Idle Scratch vs Echo Planet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Scratch
Engage in a virtual scratch-off experience where you earn points by revealing rewards. Invest in upgrades and explore new locations to boost your earnings, unlock automated features, and achieve prestige.
- Virtual scratch-off tickets
- Earn points and rewards
- Purchase upgrades
- Unlock new stores
- Automation features
- Prestige system
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Scratch to win! Earn points by scratching off your rewards. Purchase upgrades and move to new stores to increase your income, unlock automation, and levels of prestige.
Echo Planet
Transform a planet into a star by forging moons that channel power to its core. Upgrade your celestial bodies, stack multipliers, and witness your energy output grow exponentially, even when you're not actively playing. This idle game offers a satisfying progression from small sparks to galaxy-scale power.
- Forge moons to power a planetary core
- Upgrade moons and stack multipliers
- Idle progression, play offline
- Watch signal surge from sparks to galaxy-scale
- Transform planet into a star
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Forge moons that beam power into a sleeping planetary core, awakening it and ultimately igniting it into a star. Upgrade your moons, stack multipliers, and watch your signal surge from tiny sparks to galaxy-scale output, even while you’re offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Echo Planet at 100% against Idle Scratch's 54%. Echo Planet also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Idle Scratch's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.6). 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
Both are free to download. Idle Scratch sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Echo Planet sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Echo Planet holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Idle Scratch's written reviews are positive against 100% of Echo Planet's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Scratch | Echo Planet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (23 ratings) | 4.9 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Makopaz LLC | Mustafa Mohammed |
Customer experience
Idle Scratch
Echo Planet
In-app purchases
Idle Scratch
- Donate for 3x Income$1.99
- Donate for 3x Loyalty Points$4.99
- Donate for More Icon Slots$9.99
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- More Store Income$9.99
Echo Planet
- Gold Supporter Pack$2.99
- Diamond Supporter Pack$5.99
Questions
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