Idle Piranhas vs Supernova
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Piranhas
Grow a school of savage piranhas and watch them devour everything in their path. This idle game offers a mesmerizing river setting with fast-paced piranha action for continuous entertainment.
- Build and grow your piranha shoal
- Devour everything in your path
- Mesmerizing river environment
- Fast-paced piranha action
- Satisfying idle gameplay
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Piranhas are savage little things that would tear through the skin of anything that crosses their path! Build your Shoal and watch as they devour everything you put in front of them! This is an incredibly satisfying Idle Game where the peacefulness of the depth of the river gets you mesmerized, while the pace of your Piranhas keeps you entertained.
Supernova
An idle space tycoon game where you fuse hydrogen to grow and detonate stars. Earn permanent power-ups with each supernova to accelerate future runs. Features offline progress and a visually evolving star.
- Fuse hydrogen to create and grow stars
- Offline progress and production
- Visually evolving star stages
- Prestige system with supernova cinematics
- Deep multiplier stacking and research upgrades
- Daily missions and streaks
- Fully offline gameplay
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Fuse hydrogen into a living star. Grow it. Then blow it up — on purpose. SUPERNOVA is a premium-feel idle game about running a cosmic forge. Tap to spark fusion, build 12 generators from Hydrogen Wisp to Singularity Seed, and watch your star physically evolve — protostar, blue giant, red supergiant — until it is ready to collapse. Detonating it is the point: every supernova grants Neutron Cores, permanent power that makes each new universe faster than the last. WHY YOU'LL STAY • Real progress while you're away — production continues offline (extend the cap up to 24 hours with research), and a welcome-back doubler greets your return • A star that actually changes — five visual stages, rendered live, no canned art • Prestige that feels like a finale — a hand-built supernova cinematic, then a stronger start • Numbers that get gloriously big — Million, Septillion, and far beyond • Milestones every few minutes early on, deep multiplier stacking later • Daily missions and streaks that respect your time • 20 research upgrades that shape every run FAIR BY DESIGN • No ads. None. • No energy bars, no forced waits, no progress walls • Fully offline — no account, no sign-in, no internet required • Nothing collected, nothing tracked • Optional purchases exist (time warps, photons, a one-time Supporter Pack), and the entire game is balanced to be completed without spending anything THE LOOP 1. Tap your star and let generators forge Stardust 2. Hit ownership milestones — each one doubles a generator's output 3. Buy research, stack a Photon Surge boost, fill your Piggy Bank 4. Reach collapse readiness... and go SUPERNOVA 5. Keep your Neutron Cores forever. Start again, faster. Built by a solo developer in SwiftUI and SpriteKit. Every pixel is procedural — no asset packs, no stock art. Dark theme, tuned haptics, Reduce Motion respected. Your first universe is waiting. It starts with one atom.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Supernova at 4.5 against Idle Piranhas's 3.8. Supernova also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 50%) and ratings volume (75 vs 4). Idle Piranhas's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Supernova sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Piranhas asks for nothing beyond the download.
Supernova holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Supernova has 75 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Idle Piranhas's written reviews are positive against 78% of Supernova's.
| Parameter | Idle Piranhas | Supernova |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (75 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 75 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Cyril Apatout | HUGO ANATOLE PAUL MORICEAU |
Customer experience
Idle Piranhas
Supernova
In-app purchases
Idle Piranhas
No in-app purchases
Supernova
- 50 Photons$0.99
- Time Warp: 4 Hours$1.99
- Break the Piggy Bank$2.99
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- Automation Core$3.99
- Supporter Pack$4.99
- Time Warp: 24 Hours$4.99
- 300 Photons$4.99
- 700 Photons$9.99
- Time Warp: 7 Days$14.99
- 1600 Photons$19.99









