Comparison

Idle Acorns vs Day Repeat Day

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Idle Acorns

A classic idle clicker game with a charming narrative. Explore diverse environments, gather resources, craft items, and play mini-games. Enjoy a pure, ad-free experience with no in-app purchases or data mining.

Highlights
  • Resource gathering and upgrades
  • Crafting over 24 items
  • Fishing and cooking mini-game
  • Gardening and tree growing
  • Campfire for inviting characters
  • iCloud backup support
  • Game Center integration
Features
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Inspired by the classics, Idle Acorns is a fun mobile clicker game that features no advertisements, no in-app purchases, and no data-mining. Inspired by the clicker games of the old internet, Idle Acorns brings a fun narrative to the mobile clicker arena but without getting weighed down by advertisements, in-app purchases or data mining. Explore the forest and ocean with Benny the squirrel and enjoy everything from fishing, to gardening. Unlock the campfire to invite new characters, collect resources, and craft items. Featuring 4 mini-games, iCloud backup support, Game Center support, iMessage sticker pack, and more! Like classic Idle games, Idle Acorns respects time travel. Please note that time travel will disable Game Center features. Shake the tree to gather acorns. Purchase upgrades and enlist scavengers to collect acorns while you are away! Sell your acorns, and unlock new areas in the shop. Speak with Benny the squirrel to navigate your adventure. Cast your line, and catch fish in the ocean. Open the map to visit your acres of land, or upgrade your offline collection. Unlock the campfire and invite all new characters. Trade resources and buy recipes to craft over 24 new items. - Forge diamonds and buy upgrades - Go fishing and cook fish - Buy land and grow trees - Unlock the campfire and trade resources - Buy recipes and craft items - 4 Mini-Games - Share resources with friends - Lots of character dialogue - Seasonal events - iCloud backup support - Game Center leaderboards and achievements - iMessage sticker pack IMPORTANT: iPhone SE (2016 First Generation) and iPod touch are not supported.

About

Day Repeat Day

Experience a life simulation through engaging match-3 puzzles. Navigate relationships, career choices, and existential questions in a satirical, interactive narrative. Discover the meaning of the daily grind and life's mysteries.

Highlights
  • Interactive life story
  • Match-3 puzzle gameplay
  • Relationship management
  • Career progression
  • Satirical narrative
  • Existential themes
Features
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Day Repeat Day is an interactive story and a match-3 game that takes you through the years in a life of an average person. You're hired to do a job. You try to manage your relationships. But you're never really sure where it's all leading to. It's a story about living, the daily grind and what it all means in the end, topped with a sprinkle of satire and mysteries. After doing a lot of action games, I wanted to do something much more intimate and personal and Day Repeat Day is what came of it. Press: - It takes some serious ingenuity to subvert a genre as entrenched as the mobile match-3 game, but somehow developer Kimmo Factor, probably most well-known for the awesome hack ‘n slash game Barbearian, has done exactly that - Game of the Week / Touch Arcade - It turns out to be much, much more than this, than either genre, a whole, complicated and unique creation, that speaks truth about life, about work, about hierarchies and about mistakes. It’s stunning. - Kotaku

Screenshots

Idle Acorns4 screens
Day Repeat Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Day Repeat Day at weekly against Idle Acorns's every 6 weeks. Day Repeat Day also leads on chart position (#142 vs unranked) and review sentiment (70% vs 60%). Idle Acorns's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 55). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Idle Acorns costs $1.99 and Day Repeat Day $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Acorns holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Acorns has 1.2K ratings behind it against 55, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Idle Acorns's written reviews are positive against 70% of Day Repeat Day's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Acorns ships an update every 6 weeks, Day Repeat Day weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Idle Acorns versus Day Repeat Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle AcornsDay Repeat Day
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better4.5 (55 ratings)
Positive reviews60.2% of reviews70.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better55
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#142 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB560 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developeraleros.io LLCKimmo Factor Oy

Customer experience

Idle Acorns

All ratings1,216 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews108 reviews
Positive60.2%
Neutral10.2%
Negative29.6%

Day Repeat Day

All ratings55 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.9%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative23.3%

Bugs and requests

Idle Acorns

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tree disappearing issue
  • Bat not recognizing feather purchases
  • Zoom and UI issues on certain devices
  • Negative acorn balance after time manipulation

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • More late-game content
  • Improved UI and navigation
  • Better explanation of game mechanics
  • Increased offline progress

Day Repeat Day

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Idle Acorns

No in-app purchases

None

Day Repeat Day

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idle Acorns free?
Idle Acorns costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Day Repeat Day free?
Day Repeat Day costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Idle Acorns or Day Repeat Day?
Idle Acorns is rated higher. Idle Acorns averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Day Repeat Day averages 4.5 from 55 ratings.
Do Idle Acorns or Day Repeat Day have ads?
Neither Idle Acorns nor Day Repeat Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Idle Acorns or Day Repeat Day?
Idle Acorns ships an update every 6 weeks, and Day Repeat Day weekly. Most recently, Idle Acorns was updated on October 15, 2026 and Day Repeat Day on October 13, 2026.

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