Comparison

Idle Clan vs Idle Sword Master

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

Head to head
About

Idle Clan

Gather resources like wood, fish, and ore to build your army. Lead your warriors to conquer enemy villages, tear down their walls, and defend your own.

Highlights
  • Resource gathering (wood, mine, fish, hunt)
  • Army creation
  • Lead soldiers into battle
  • Conquer enemy villages
  • Defend your base
  • Raze enemy headquarters
Features
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They will stand at your door. Fight with your workers to prevent them. Cut wood, mine, fish and hunt for your warriors.  Gather your resources, create your army and lead your soldiers to march on those who threaten you.  Tear down their walls, raze their headquarters and conquer their villages.

About

Idle Sword Master

Embark on an epic idle adventure, merging legendary swords and evolving pets to battle monsters and raids. Level up your avatar, unlock skills, and compete in multiplayer rankings to become the strongest. Collect gold and artifacts even while offline.

Highlights
  • Merge and evolve legendary swords
  • Train and evolve fighting pets
  • Battle monsters and raids
  • Level up avatar and unlock skills
  • Collect idle gold and artifacts
  • Compete in multiplayer rankings
Features
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Merge your swords, evolve your pet and join Idle Sword Master on an epic adventure to defeat hundreds of monsters and raids. The goal in Idle Sword Master is to levelup your avatar and become the strongest to compete in multiplayer rankings. Idle Sword Master is a top down pixel art idle RPG, where you can use tons of features while you idle: Fight monsters in different top down worlds Merge tons of legendary swords Levelup and evolve your pets which will be fighting with you in battles Merge rare equipment to get ultimate idle boosts Summon stunning fairies to support you on your journey Levelup your Avatar to unlock helpful skills Unlock skins for your Avatar appearance Defeat strong raids and dungeons Collect rare artifacts Collect idle gold and levelup while you are offline Sword Master is a perfect combination of both Idle Games and RPG simulations. Defeat stages, levelup and evolve to become the best Idle Sword Master in this idle game! INSTALL NOW AND PLAY FOR FREE - join a world full of Sword Masters.

Screenshots

Idle Clan4 screens
Idle Sword Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idle Clan at none against Idle Sword Master's 28. Idle Clan also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Idle Sword Master's advantage is ratings volume (2.4K vs 3) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price 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

Both are free to download. Idle Sword Master sells 28 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Clan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Sword Master holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Sword Master has 2.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Idle Clan versus Idle Sword Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle ClanIdle Sword Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)4.6 (2.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—21.8% of reviews
Number of ratings32.4K — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#175 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size343 MB77 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCore Game StudioMAD PIXEL

Customer experience

Idle Clan

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Idle Sword Master

All ratings1,988 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews275 reviews
Positive21.8%
Neutral14.5%
Negative63.6%

In-app purchases

None

Idle Clan

No in-app purchases

28 purchases

Idle Sword Master

One-time28
  • Daily Quests VIP$1.99
  • VIP Title 1$4.99
  • Gems Pack I$4.99
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  • Raid Pack$4.99
  • Speed Potion$4.99
  • No Ads Special Bundle$7.99
  • Gems Pack II$9.99
  • Idle Drops Pack$9.99
  • VIP Title 2$9.99
  • Stage 5000 Premium Pack$9.99
  • Resource Pack I$9.99
  • Premium Milestone 1$9.99
  • Remove Ads$9.99
  • VIP Pack$9.99
  • Weekly Pack 1$9.99
  • Companion VIP$14.99
  • Reset Manager VIP$19.99
  • Stage 10000 Premium Pack$19.99
  • VIP Title 3$19.99
  • Resource Pack II$19.99
  • Gems Pack III$19.99
  • Premium Milestone 2$19.99
  • Weekly Pack 2$19.99
  • Companion VIP II$29.99
  • Premium Milestone 3$49.99
  • Weekly Pack 4$49.99
  • Weekly Pack 6$99.99
  • Resource Pack IV$99.99

Questions

Is Idle Clan free?
Idle Clan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Idle Sword Master free?
Idle Sword Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Idle Clan or Idle Sword Master?
Idle Sword Master is rated higher. Idle Clan averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Idle Sword Master averages 4.6 from 2.4K ratings.
Do Idle Clan or Idle Sword Master have ads?
Idle Sword Master shows ads; Idle Clan does not.

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