Idle Frontier vs Idle Robbery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Frontier
Tap to build a western empire, mine gold, and hire characters to automate your businesses. Progress through towns, invest profits, and compete in events to become an idle tycoon. Enjoy limitless prosperity as your gold piles up.
- Tap to explore towns
- Automate businesses for idle cash
- Invest to multiply profits
- Collect characters to strengthen towns
- Prestige to continue progression
- Compete in event leaderboards
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Tap to explore new towns, build your empire & settle the idle frontier! Now with less dysentery! Start exploring your first wild west town with the help of local town folk to mine for gold and cash you’ll need to become the tycoon of Tap Town! Tap your way to idle tycoon status one town at a time, hiring interesting characters from various towns, and sit back and watch as your gold piles up! Can you reach Providence Valley? FEATURES: AUTOMATE your businesses and earn limitless cash while you're idle INVEST your idle cash into your town and watch your profits multiply COLLECT characters to help strengthen your town PRESTIGE to continue your journey one town at a time COMPETE in event leaderboards for profit multipliers Reach Providence Valley and find limitless prosperity! Please Note: Idle Frontier is a free-to-play game, but some extra game items can be purchased for real money. You can disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. Playing Idle Frontier requires a secure internet connection. Got problems or issues? email us at support@idlefrontier.zendesk.com Kongregate User Agreement: https://www.kongregate.com/user-agreement
Idle Robbery
Manage crews to rob various locations and collect treasures before the police arrive. Explore nice places, complete cool missions, and enjoy funny animations and awesome graphics.
- Manage robbery crews
- Rob various locations
- Collect treasures
- Complete cool missions
- Explore nice places
- Funny animations
- Awesome graphics
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It’s time to make some MONEY. The Big Boss find some nice places to Rob. Manage your crews to make the place empty and rob every single thing in that places before the cops came. - Cool Missions to Rob - Nice places to explore - Searching the area for the big Treasure - Nice, Smooth and Funny Animations - Awesome Graphics
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idle Robbery at none against Idle Frontier's 10. Idle Robbery also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (45% vs 30%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Idle Frontier sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Idle Robbery asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Idle Frontier against 4.8 for Idle Robbery. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17K and 25K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of Idle Frontier's written reviews are positive against 45% of Idle Robbery's.
Idle Frontier ships an update monthly, Idle Robbery every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Frontier | Idle Robbery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (17K ratings) | 4.8 (25K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.6% of reviews | 44.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17K | 25K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 287 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kongregate | Zplay (Beijing) Info. Tech. Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Idle Frontier
Idle Robbery
User reviews
Idle Frontier
From 17K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
- 👍 Enjoyable events
- 🎨 Cute graphics and animations
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 💰 Expensive microtransactions
- 🕰️ Slow progression without paying
- 🤖 Unfair advantage for bots in events
- 🚫 Lack of customer support
Idle Robbery
From 25K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Incredible graphics
- 🚀 Exciting gameplay
- 👍 Fun to come back to
- 👍 Relaxing game
- 👍 Good concept
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🔋 Slow progression
- 💸 Expensive upgrades
- 📺 Excessive ads
- 🕰️ Repetitive and boring after a while
Bugs and requests
Idle Frontier
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing and crashing on loading screens
- Inconsistent ad rewards and functionality
- Loss of progress and saved data
- Kongregate login issues
Requested features
4 requests- More balanced event difficulty
- Ability to sell/trade unused manager cards
- Improved offline progression and automation
- Better tutorial and explanations for new players
Idle Robbery
Reported bugs
4 issues- Robbers not picking up items
- Game progress getting stuck or lost
- Crashes and freezes
- Prestige feature not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and maps
- Explanation of game mechanics
- Reduce ads or provide ad-free option
- Improve robber speed and efficiency
- Add more variety and challenges
In-app purchases
Idle Frontier
- VIP Subscription (Weekly)$2.997 Days
- VIP Subscription (Monthly)$7.991 Month
- Subscription + Calendar Boost$9.991 Month
- Extra Small Gold Pack$4.99
- Small Gold Pack$9.99
- Settler's Pack$9.99
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- Trapper's Pack$14.99
- Medium Gold Pack$19.99
- Sailor's Pack$19.99
- Conductor's Pack$29.99
Idle Robbery
No in-app purchases
Questions
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