ForestCamp vs Guildmaster Idle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ForestCamp
Embark on an 8-bit adventure in an open world filled with monsters to battle and items to collect. Craft new gear using recipes, uncover hidden treasures, and personalize your own housing and camp.
- 8-bit open-world exploration
- Monster battles and item collection
- Extensive crafting system with recipes
- Hidden treasures and secret maps
- Customizable housing and camp
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Introducing "Forest Camp" - a cute and compact 8-bit open-world game! ▶ Battle, collect, and have fun in one game! ▶ Explore diverse fields, fight monsters, and collect items! ▶ Craft various items using recipes! ▶ Discover hidden treasures and secret maps! ▶ Customize your own housing and camp system!
Guildmaster Idle
Manage and grow an interactive idle RPG guild. Engage in various minigames to gather resources, craft gear, and train adventurers for quests and dungeons. Attract new heroes and forge alliances to become a legendary guildmaster.
- Interactive idle gameplay
- Professions minigames (mining, crafting, bartending, etc.)
- Questing and dungeon crawling
- Guild and hero progression
- Talent tree upgrades
- Ad-free option
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With many immersive features including: Interactive Idle Gameplay: Break free from conventional clicker games as you actively personalise and grow your guild, making every decision count. A World of Minigames: Explore a rich tapestry of professions through completing various minigames such as mining, potion-crafting and bartending to gather the materials needed to equip your guild for missions. Their strength is forged through your skills, and the path to victory lies in your mastery of these professions. Quest for Glory: Embark on daring adventures of quests and dungeons. Rise to fame as you conquer challenges and complete feats, attracting new classes of adventurer to your guild, each bringing unique skills and abilities. Ad-Free Enjoyment: Bid farewell to intrusive ads with our optional ad system, ensuring uninterrupted gameplay. Take your gameplay a step above other idle games with interactive minigames for each profession: - Bartending: Serve drinks to the citizens for the gold needed to purchase upgrades for your guild. - Apothecary: Experiment with different herbs and other ingredients to discover magical potions, giving your adventurers the edge when fighting the powerful monsters scattered throughout the dungeon. - Foraging: Search through the forests to find wild vegetables and the herbs needed to craft potions. - Gardening: Manage your garden to grow the crops needed to cook the best food for your guild-members. - Cooking: Combine collected ingredients in the kitchen to provide food for your adventurers, granting them powerful buffs. - Hunting: Hunt wild beasts for meats to use in the kitchen, and hides to craft the armour needed by your adventurers. - Mining: Search through the mines for precious metals and gemstones to be used when crafting gear at the blacksmith. - Tree Felling: Chop trees for the building materials needed to expand your guild, with each new structure adding opportunities for your guild to prosper. - Blacksmithing: Craft enchanted weapons and armour at the forge to equip your adventurers with the tools they need to defeat the strongest foes. Use talent trees to upgrade each profession, dynamically changing each minigame to accelerate the growth of your guild. Grow your guild's fame to attract heroes with powerful spells and abilities from around the world to fight for you. Use the resources you gather from each profession to enhance your adventurers. Fight through quests, dungeons and tournaments, with advanced combat simulation. Gain the best loot possible as you progress through the game and use it to defeat powerful bosses. And that's just the beginning! Stay on the lookout for upcoming features that will expand your 'Guildmaster' experience in the next update. Forge alliances, conquer challenges, and become the legendary 'Guildmaster' you were destined to be. Are you ready for the challenge? Download now.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Guildmaster Idle at 4.7 against ForestCamp's 4.0. Guildmaster Idle also leads on ratings volume (538 vs 23) and review sentiment (75% vs 66%). ForestCamp's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, 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. ForestCamp sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Guildmaster Idle sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Guildmaster Idle holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guildmaster Idle has 538 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of ForestCamp's written reviews are positive against 75% of Guildmaster Idle's.
ForestCamp ships an update every 6 days, Guildmaster Idle weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ForestCamp | Guildmaster Idle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (23 ratings) | 4.7 (538 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | 74.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 538 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 240 MB | 314 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Sol Choi | Elvenry Studios |
Customer experience
ForestCamp
Guildmaster Idle
Bugs and requests
ForestCamp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Guildmaster Idle
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes and crashes
- Talent tree enhancements not working as expected
- Gear enhancements have no material requirements
- Unable to construct certain buildings
Requested features
4 requests- Add a wiki or knowledge base
- Improve UI and accessibility
- Reduce dungeon completion times
- Introduce character/guild customization
In-app purchases
ForestCamp
- Daily Package$0.99
- 300 Gems$2.99
- Enhancement PackageⅠ$4.99
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- Ability Package 01$4.99
- 990 Gems$7.99
- Beginner Package$7.99
- Ability Package 02$11.99
- Enhancement Package Ⅱ$17.99
- 3600 Gems$26.99
- Ability Package 03$26.99
- Intermediate package$26.99
Guildmaster Idle
- 1000 Runes$1.99
- 2500 Runes$4.99
- Increase Max Offline Work$4.99
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- Purchase Runes (Scrolls)$4.99
- Purchase Rune Bundle$4.99
- 7500 Runes$9.99
- 15000 Runes$19.99
- 50000 Runes$49.99
- 100000 Runes$99.99
Questions
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