Idle Light City vs Evolution Idle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Light City
Build and manage a lightbulb factory in this idle clicker game. Tap to produce lightbulbs, unlock new buildings, and expand your city to earn money. Enjoy a unique and addictive experience as you light up the entire city.
- Lightbulb factory management
- Tap and clicker gameplay
- Unlock new buildings
- Earn in-game cash
- Upgrade production speed
- Expand the city
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Welcome to Idle Light City - a brand new clicker game! The city is in dark, it need your help to light up the whole city. Running a lightbulb factory and produce as many lightbulbs as you can, unlock new buildings, lit them up to earn money. In this idle, tap tap and clicker game, you can unlock and discover lots of buildings, enjoy amusement park. Earn cash, buy upgrades, produce lightbulbs faster and expand the city. Enjoy the unique & addictive idle game!
Evolution Idle
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Start as a drop of primordial soup and evolve all the way to a human — or take a completely different path! Evolution is a relaxing idle game about the evolution of life. Tap to earn XP and DNA, and collect random Mutations at every milestone. When you have enough DNA, choose where to evolve next: • Strength — more XP from every tap • Adaptation — a better chance of finding DNA • Instinct — your creature taps by itself WHAT AWAITS YOU • 45 species: from a single cell, through jellyfish, fish and dinosaurs, to eagles, dolphins and humans • Species Museum — a scrollable tree of life with a fun fact about every animal • Habitats: ocean, shore, land and sky — the world changes as your creature evolves • New generations — start over stronger thanks to Genes and discover other branches • Incubator — your creature keeps growing while you’re away • Daily goals, streak rewards and golden cells full of surprises PLAY WITHOUT PRESSURE No ads during play. Play a few minutes a day and your progress waits for you — even on a new phone, thanks to iCloud backup.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Evolution Idle at none against Idle Light City's shown. Evolution Idle also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Idle Light City's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price 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 Light City sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Evolution Idle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Light City ships an update every 2 weeks, Evolution Idle weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Light City | Evolution Idle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (31K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 267 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppQuantum Publishing Ltd | Maciej Marat |
Bugs and requests
Idle Light City
Reported bugs
4 issues- Purchases not working
- Ads not loading properly
- Prestige issues
- Freezing on certain actions
Requested features
4 requests- Zoom functionality
- Bulk building upgrades
- More buildings/areas
- Better offline earnings
Evolution Idle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Idle Light City
- Diamond Pack 1$1.99
- No Ads$2.99
- Diamond Pack 2$4.99
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- Money Pack$6.99
- Diamond Pack 3$9.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
- Sea City - Starter Pack$9.99
- True No Ads$14.99
- Diamond Pack 4$19.99
- True No Ads$24.99
Evolution Idle
- Small DNA Pack$0.99
- Founder Pack$4.99
- Medium DNA Pack$4.99
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- Large DNA Pack$9.99
Questions
Is Idle Light City free?
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Do Idle Light City or Evolution Idle have ads?
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