Zen Idle vs Grimoire Incremental
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zen Idle
Engage in a relaxing physics-based puzzle game where you can choose to play actively or passively. Upgrade your game elements, collect powerful cards, and strategize to maximize your progress. Earn idle income even when you're away.
- Upgrade balls and stages
- Collectible cards for bonuses
- Evolving perk system
- Prestige system for bonuses
- Strategic card and perk combinations
- Idle income generation
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Play passively or actively. Plenty of deep strategy to try or simply sit back and relax. Some main features include - Upgrading balls and stages to increase income - Collectible cards - provides massive permanent bonuses to your game - Perk system - evolves every playthrough - Prestige - reset and begin again with massive bonuses to push further - Strategize - test strategies to see which cards and perks work best together - Game progresses while away, earn idle income See how far you can progress in this physics based, relaxing idle game. Choose to idle and take the zen path. Or develop a strategy and maximize productivity. 1000's of upgrades to buy! The game will continue to evolve and receive updates based on user feedback. From the creator of Idle Planet Miner and Idle Tap Zoo.
Grimoire Incremental
Engage in a narrative-driven idle or clicker game where your choices shape society and unlock new mechanics. Progress through runs and prestiges with non-formulaic gameplay and optional ads.
- Non-formulaic gameplay
- Branching narrative choices
- Idle and clicker mechanics
- Unlockable mechanics
- Opt-in ads for bonuses
- Single in-app purchase option
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NON-FORMULAIC GAMEPLAY Make real choices through spells to favour, interactions with the populace, and other arcane projects. Focus on combining thematic effects to wield great power. Choose between idle and clicker mechanics as you progress through runs and prestiges. BRANCHING CHOICES Choose how you'll use the magic available to you to shape society, and witness the impact through a changing story and play style. COMPELLING NARRATIVE Experience a broad story arc that grows as you progress, and branches with the choices you make and actions you take. MANY AND VARIED MECHANICS Unlock new ways to make those numbers bigger with practice, research, spells, creations, lifestyle and expeditions. Each new mechanic offers a different twist and provides new opportunities for strategy. NO OBLIGATION Adverts are opt-in for a bonus only. No content is blocked behind ad walls. Single in-app purchase removes ad button and gives boost forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Grimoire Incremental at 87% against Zen Idle's 54%. Grimoire Incremental also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Zen Idle's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (2.9K vs 556). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Zen Idle sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Grimoire Incremental sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Grimoire Incremental holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zen Idle has 2.9K ratings behind it against 556, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Zen Idle's written reviews are positive against 87% of Grimoire Incremental's.
Zen Idle ships an update every 10 days, Grimoire Incremental every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zen Idle | Grimoire Incremental |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.9K ratings) | 4.8 (556 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.4% of reviews | 87.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 556 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 months |
| 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Tech Tree Games LLC | Graham Goldstein |
Customer experience
Zen Idle
Grimoire Incremental
Bugs and requests
Zen Idle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Grimoire Incremental
Reported bugs
2 issues- Progress loss on crash
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- More content and updates
- Better late-game balance
- Detailed progression tracking
- Story expansion
In-app purchases
Zen Idle
- Gem Pack 1$4.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
- Remove Ads$9.99
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- Gem Pack 2$9.99
- Gem Pack 3$19.99
- Epic Pack$29.99
- Gem Pack 4$29.99
- Card Pack 1$29.99
- Prestige Pack$29.99
- Transcend Pack 1$29.99
- Gem Pack 5$49.99
- Gem Purchase 6$99.99
Grimoire Incremental
- Remove Advertisements$6.99
Questions
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