Idle Wizard vs Grimoire Incremental
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Wizard
A fair-play idle clicker game where you customize your wizard's growth and playstyle. Combine spells, cards, and items to create unique builds and progress through a magical fantasy world. Play offline with optional ads.
- Deep spell and card combination system
- Customizable wizard builds
- Offline playability
- Optional ads, no in-app purchases
- Rebirth system for progression
- Fantasy world with atmospheric music
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Welcome to Idle Wizard, a fairly designed clicker game about power for everyone who loves incremental and idle games. You decide how your wizard grows and how it plays. Combine and min-max attack spells, a deep Magic Card system, the Spellbook, Rune Locks, your items and the right Spheres in countless ways. Will you build a wizard whose Beam is so strong it nearly tears reality apart while devouring huge amounts of mana? Or would you rather play a Curse specialist and lean back while your Curse grows stronger and stronger? This game was made with a Fair Play mindset. What does that mean? FAIR PLAY PRINCIPLES • Deliberately designed without in-app purchases • No paywalls, no locked content, no interrupted gameplay • No forced ads: you will never see a pop-up ad • No banner ads getting in the way of your game • Only clearly marked, optional ads • New updates again and again for 7 years • No internet needed, fully playable offline FEATURES • Magic Bolt, Beam, Light Lances and Curse: every spell plays differently. Tap, hold, throw or watch, it's your call. • 48 Magic Cards in 6 rarities each that change how your spells work. Over a trillion combinations. • Spellbook with 40 spells to learn. Protect your favorite spells with Rune Locks so they aren't reset when you switch Spheres. • 33 items with permanent bonuses • 18 magnificent Spheres to summon • Rebirth with Power Stones: every new run brings new ways to specialize and ever stronger cards as you grow stronger. • Golden Wisps and daily rewards • A magical fantasy world with 4 atmospheric music tracks, beautiful graphics and effects • Developed in Germany GAME TIPS • Want massive damage? Pick the Beam, but be careful: it burns through a huge amount of mana. • Want to level up fast and love tapping quickly? Pick the Magic Bolt. Many of its cards make leveling up even easier. • Prefer to watch and put your phone down next to you? Specialize in the Curse. Raise your max mana and the strength of your Curse, which grows stronger on its own the longer it lasts. Tapping speeds it up. • Don't want to worry about mana and prefer to score with feel and skill? Specialize in Light Lances and hit the center, the golden diamond. • Don't forget your Rune Locks: you start with one and can collect more. Use them by tapping the pictures in the Spellbook. • Progress slowing down? Time for a Rebirth. • Your items stay with you after a Rebirth. If you like clicker games, you will most likely love Idle Wizard, because no run plays like the last. Behind the game is a developer who is a big idle game fan and has kept expanding it for 7 years. With the third chapter, you now have more ways than ever to shape your wizard exactly your way. Come take a look!
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 in-app purchases: Idle Wizard at none against Grimoire Incremental's 1. Idle Wizard also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 561). Grimoire Incremental's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 39 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Grimoire Incremental sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Idle Wizard asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Idle Wizard against 4.8 for Grimoire Incremental. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.8K and 561 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Idle Wizard's written reviews are positive against 87% of Grimoire Incremental's.
Idle Wizard ships an update every 39 months, Grimoire Incremental every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Idle Wizard | Grimoire Incremental |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.8K ratings) — better | 4.8 (561 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.9% of reviews | 87.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 561 |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Rene Mueller | Graham Goldstein |
Customer experience
Idle Wizard
Grimoire Incremental
User reviews
Idle Wizard
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Optional ads, no in-app purchases
- 🚀 Smooth progression and gameplay
- 💡 Fair monetization model
- 🕹️ Satisfying idle/clicker experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Offline progress issues
- 🔍 Notch/screen coverage problems
- 🔋 Ads can be intrusive for some users
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 Wizard
Reported bugs
2 issues- Offline progress not always registering correctly
- UI elements being obscured by notch on some devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add an option to purchase ad-free experience
- Improve UI for notched/dynamic island screens
- Provide more in-depth tutorial and help information
- Introduce new gameplay modes or content updates
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 Wizard
No in-app purchases
Grimoire Incremental
- Remove Advertisements$6.99
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