The Tapping Game vs Exponential Idle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Tapping Game
Engage in a variety of tapping challenges, from timed score-based games to strategic building and reaction tests. Compete with friends globally on leaderboards and utilize multi-touch for faster gameplay.
- Timed match challenges
- Strategic stronghold building
- Reaction-based mini-game
- Global leaderboards
- Multi-touch support
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DASH This is a timed match. Keep tapping until you've reached 300pts. The faster the better. STRONGHOLD Build your stronghold by just tapping. There's no time limit, and your score can only go up. REACT Tap when the background is green. Don't tap when it's not. Otherwise, you lose points. You have 20 seconds. COMPETE Get ranked on TTG's leaderboards and compete with your friends around the world. MULTI-TOUCH Always remember that you have five fingers on each hand.
Exponential Idle
Engage in a math-inspired incremental game where you strategically stack virtual money through exponential growth. Advance through time, make variable changes, and purchase upgrades to accelerate your earnings and unlock achievements.
- Exponential growth mechanics
- Time progression
- Change of variables
- Buy upgrades
- Earn virtual money
- Unlock achievements
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Play Exponential Idle, a math-inspired incremental game. Your goal is to stack up money by taking advantage of exponential growth. To do so, you have to step through time by tapping the equation or simply let the time follow its course. You can perform change of variables to accelerate the process, buy upgrades, get rewards, and unlock achievements while earning virtual money.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Tapping Game at none against Exponential Idle's 4. The Tapping Game also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 92%). Exponential Idle's advantage is ratings volume (4.1K vs 9) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 10.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Exponential Idle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. The Tapping Game asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Tapping Game against 4.9 for Exponential Idle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exponential Idle has 4.1K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of The Tapping Game's written reviews are positive against 92% of Exponential Idle's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Tapping Game | Exponential Idle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 4.9 (4.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 91.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 4.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 敏 周 | Gilles-Philippe Paille |
Customer experience
The Tapping Game
Exponential Idle
Bugs and requests
The Tapping Game
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Exponential Idle
Reported bugs
3 issues- Puzzle mini-games not loading correctly
- Offline progress issues after updates
- Occasional app crashes
Requested features
5 requests- More mini-games and challenges
- Better explanations for advanced mechanics
- Adjustable color schemes and visual customization
- Improved offline progress tracking
- Smoother performance and optimization
In-app purchases
The Tapping Game
No in-app purchases
Exponential Idle
- Donate$0.99
- Permanent Ad Reward$1.99
- Donate$1.99
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- Donate$3.99
Questions
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