Grim RPG vs Time Idle RPG
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grim RPG
Embark on an epic adventure, battling hordes of monsters with a vast arsenal of weapons. Collect over 100 unique items, discover item interactions, and strategically equip your gear to maximize your combat effectiveness. This incremental game offers endless progression and crafting.
- Collect over 100 weapons
- Discover unique items
- Explore item interactions
- Strategically equip weapons
- Alter the world for capabilities
- Find crafting recipes
- Incremental progression
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You cleave your way through the Monster Hordes, a Hungering Axe in your left hand and a Grim Blade in your right...and about a dozen assorted Swords, Maces, Hammers, Crossbows, and Staves in your backpack. You know. Just in case you need them! An Ash Demon falls before you, then a Cyclops and a Stone Golem. Finally you face a hulking Mighty Revenant - the battle is great, but the spoils are greater: a Divine Gleaming Slicer is now yours. As you swap it out with your Grim Blade, you get a message in your head, almost as if from another world...it says: ***+50% ATTACK UP - Welcome, to Grim RPG!*** ---FEATURES--- • Collect over 100 different weapons as you battle your way through endless waves of monsters! • Discover unique Items such as the Stone of Dreams, Executioner's Helm, and Squirrel of Repulsion • Explore item interactions: what happens if you put your Button Presser next to your Potion of Stamina? • Strategically equip your weapon to maximize your DPS output! • Alter the World to expand your capabilities and gain powerful Arcane Items! • Find Crafting Recipes to create special Items! • Grim RPG is an incremental game, which means that you will be constantly improving your character and progressing through the game's content!
Time Idle RPG
This idle incremental game uses real-world time to progress. Earn resources and unlock new mechanics while you're away, then strategically assign your gathered time to optimize your in-game gains and climb leaderboards.
- Real-time progression
- Idle resource gathering
- Multiple layers of unlocks
- Achievements and leaderboards
- Strategic time assignment
- Offline progress
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Time Idle RPG is an idle incremental game with multiple layers of unlocks, achievements, and leaderboards. Each seconds that passes in real life is one second you can use in the multiple mechanics found in the game. As the game mechanics unfold, you will find yourself making decisions on how to assign the Time that you have gathered so far to optimize your gains. This game will gather Time and resources while not played.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Grim RPG at 4.3 against Time Idle RPG's 3.8. Grim RPG also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 47%) and ratings volume (52 vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Grim RPG sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Time Idle RPG sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Grim RPG holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grim RPG has 52 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Grim RPG's written reviews are positive against 47% of Time Idle RPG's.
| Parameter | Grim RPG | Time Idle RPG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (52 ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews — better | 46.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 195 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | TopCog LLC | Robinson Arias |
Customer experience
Grim RPG
Time Idle RPG
Bugs and requests
Grim RPG
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Time Idle RPG
Reported bugs
24 issues- Auto buy for talent fragments is broken
- Timer page is worthless
- Too many bugs
- Auto buy of tower may buy un unlocked talents
- Auto max number on anything goes to 0
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- Lost all sacred time after resetting
- Lost all progress for no reason
- Game won't start up
- Pop down menu would not go away
- Rate going down when doing things
- No combat experience offline
- No tower rewards offline
- Tunes cannot be opened to swap
- Autobuy of tower may buy some talent u doesn’t unlocked
- Can’t set accurate talent point to put in which manual operation
- Lost all my gain offline even if recontact
- Cloud save software deleted game save
- All my time got deleted after reset
- Takes time for some capture tabs to start being active after reset
- Get no progress when not looking at the app sometimes
- Tree mechanic broken?
- Game crashes after a few seconds
- Flat growth for time travel is horrendous
- Autobuy of talent fragments is broken
Requested features
21 requests- Simpler game explanation
- More tutorial
- Fix auto buy for talent fragments
- Fix timer page issues
- Fix bugs
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- Fix QoL issues
- Fix balancing issues
- Fix tree mechanic
- Better tutorial for tree mechanic
- Fix bug where pop down menu won't go away
- Fix bug where rate goes down
- Fix bug where offline gains are lost
- Fix bug where autobuy of tower buys un unlocked talents
- Fix bug where auto max number goes to 0
- Add option to choose how much to invest
- Fix bug where reset takes time for capture tabs to be active
- Fix bug where no progress when not looking at app sometimes
- Add more automation
- Fix bugs and improve polish
- Fix bugs and add quality of life changes
- Fix bugs and improve game balance
In-app purchases
Grim RPG
- Blessed Enchanted Egg$0.99
- Cube of Finding$4.99
- Exalted Enchanted Egg$4.99
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- Dream Catcher$9.99
- Divine Enchanted Egg$9.99
Time Idle RPG
- 100 Gems$0.99
- 500 Gems$4.99
- No More Ads$4.99
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- 1000 Gems$8.99
- 5000 Gems$39.99
- 10000 Gems$69.99









