Idle Planet Miner vs Builderment
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Planet Miner
Build and manage your own space mining empire in this idle simulation game. Upgrade planets, smelt ore, hire managers, and play the galactic market to maximize profits. Compete in weekly tournaments for premium rewards.
- Idle gameplay with offline earnings
- Upgrade planets and mining operations
- Smelt and craft ore into valuable items
- Hire managers to boost production
- Play the galactic market
- Compete in weekly multiplayer tournaments
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Ever wanted to run your own space mining company? Build your empire from the ground up in this consistently updated idle mining game! Even compete against other miners IDLE PLANET MINER FEATURES Idle Gameplay ● Check how much your galaxy evolved while idle ● Upgrade mining planets to increase your ore capacities ● Turn that ore into more valuable items by smelting or crafting it ● Tap to smash asteroids and earn rare ore! ● Mine: Earn coins and hire managers to help your mining company Incremental Upgrades ● Create an Empire Across the stars! ● Hire managers to improve your output! ● Evolve your digging strategy! Research special projects to improve your output! Upgrade Your Mining Ship ● Play the Market: respond to supply & demand across the galaxy to maximize profits! ● Terraform outlying planets to improve their output ● Rewards to permanently upgrade your mining ship are everywhere! Idle Mining ● Earn ore and coins when you're not playing ● Quests- complete quests to earn premium rewards ● Compete - in live multiplayer tournaments against other real players every week Idle Planet Miner is the perfect incremental clicker / idle game for fans of endless fun. Idle the day away digging for ore, rare metals, coins, and more! Dig deep and have fun. Idle Planet Miner - Dig your way through the stars! IGRS Rating: 3+
Builderment
Build and automate complex production lines on an alien planet. Harvest resources, craft items, and research new technologies to send goods back to Earth. Expand your factories and optimize your resource extraction.
- Build factories on a massive scale
- Automate item crafting
- Use conveyor belts for transport
- Research new technologies
- Harvest diverse resources
- Expand production lines
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Builderment is a factory building game at heart. It’s all about crafting and automation. You start by harvesting resources and crafting items in factories. Use those crafted items to research new technology and recipes to craft ever more complex items. Earth has run out of resources... You have been sent to a distant planet to extract its infinite resources and craft items to send back to Earth. You'll need to establish a base on this planet to build factories and production lines to automate the assembly of items. Features * Build factories on a massive scale * Use conveyor belts to transport items between factories * Craft dozens of unique items * Research technology to build more advanced buildings * Expand to harvest every resource on the map
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Idle Planet Miner at every 5 days against Builderment's every 6 weeks. Builderment's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 69%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Planet Miner sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Builderment sells 9 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 Planet Miner against 4.6 for Builderment. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10K and 3.4K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Idle Planet Miner's written reviews are positive against 87% of Builderment's.
Idle Planet Miner ships an update every 5 days, Builderment every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Idle Planet Miner | Builderment |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (10K ratings) — better | 4.6 (3.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 3.4K |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| 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 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 311 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tech Tree Games LLC | Builderment LLC |
Customer experience
Idle Planet Miner
Builderment
User reviews
Idle Planet Miner
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Relaxing and calming gameplay
- 🚀 Smooth progression and satisfying loop
- 🔒 Optional ads with rewards
- 💡 Interesting research and upgrade system
- 👍 Polished and well-designed game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent offline progress tracking
- ⏱️ Slow progression and long wait times
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 🔋 High battery consumption
Builderment
From 3.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive and engaging gameplay
- 👍 No ads or pay-to-win mechanics
- 🚀 Smooth performance and optimization
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
- 🚀 Efficient conveyor belt and resource management
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- ⏱️ Slow progression and research times
- 🔌 Game stops when app is closed
- 🧠 Lack of end-game content and replayability
Bugs and requests
Idle Planet Miner
Reported bugs
4 issues- Smelting and crafting not working as expected when offline
- Ads not always providing the correct rewards
- Leaderboards and tournaments appearing to be manipulated
- Restore purchases feature not working reliably
Requested features
5 requests- More offline time or upgrades to increase it
- Ability to rename planets
- Additional end-game content and challenges
- Visual customization options for ships and planets
- Cloud save and cross-device sync
Builderment
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disappearing resources when moving storage
- Conveyor belt pathing issues and clipping
- Inconsistent resource production rates
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to run the game in the background
- Multiple research labs for parallel progression
- More varied and customizable map layouts
- Conveyor belt color-coding or labeling
- Overflow and smart splitter mechanics
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- Prestige mode or new game+ options
In-app purchases
Idle Planet Miner
- Starter Pack D1$4.99
- Small Dark Matter Pack$4.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
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- Remove Ads$9.99
- Medium Dark Matter Pack$9.99
- Miner Pass$14.99
- Manager Pack$19.99
- Holiday Bundle$19.99
- Massive Dark Matter Pack$29.99
- Merchant Pack$29.99
- Epic Pack$29.99
- Exodus Bundle$29.99
- Aurora Pack$29.99
- Thunder Horse Pack$29.99
- Enigma Pack$49.99
- Galaxy Sized Dark Matter Pack$99.99
Builderment
- Pile of Gems$2.99
- Pile of Gems$4.99
- Bunch of Gems$6.99
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- Bunch of Gems$9.99
- Sack of Gems2 variants$19.99
- Advanced World Settings$19.99
- Chest of Gems$29.99
- Chest of Gems$39.99
- Vault of Gems$79.99
Questions
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