Comparison

Brictopia vs Idle Dyson Swarm

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

Head to head
About

Brictopia

Design and construct your dream brick city from scratch. Create detailed buildings and share your urban masterpieces with friends. Enjoy a creative building experience without any in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Build detailed brick cities
  • Drag-and-drop interface
  • No in-app purchases
  • Share creations with friends
  • Collaborate with Wi-Fi
Features
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Welcome to Brictopia! Have you ever wanted to build your very own brick city but don't have the space? Build and share your very own cities by creating every detail from the ground up - skyscrapers, fire stations, taxis - if you can dream it you can build it in Brictopia! * No in-app purchases - everything is unlocked by playing the game and exploring! * Build together with Wi-Fi - use BrictopiaTV to show your city on the big screen and collaborate with family and friends. * Share your creations with friends. Brictopia is brought to you by the creators of Bricasso, and uses the same easy-to-build interface that made Bricasso so popular. Build individual models or the layout to your city using the same easy drag-and-drop interface.

About

Idle Dyson Swarm

Build and manage your own solar empire by creating bots that construct solar panels. Generate energy by sending panels to the sun and sell it to fund further expansion and bot production.

Highlights
  • Build a solar empire
  • Produce and manage bots
  • Construct solar panels
  • Generate solar energy
  • Sell energy for profit
  • Expand your empire
Features
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Build an automated solar empire from a single bot into a galaxy-spanning Dyson swarm. Create bots, manufacture solar panels, harness stars for energy, and reinvest your profits into an ever-growing production network. Idle Dyson Swarm expands far beyond the first star: • Unlock Research, Skills, Facilities and Mega-Structures • Break through Infinity and optimise repeated prestige runs • Explore Simulations, Reality and Quantum progression • Process offline progress with configurable Stored Time controls • Inspect detailed production formulas and performance statistics • Customise navigation, number notation, audio and processing speed • Continue an existing same-device save from the original Unity version Play in English, French, German, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Russian or Japanese. Progress at your own pace, refine your automation, and see how much of reality your swarm can consume.

Screenshots

Brictopia4 screens
Idle Dyson Swarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Idle Dyson Swarm at Free against Brictopia's $0.99. Idle Dyson Swarm also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 20 months). Brictopia's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Idle Dyson Swarm is free to download; Brictopia costs $0.99 up front. Idle Dyson Swarm sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Brictopia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Dyson Swarm holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Dyson Swarm has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Brictopia's written reviews are positive against 81% of Idle Dyson Swarm's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brictopia ships an update every 20 months, Idle Dyson Swarm every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Brictopia versus Idle Dyson Swarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrictopiaIdle Dyson Swarm
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.5 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews81.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings224 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLemur SoftwareBlindsided Games

Customer experience

Brictopia

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Idle Dyson Swarm

All ratings24 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral6.1%
Negative12.9%

Bugs and requests

Brictopia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Idle Dyson Swarm

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Offline time not properly credited
  • Automation button covering important info
  • Rotating screen not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • More end-game content and progression
  • Ability to prestige or reset progress
  • Expanded story or lore elements
  • Customization options for visuals
  • Inclusion of sound effects and music

In-app purchases

None

Brictopia

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Idle Dyson Swarm

One-time6
  • Tip Tier 1$0.99
  • Permanent 2× Bots$1.99
  • Double Infinity Points$3.99
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  • Tip Tier 2$6.99
  • Developer Options$9.99
  • Tip Tier 3$19.99

Questions

Is Brictopia free?
Brictopia costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Idle Dyson Swarm free?
Idle Dyson Swarm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brictopia or Idle Dyson Swarm?
Idle Dyson Swarm is rated higher. Brictopia averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Idle Dyson Swarm averages 4.5 from 24 ratings.
Do Brictopia or Idle Dyson Swarm have ads?
Neither Brictopia nor Idle Dyson Swarm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brictopia or Idle Dyson Swarm?
Brictopia ships an update every 20 months, and Idle Dyson Swarm every 2 weeks. Most recently, Brictopia was updated on October 24, 2026 and Idle Dyson Swarm on October 27, 2026.

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