Comparison

Idle Skilling vs Grimoire Incremental

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

Head to head
About

Idle Skilling

This game offers a vast amount of content with over 21 different skills to level up. Engage in a wide variety of activities like mining, crafting, farming, and battling to progress. It's a complex and engaging idle game experience with multiple prestige mechanics.

Highlights
  • 21+ skills to level up
  • Mining, fishing, crafting
  • Pet breeding and battling
  • Farming and potion making
  • Treasure hunting and construction
  • Boss battles and prestige mechanics
Features
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Idle games are nothing in comparison to Idle Skilling! With literal years of content, this will be your new favorite idle game! Don't believe me? Idle Skilling has mining, fishing, crafting, pet breeding, pet battling, lab research, soul farming, regular farming, flower growing, potion making, relic upgrading... Still don't believe me? Well idle skilling also has treasure hunting, construction, crusade boss battles, equipment smithing, achievements, boss fights, asylum boss fights, two separate prestige mechanics, and more. Yep, even more. Be warned, this idle game is hardcore! It is more complicated than other idle games, but is also way more fun!

About

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.

Highlights
  • Non-formulaic gameplay
  • Branching narrative choices
  • Idle and clicker mechanics
  • Unlockable mechanics
  • Opt-in ads for bonuses
  • Single in-app purchase option
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Idle Skilling4 screens
Grimoire Incremental4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Grimoire Incremental at 4.8 against Idle Skilling's 3.5. Grimoire Incremental also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 51%). Idle Skilling's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Idle Skilling sells 7 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Grimoire Incremental holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 712 and 557 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Idle Skilling's written reviews are positive against 87% of Grimoire Incremental's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Skilling ships an update every 2 months, Grimoire Incremental every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Idle Skilling versus Grimoire Incremental: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle SkillingGrimoire Incremental
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (712 ratings)4.8 (557 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.8% of reviews87.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings712 — better557
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB70 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLavaflamestudios LLCGraham Goldstein

Customer experience

Idle Skilling

All ratings711 ratings
Positive57.5%
Neutral11.0%
Negative31.5%
Written reviews307 reviews
Positive50.8%
Neutral14.3%
Negative34.9%

Grimoire Incremental

All ratings544 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews108 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative7.4%

User reviews

Idle Skilling

From 712 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game
  • 🚀 Lots of content
  • 💡 Unique mechanics
  • 👍 No ads or pay-to-win
  • 👍 Responsive developer

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Save data loss issues
  • 🐛 Certain features not working (cards, realms)
  • 🐛 Progression issues (crafting, leveling)

Grimoire Incremental

From 557 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 👍 Simplicity and minimalism
  • 👍 Non-intrusive ads
  • 👍 Engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Rewarding progression

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes
  • 🐛 Slow progress in late game
  • 🐛 Imbalanced builds
  • 🐛 Lack of content variety

Bugs and requests

Idle Skilling

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes when accessing cards menu
  • Realm and afterlife features not working
  • Crafting and leveling progress getting stuck
  • Save data randomly getting wiped

Requested features

4 requests
  • Cloud save/sync across devices
  • More stable performance and bug fixes
  • Improved tutorial and onboarding
  • Realm and afterlife updates for iOS

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

7 purchases

Idle Skilling

One-time7
  • Pile of Gems$1.99
  • Sack of Gems$4.99
  • Starter Pack$9.99
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  • Chest of Gems$9.99
  • Pet Pack$9.99
  • Mastery Pack$9.99
  • Mountain of Gems$19.99
1 purchases

Grimoire Incremental

One-time1
  • Remove Advertisements$6.99

Questions

Is Idle Skilling free?
Idle Skilling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grimoire Incremental free?
Grimoire Incremental is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Idle Skilling or Grimoire Incremental?
Grimoire Incremental is rated higher. Idle Skilling averages 3.5 out of 5 from 712 ratings, while Grimoire Incremental averages 4.8 from 557 ratings.
Do Idle Skilling or Grimoire Incremental have ads?
Grimoire Incremental shows ads; Idle Skilling does not.
Which is updated more often, Idle Skilling or Grimoire Incremental?
Idle Skilling ships an update every 2 months, and Grimoire Incremental every 3 months. Most recently, Idle Skilling was updated on October 22, 2026 and Grimoire Incremental on October 22, 2026.

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