Idle Idle GameDev vs Grimoire Incremental
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Idle GameDev
Create your own idle games without the effort. Unlock jobs, stats, skills, and items to develop your game-making empire. Reset progress for special abilities and complete challenges for more skills and achievements.
- Create idle games
- Unlockable jobs
- Stats and skills system
- Item and research unlocks
- Game resets for special skills
- Challenges and achievements
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Do you want to make your own Idle Game but you're just too lazy? In Idle Idle Gamedev, you have the opportunity to create various idle games while going idle. Different unlockable Jobs 4 Stats with 9 Skills each Many Items and Research to unlock Reset the game to skill special skills Try a challenge to unlock more skills Many Achievements
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.
- Non-formulaic gameplay
- Branching narrative choices
- Idle and clicker mechanics
- Unlockable mechanics
- Opt-in ads for bonuses
- Single in-app purchase option
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Idle Idle GameDev at every 3 weeks against Grimoire Incremental's every 3 months. Grimoire Incremental's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 77%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Idle GameDev sells 7 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Idle Idle GameDev against 4.8 for Grimoire Incremental. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 818 and 561 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Idle Idle GameDev's written reviews are positive against 87% of Grimoire Incremental's.
Idle Idle GameDev ships an update every 3 weeks, Grimoire Incremental every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Idle GameDev | Grimoire Incremental |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (818 ratings) | 4.8 (561 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.6% of reviews | 87.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 818 — better | 561 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Lutz Schoenfelder | Graham Goldstein |
Customer experience
Idle Idle GameDev
Grimoire Incremental
User reviews
Idle Idle GameDev
From 818 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun gameplay
- 🚀 Engaging progression
- 💡 Unique concept
- 🎮 Great for casual play
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🕹️ Unresponsive controls
- 📊 Imbalanced economy
- 🔋 Performance issues
Grimoire Incremental
From 561 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 👍 Simplicity and minimalism
- 👍 Non-intrusive ads
- 👍 Engaging gameplay
- 👍 Rewarding progression
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes
- 🐛 Slow progress in late game
- 🐛 Imbalanced builds
- 🐛 Lack of content variety
Bugs and requests
Idle Idle GameDev
Reported bugs
4 issues- Skill points not updating correctly
- Game quality fluctuations
- Player count cap issue
- Data loss on app crashes
Requested features
4 requests- In-game tutorial
- More content updates
- Improved save/export system
- Better UI/UX
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
Idle Idle GameDev
- 250 Bonus Points$4.99
- No Ads$9.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
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- 512 Bonus Points$9.99
- Dev Pack$49.99
- 2560 Bonus Points$49.99
- 5200 Bonus Points$99.99
Grimoire Incremental
- Remove Advertisements$6.99
Questions
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