Comparison

AlienFarms vs Idle Deepcore

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AlienFarms

A relaxed farming simulation game focused on planting and breeding. Automate tasks with various tools and experience dynamic weather and day/night cycles. Enjoy intuitive controls for movement and camera.

Highlights
  • Automated farming tools
  • Planting and breeding mechanics
  • Dynamic weather and day/night cycles
  • Intuitive joystick controls
  • Adjustable camera perspective
Features
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The game features a variety of flora and fauna; you can restore stamina by harvesting them, or by picking up apples. If you prefer not to farm manually, you can automate cultivation using seeders, sprinklers, harvesters, and transporters. Features day and night cycles, sunny and rainy weather, as well as snowy winters. Flora and fauna only grow while the game is running. The game autosaves every 1 minute. You can save manually at the door of the house. The screen is evenly divided into four buttons: 1. Top-left corner: Toggle sound button (On/Off). 2. Bottom-left corner: Joystick for character movement. 3. Top-right corner: Joystick for camera perspective control. 4. Bottom-right corner: Action button.

About

Idle Deepcore

Embark on an epic pixel-art mining adventure, tapping to break blocks and collect ore. Automate your progress with upgradeable machines, even while offline, and descend through diverse biomes to discover rarer resources. Reset your progress for permanent boosts and unlock new systems to dig deeper and get richer.

Highlights
  • Tap-to-mine with pixel-art feedback
  • Automate with upgradeable mining machines
  • Smelt raw ore into valuable ingots
  • Descend through distinct biomes
  • Prestige for permanent power
  • Build a rocket and mine asteroids
  • Offline progress
Features
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Idle Deepcore is a pixel-art idle mining game about digging from the surface all the way down to the planet's molten core — and beyond, into orbit. Tap to break blocks and collect ore, then buy machines — jackhammers, steam drills, seismic hammers, excavators and more — to mine for you, even while you're away. The deeper you dig, the rarer the ore and the tougher the blocks. FEATURES • Tap-to-mine with crunchy pixel-art feedback • Automate with a roster of upgradeable mining machines • Smelt raw ore into valuable ingots in your furnaces • Descend through distinct biomes to ever-deeper layers • Prestige to reset for permanent power and unlock new systems • Skill tree, mastery nodes and a research lab to specialize each run • Build a rocket and mine asteroids out in orbit • Offline progress — your machines keep mining while the app is closed • Cloud save via Game Center — back up and restore your progress • Playable in 29 languages Optional rewarded ads can double your offline haul — never required to progress. Dig deeper. Get richer. Idle Deepcore.

Screenshots

AlienFarms4 screens
Idle Deepcore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AlienFarms at 100% against Idle Deepcore's 50%. AlienFarms also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Idle Deepcore's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 25 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Idle Deepcore is free to download; AlienFarms costs $4.99 up front. Idle Deepcore sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AlienFarms asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AlienFarms holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Deepcore has 51 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of AlienFarms's written reviews are positive against 50% of Idle Deepcore's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AlienFarms ships an update every 25 months, Idle Deepcore every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
AlienFarms versus Idle Deepcore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlienFarmsIdle Deepcore
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (51 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings151 — better
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer钊恒 郑Flavio Valceschini

Customer experience

AlienFarms

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Idle Deepcore

All ratings51 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral2.0%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

AlienFarms

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Idle Deepcore

One-time1
  • Supporter Pack$5.99

Questions

Is AlienFarms free?
AlienFarms costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Idle Deepcore free?
Idle Deepcore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AlienFarms or Idle Deepcore?
AlienFarms is rated higher. AlienFarms averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Idle Deepcore averages 4.6 from 51 ratings.
Do AlienFarms or Idle Deepcore have ads?
Idle Deepcore shows ads; AlienFarms does not.
Which is updated more often, AlienFarms or Idle Deepcore?
AlienFarms ships an update every 25 months, and Idle Deepcore every 5 days. Most recently, AlienFarms was updated on October 6, 2026 and Idle Deepcore on October 8, 2026.

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