Comparison

Idle Wizard vs Pixel Tribe

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

Head to head
About

Idle Wizard

Embark on a hero's journey as an unemployed wizard. Earn money through jobs, invest in education and magical items, and climb the corporate ladder to become a wealthy chairman. Build a family and complete missions to achieve legendary status.

Highlights
  • Life simulation gameplay
  • Start as a penniless wizard
  • Find jobs and earn money
  • Invest in education and items
  • Climb the corporate ladder
  • Build a virtual family
  • Complete missions
Features
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Begin your hero life as an unemployed wizard without home or knowledge. Get jobs, earn money and spend your hard-earned money for food, education, magic Wand, Broom and Dragon,... Do whatever it takes to become the richest Chairman of Phoenix Group. Life Simulation: − start the journey as a poor wizard with no money, no job, no home; − find your first job and work for food and drink. − Buy your clothes and your first wand; − Get enrolled at Magic School and strenthen your knowledge/power; − Climb up the corporate ladder; − Find yourself a girlfriend and make a virtual family; − Conquer the missions and become the legendary chairman of Phoenix group

About

Pixel Tribe

Build and manage a Viking tribe in a retro pixel art strategy RPG. Craft weapons, upgrade your kingdom, and lead your Vikings in turn-based raids and PVP battles. Farm resources, raise animals, and customize your village to become the ultimate Viking chief.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade Viking kingdom
  • Craft weapons and armor
  • Turn-based combat raids
  • Farm resources and raise animals
  • Multiplayer clans and PVP battles
  • Customize Viking skills
Features
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Pixel Tribe: Viking Kingdom is a strategy RPG with retro pixel art graphics where you build and upgrade a tribe of Vikings. As the chief, you must build your kingdom, raise a tribe of Vikings, craft weapons and armor, and send your Vikings on epic turn-based raids. Craft items and resources, upgrade your kingdom and improve your Vikings fighting skills. Build, farm, raise animals, decorate, upgrade and customize your own Viking Kingdom. Craft weapons and armor for your Vikings to give them a fighting chance against the toughest enemies in Midgard! PIXEL TRIBE: VIKING KINGDOM FEATURES CRAFT, BUILD & UPGRADE ● Craft and upgrade weapons and armor. ● Build and upgrade buildings like the Weaponsmith, Viking ship, Church and more. ● Craft resources to earn gold and upgrade your kingdom. ● Craft items and gear to upgrade your Vikings fighting skills. ● Upgrade your farm to craft food and more valuable resources. FIGHTING ● Earn rewards by fighting and raid your enemies! ● Level up your Vikings and upgrade your fighting skills! ● Fighting lets you specialize your Vikings as tanks, fighters, archers or mages. ● Top the Leaderboards by fighting your way to glory! FARM, BUILD & UPGRADE ● Build a farm and craft food to heal your Vikings. ● Plant and harvest crops. ● Build your kingdom and raise animals. ● Farm and feed your animals to produce eggs, wool, and milk. MULTIPLAYER ● Clans with Raids, Orders, and Buffs ● PVP battles ● Leagues and Leaderboards ● Visit other Players villages

Screenshots

Idle Wizard4 screens
Pixel Tribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixel Tribe at 89% against Idle Wizard's 33%. Pixel Tribe also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.9) and ratings volume (4K vs 11). Idle Wizard's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Idle Wizard sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Pixel Tribe sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel Tribe holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Tribe has 4K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Idle Wizard's written reviews are positive against 89% of Pixel Tribe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Wizard ships an update weekly, Pixel Tribe every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Idle Wizard versus Pixel Tribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle WizardPixel Tribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (11 ratings)4.9 (4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews89.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings114K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB308 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developermai phuong buiKvannli AS

Customer experience

Idle Wizard

All ratings11 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Pixel Tribe

All ratings3,962 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews321 reviews
Positive89.4%
Neutral4.7%
Negative5.9%

Bugs and requests

Idle Wizard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Pixel Tribe

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or bugs
  • Soft-locking issues due to progression imbalance

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to rename or customize Vikings
  • Expanded clan/multiplayer features
  • More diverse building and decoration options
  • Reduced crafting/production times
  • Offline/background progression mode
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  • Challenging boss battles or events
  • Improved quest/progression system

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Idle Wizard

One-time3
  • Pocket of Galleon$0.99
  • Bag of Galleon$2.99
  • Chest of Galleon$19.99
7 purchases

Pixel Tribe

One-time7
  • Pocketfull of Gems$0.99
  • Pile of Gems$1.99
  • Bag of Gems$4.99
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  • Sack of Gems$9.99
  • Box of Gems$19.99
  • Chest of Gems$49.99
  • Golden Gem Chest$99.99

Questions

Is Idle Wizard free?
Idle Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Tribe free?
Pixel Tribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Idle Wizard or Pixel Tribe?
Pixel Tribe is rated higher. Idle Wizard averages 2.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Pixel Tribe averages 4.9 from 4K ratings.
Do Idle Wizard or Pixel Tribe have ads?
Pixel Tribe shows ads; Idle Wizard does not.
Which is updated more often, Idle Wizard or Pixel Tribe?
Idle Wizard ships an update weekly, and Pixel Tribe every 4 weeks. Most recently, Idle Wizard was updated on October 17, 2026 and Pixel Tribe on October 15, 2026.

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