown. Idle Press also leads on ratings volume (3K vs 15) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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 Press sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Gem Clicker! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Idle Press against 4.5 for Gem Clicker!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Press has 3K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Idle Press ships an update monthly, Gem Clicker! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Press | Gem Clicker! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3K ratings) — better | 4.5 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 195 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zplay (Beijing) Info. Tech. Co.,Ltd. | GAMETATOR YAZILIM DANISMANLIK TICARET VE SANAYI ANONIM SIRKETI |
Customer experience
Idle Press
Gem Clicker!
Bugs and requests
Idle Press
Reported bugs
3 issues- Gems/money getting stuck after upgrades
- Ads shown despite paid ad removal
- Offline progress not tracking properly
Requested features
4 requests- More content and progression
- Improved ad implementation
- Better offline/idle functionality
- Visual improvements
Gem Clicker!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Idle Press
- 15 Gems Pack$0.99
- No ADS$1.99
- 90 Gems Pack$4.99
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- 210 Gems Pack$9.99
- 480 Gems Pack$19.99
- 1275 Gems Pack$49.99
- 2850 Gems Pack$99.99
Gem Clicker!
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Idle Press free?
Is Gem Clicker! free?
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Do Idle Press or Gem Clicker! have ads?
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