IdleX vs Planetary Idle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IdleX
Embark on a cosmic adventure to earn money across the universe. Upgrade your fleet, hire pilots for automation, and research breakthroughs to maximize your profits. Explore new planets and sectors, and even utilize wormholes for faster progression. Play offline and enjoy a relaxing space journey.
- Send missions to earn money
- Upgrade ships for faster earnings
- Hire pilots for automation
- Unlock new planets
- Research for profit boosts
- Explore new sectors
- Use wormholes for faster progression
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> SEND MISSIONS to planets and earn MONEY > UPGRADE your ships to earn FASTER and MORE > HIRE PILOTS to automate missions for you > UNLOCK new planets to expand your enterprise > RESEARCH for scientific and cultural breakthroughs to help you EARN more > EXPAND to new sectors and EXPLORE new planets > ENTER WORMHOLE for a FASTER and more PROFITABLE universe > PLAY ANYWHERE because you don't need to internet connection > RELAX as you take the journey into the space
Planetary Idle
Explore planets with a retro sci-fi idle theme. Hire scientists for passive income, tap for boosts, and research expeditions for discoveries. Prestige to reset with permanent upgrades and unlock perks with rare QBits.
- Hire Scientists for passive income
- Tap to boost active income
- Research expeditions for discoveries
- Prestige system with permanent upgrades
- Earn QBits for powerful perks
- Offline progress for 6 hours
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Discover planets with a retro sci-fi idle theme with Planetary Idle! • Hire Scientists - Generate steady passive income and scale your operation. • Tap to Boost - Tap for extra cash when you’re active. • Research Expeditions - Spend money and brave scientists on one-way missions for discoveries and income bonuses! • Prestige - Reset, keep permanent upgrades, blast past your previous best. • QBits & Upgrades - Earn rare QBits and unlock powerful perks. • Play Your Pace - Short bursts or long idles; progress for 6 hours when offline. • Game Center - Many achievements to unlock!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: IdleX at none against Planetary Idle's shown. IdleX also leads on review sentiment (61% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17). Planetary Idle's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, 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. IdleX sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Planetary Idle sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Planetary Idle holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 148 and 80 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of IdleX's written reviews are positive against 50% of Planetary Idle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IdleX | Planetary Idle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (148 ratings) | 4.8 (80 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 148 — better | 80 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 610 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hcm | Roberto Frias Nerio |
Customer experience
IdleX
Planetary Idle
Bugs and requests
IdleX
Reported bugs
8 issues- Game crashes on startup
- Game crashes when launching ships or purchasing autopilot
- Offline earnings not being collected
- Space gems not gathering
- Vibrate setting not saving
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- Income collection bug causing screen closure
- Map interaction issues
- Currency icon missing and non-functional
Requested features
10 requests- Add Mercury and Venus technologies
- Add Ceres rotators for gravity
- Multi-buy button for wormhole upgrades
- Push and hold feature for spending space gems
- Add new sectors/planets
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- Add multipliers and adjust upgrade costs
- Improve wormhole progression
- Add upgrades to tapping income in every system
- Make initial system upgrades available throughout the game
- Customize ships' beams
Planetary Idle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IdleX
- No Ads Perk$0.99
- 40 Gold Bars$1.99
- 120 Gold Bars$4.99
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- 300 Gold Bars$9.99
- 750 Gold Bars$19.99
- 2250 Gold Bars$49.99
- 5500 Gold Bars$99.99
Planetary Idle
- Booster Pack$0.99
- Research Pack$2.99
- Quantum Pack$6.99
