IdleX vs Echo Planet
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
Echo Planet
Transform a planet into a star by forging moons that channel power to its core. Upgrade your celestial bodies, stack multipliers, and witness your energy output grow exponentially, even when you're not actively playing. This idle game offers a satisfying progression from small sparks to galaxy-scale power.
- Forge moons to power a planetary core
- Upgrade moons and stack multipliers
- Idle progression, play offline
- Watch signal surge from sparks to galaxy-scale
- Transform planet into a star
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Forge moons that beam power into a sleeping planetary core, awakening it and ultimately igniting it into a star. Upgrade your moons, stack multipliers, and watch your signal surge from tiny sparks to galaxy-scale output, even while you’re offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Echo Planet at 100% against IdleX's 61%. Echo Planet also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). IdleX's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (148 vs 23). 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
Both are free to download. IdleX sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Echo Planet sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Echo Planet holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IdleX has 148 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of IdleX's written reviews are positive against 100% of Echo Planet's.
IdleX ships an update weekly, Echo Planet every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IdleX | Echo Planet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (148 ratings) | 4.9 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 148 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — 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 — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 610 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hcm | Mustafa Mohammed |
Customer experience
IdleX
Echo Planet
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
Echo Planet
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
Echo Planet
- Gold Supporter Pack$2.99
- Diamond Supporter Pack$5.99
