Exponential Idle vs xiaojiantou
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.
xiaojiantou
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: xiaojiantou at weekly against Exponential Idle's every 3 weeks. Exponential Idle's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and xiaojiantou sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Exponential Idle ships an update every 3 weeks, xiaojiantou weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exponential Idle | xiaojiantou |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 91.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gilles-Philippe Paille | 友昌 刘 |
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
xiaojiantou
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
xiaojiantou
- 600 Coins$0.99
- Starter Tool Pack$1.99
- 2,000 Coins$2.99
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- Medium Tool Pack$4.99
- Remove Ads Forever$6.99
- 5,200 coins$6.99
- Large Tool Pack$9.99
- Mega Tool Pack$19.99
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