Idle Rancher vs Jump Jerboa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Rancher
Become a wealthy alpaca rancher by starting your own farm. Discover new crops, earn coins, and build a vast ranch empire. Manage your farm to produce delicious treats and upgrade your facilities.
- Start your own alpaca ranch
- Discover and plant various crops
- Earn coins and upgrade your ranch
- Produce delicious ice cream and treats
- Build the biggest ranch empire
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Are you ready to become the wealthiest rancher in the farming games world? In Idle Rancher you are a super cute alpaca rancher. Start your own ranch, discover new crops, earn coins and build the biggest ranch empire in the universe! Manage your ranch and plant a variety of funny crops to make delicious ice cream, improve your productivity and upgrade your ranch. What do you feel like planting today? Yummy avocados? Fluffy cats? Scrumptious macaroons? Find all of them and many more and become the wealthiest rancher!
Jump Jerboa
Embark on a challenging minimalist platforming adventure as a desert rodent escaping a facility. Master one-touch controls across numerous handcrafted levels filled with deadly obstacles. Experience retro pixel art and chip-tune music in this unforgiving yet rewarding game.
- One-touch controls
- Minimalist presentation
- Handcrafted challenging levels
- 99 levels
- Portals and jump pads
- Chip-tune music
- Pixel art
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What are jerboas? Why, they're desert rodents that can REALLY jump! Trapped in a cage for much of your life, it's time to bust out and face adversity in Jump Jerboa, an unforgiving, minimalist one-button micro platformer! You will fail over and over, but in the end the freedom will be well worth the pain... right? Jump Jerboa is packed with challenging micro-levels. Play as a jerboa who must escape a facility filled with countless death traps. Jump Jerboa features: • One touch controls. Great for gaming on the go! • Minimalist presentation and gameplay! • Tough as nails, handcrafted levels! • 99 levels and more to come! • Several obstacle types including portals and jump pads! • Fancy chip-tune music! • Retro-induced pixel art! Jump Jerboa is a labor of love from a mostly solo game developer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jump Jerboa at 92% against Idle Rancher's 42%. Jump Jerboa also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (480 vs 59). Idle Rancher's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Jump Jerboa sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Idle Rancher asks for nothing beyond the download.
Jump Jerboa holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jump Jerboa has 480 ratings behind it against 59, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Idle Rancher's written reviews are positive against 92% of Jump Jerboa's.
Idle Rancher ships an update every 5 days, Jump Jerboa every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Rancher | Jump Jerboa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (59 ratings) | 4.8 (480 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 59 | 480 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| 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 | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | REALITY SQUARED GAME CO., LIMITED | Yong Kian Chin |
Customer experience
Idle Rancher
Jump Jerboa
User reviews
Idle Rancher
From 59 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😍 Adorable art style
- 😊 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 💡 Interesting trivia questions
- ✨ Cute food designs
Room to improve
- 🐛 Ads not working
- 🐛 Videos not playable
- 🐛 Chest screen unclosable
- 🐛 Game softlocks
- 🐛 Progress lost after crash
Jump Jerboa
From 480 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive controls
- 🚀 Smooth and responsive gameplay
- 💎 Charming pixel art and aesthetics
- 🔒 Minimal ads that don't interrupt gameplay
- 👍 Challenging yet fair difficulty curve
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or progress loss
- 🔍 Lack of tutorial or in-game guidance
- 🕹️ Controls can feel imprecise at times
Bugs and requests
Idle Rancher
Reported bugs
14 issues- Cannot watch ads to get rewards
- Videos for rewards are not playable
- Cannot exit chest screen after opening
- Game softlocks when opening chests
- Progress lost after app crash/reinstall
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- Lag and performance issues
- Christmas event progression blocked
- Offline earnings feature removed
- Duplicate puzzle pieces issue
- Screen not sized correctly on some devices
- White screen after making ice cream
- Game freezes when using potions/upgrading
- Money display incorrect
- Ice cream making stuck
Requested features
9 requests- Fix ads not working
- Fix chest screen bug
- Add more crops
- Add in-app purchases
- Allow ad rewards without ads
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- Fix potion usage display
- Fix duplicate puzzle pieces
- Fix Christmas event progression
- Fix offline earnings
Jump Jerboa
Reported bugs
2 issues- Levels sometimes reset progress unexpectedly
- Difficulty spikes in certain world transitions
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and worlds to explore
- Ability to customize the character
- Leaderboards or achievements system
- Level editor or community-created content
In-app purchases
Idle Rancher
No in-app purchases
Jump Jerboa
- Ad Removal + Tiny companion$1.99
Questions
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