Exponential Idle vs cube farm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exponential Idle
Engage in a math-inspired incremental game where you strategically stack virtual money through exponential growth. Advance through time, make variable changes, and purchase upgrades to accelerate your earnings and unlock achievements.
- Exponential growth mechanics
- Time progression
- Change of variables
- Buy upgrades
- Earn virtual money
- Unlock achievements
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Play Exponential Idle, a math-inspired incremental game. Your goal is to stack up money by taking advantage of exponential growth. To do so, you have to step through time by tapping the equation or simply let the time follow its course. You can perform change of variables to accelerate the process, buy upgrades, get rewards, and unlock achievements while earning virtual money.
cube farm
Engage in a semi-idle farming simulation with endless progression and a dynamic market. Collect and train pets for battles, and enjoy quick sessions without ads or pay-to-win elements. An online expansion adds competitive multiplayer and collectible tarot cards.
- Semi-idle farming gameplay
- Endless progression with prestige
- Dynamic produce market
- Pet collection and battling
- Online multiplayer battles
- Cloud saves
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-no ads or pay-to-win mechanics -quick sessions, break from scrolling -endless progression with prestige bonuses -time slows at higher layers, with larger harvests -dynamic produce market with supply and demand -pets to collect, feed, train, and battle NEW! cube farm: online [expansion required] -challenge friends to gooster battles -compete for rating in the ranked arena -take a phone break with your gooster at the park -collect tarot cards to use at the park -backup data to the cloud with cloud saves
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: cube farm at none against Exponential Idle's shown. Exponential Idle's advantage is ratings volume (4.1K vs 542) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Exponential Idle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and cube farm sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Exponential Idle against 4.8 for cube farm. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exponential Idle has 4.1K ratings behind it against 542, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 92% and 91% positive.
Exponential Idle ships an update every 3 weeks, cube farm fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.
| Parameter | Exponential Idle | cube farm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.1K ratings) — better | 4.8 (542 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.8% of reviews — better | 91.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.1K — better | 542 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gilles-Philippe Paille | Tarot Focus, LLC |
Customer experience
Exponential Idle
cube farm
User reviews
Exponential Idle
From 4.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great and addicting game
- 👍 Interesting story and educational
- 👍 Numbers go big
- 👍 User-friendly with good descriptions
- 👍 Highly automated progression
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- ⏱️ Slow progression after initial stages
- 🕹️ Difficult mini-games
- 🔒 Harsh time-change penalty
- 🔋 Potential performance issues on some devices
cube farm
From 542 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and low maintenance
- 👍 Fun and chill gameplay
- 👍 No ads or in-app purchases
- 👍 Frequent updates
- 👍 Enjoyable progression
Room to improve
- 🐛 Battles are RNG-based
- 🐛 Unclear instructions for some features
- 🐛 Slow progression after early stages
Bugs and requests
Exponential Idle
Reported bugs
3 issues- Puzzle mini-games not loading correctly
- Offline progress issues after updates
- Occasional app crashes
Requested features
5 requests- More mini-games and challenges
- Better explanations for advanced mechanics
- Adjustable color schemes and visual customization
- Improved offline progress tracking
- Smoother performance and optimization
cube farm
Reported bugs
2 issues- Swiping issues on farm layers
- Inconsistent performance and input lag
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to save preferred layout settings
- More engaging battle system
- Clearer in-game instructions
In-app purchases
Exponential Idle
- Donate$0.99
- Permanent Ad Reward$1.99
- Donate$1.99
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- Donate$3.99
cube farm
- Party Egg$0.99
- Balloon Egg$0.99
- Taco Egg$0.99
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- Lucky Egg$0.99
- Bunny Egg$0.99
- Heart Egg$0.99
- Snowman Egg$0.99
- Santa Egg$0.99
- Turkey Egg$0.99
- Jack Egg$0.99
- Apple Egg$0.99
- Darkness Egg$0.99
- Online Access$1.99
- Coffee Tip$4.99
- Welcome Bundle$8.99
- Complete Bundle$9.99
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