Exponential Idle vs WidgetEgg
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.
WidgetEgg
Monitor your Egg, Inc. progress with convenient widgets. See active missions, fueling status, contract stats, and your profile at a glance. Receive launch notifications to avoid missing opportunities.
- View active and fueling missions
- Home screen widgets
- Launch notifications
- Contract stats and goals
- Profile and stats overview
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View your Egg, Inc.¹ stats at a glance! - Check active and fueling missions on home and virtue farms - Get notified when you've forgotten to hit launch - View your contracts' stats and goals - Get an overview of your own profile and stats [1]WidgetEgg is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Auxbrain, Inc. All trademarks, service marks, and logos pertaining to Egg, Inc are the exclusive property of Auxbrain, Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WidgetEgg at none against Exponential Idle's 4. WidgetEgg also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 92%). Exponential Idle's advantage is ratings volume (4.1K vs 39) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Exponential Idle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. WidgetEgg asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Exponential Idle against 5.0 for WidgetEgg. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exponential Idle has 4.1K ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Exponential Idle's written reviews are positive against 100% of WidgetEgg's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exponential Idle | WidgetEgg |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.1K ratings) | 5.0 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.1K — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gilles-Philippe Paille | Tyler Smith |
Customer experience
Exponential Idle
WidgetEgg
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
WidgetEgg
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Exponential Idle
- Donate$0.99
- Permanent Ad Reward$1.99
- Donate$1.99
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- Donate$3.99
WidgetEgg
No in-app purchases
Questions
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