Comparison

Home Quest 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

Home Quest

Develop a new settlement by building housing, farms, and workplaces. Recruit an army to defend your lands and conquer enemies. Manage your economy, resources, and production chains while uncovering a story and interacting with mythical inhabitants.

Highlights
  • Town building
  • Army recruitment
  • Economic management
  • Resource gathering
  • Story progression
  • Worker assignment
Features
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Build your Town You find yourself in an unknown place. Unsure of what these lands might hold, you decide it’s best to grow your settlement. Provide housing and farms for your people. Create workplaces, military facilities, and more. Recruit an Army Once settled in, eliminate threats, fight your enemies, conquer the lands, and expand your reach. Choose between different units and army compositions. Manage your Economy Keep an eye on your resources, assign your workers, and fine tune your production chains. Expand your settlements to acquire rare resources. And More... Experience a story, and learn about the inhabitants of a foreign land. Work together with a tribe of mythical shamans. Go through hardships, surprises, and fun as you progress!

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

Home Quest4 screens
Grimoire Incremental4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Home Quest at none against Grimoire Incremental's shown. Home Quest also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Grimoire Incremental's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 74%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Home Quest sells 12 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Home Quest against 4.8 for Grimoire Incremental. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 942 and 544 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Home Quest's written reviews are positive against 87% of Grimoire Incremental's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Home Quest ships an update monthly, Grimoire Incremental every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Home Quest versus Grimoire Incremental: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome QuestGrimoire Incremental
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (942 ratings)4.8 (544 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews86.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings942 — better544
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB70 MB
Age rating4+9+
DevelopercodeSTREAMGraham Goldstein

Customer experience

Home Quest

All ratings942 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews291 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral6.9%
Negative18.9%

Grimoire Incremental

All ratings544 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive86.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative7.5%

Bugs and requests

Home Quest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

12 purchases

Home Quest

One-time12
  • Town Essentials$1.99
  • Time Shards x5$2.49
  • Central Park$2.99
Show 9 more
  • Reindeer Fest$2.99
  • Ruby Edition Pack$3.99
  • Gold Edition$4.99
  • Nature Reserve$6.99
  • Time Shards$7.99
  • Omega Edition$7.99
  • Millennium Edition$8.99
  • Sun Edition$9.99
  • Omega Edition Deluxe$11.99
1 purchases

Grimoire Incremental

One-time1
  • Remove Advertisements$6.99

Questions

Is Home Quest free?
Home Quest 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, Home Quest or Grimoire Incremental?
Grimoire Incremental is rated higher. Home Quest averages 4.7 out of 5 from 942 ratings, while Grimoire Incremental averages 4.8 from 544 ratings.
Do Home Quest or Grimoire Incremental have ads?
Grimoire Incremental shows ads; Home Quest does not.
Which is updated more often, Home Quest or Grimoire Incremental?
Home Quest ships an update monthly, and Grimoire Incremental every 3 months. Most recently, Home Quest was updated on September 24, 2026 and Grimoire Incremental on September 19, 2026.

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