Candy Lab! vs Idle Beverage Empire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Candy Lab!
Create and customize various types of hard candies, lollipops, and cotton candies. Sell your sweet creations to customers to earn in-game currency and unlock new candy-making stations and helpers. Discover your favorite designs as you progress through the game.
- Handmake hard candies with custom designs
- Create lollipops and cotton candies
- Sell candies to customers
- Earn money to unlock new stations
- Hire workers for assistance
- Choose from various candy designs
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You will enjoy the satisfying stages of handmaking hard candies with different designs! You can choose any design you want and customize the colors however you like! Make hard candies, lollipops and cotton candies, sell them to your customers and earn money to unlock new candy stations and hire workers to help you! You can choose different designs from each candy station, keep playing to see which ones you like to make the most!
Idle Beverage Empire
Build and manage your own soda factory in this idle simulation game. Expand your facilities, experiment with flavors, and hire workers to become a beverage tycoon. Watch your production grow and quench the world's thirst.
- Build a soda factory
- Carbonation and flavor experimentation
- Upgrade machinery
- Hire and manage workers
- Resource management
- Idle production growth
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Introducing "Idle Beverage Empire," a captivating idle game where you embark on a thrilling journey to build your very own soda empire. Start by constructing a humble soda factory and immerse yourself in the art of carbonation. Expand your facilities, upgrade machinery, and experiment with various flavors to create the perfect fizzy beverages. Hire skilled workers, manage resources, and watch as your production line grows. Become the ultimate soda tycoon and leave a lasting mark in the soda industry. Are you ready to quench the world's thirst?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Beverage Empire at 4.8 against Candy Lab!'s 2.1. Idle Beverage Empire also leads on review sentiment (29% vs 0%) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 7). Candy Lab!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Idle Beverage Empire sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Candy Lab! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Idle Beverage Empire holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Beverage Empire has 1.2K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Candy Lab!'s written reviews are positive against 29% of Idle Beverage Empire's.
Candy Lab! ships an update monthly, Idle Beverage Empire every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Candy Lab! | Idle Beverage Empire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (7 ratings) | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 270 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SİMOFUN OYUN TEKNOLOJİLERİ ANONİM ŞİRKETİ | Solid Games |
Customer experience
Candy Lab!
Idle Beverage Empire
Bugs and requests
Candy Lab!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Idle Beverage Empire
Reported bugs
2 issues- No sound
- Bugs and glitches
Requested features
4 requests- Reduce ad frequency
- Shorten ad duration
- Improve sound and audio quality
- Add more gameplay depth and features
In-app purchases
Candy Lab!
No in-app purchases
Idle Beverage Empire
- Contains 10 Ad tickets$0.99
- Diamond Pack 1$1.99
- Contains 25 Ad tickets$1.99
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- Remove ads for 2 days$1.99
- Contains 60 Ad tickets$3.99
- Remove ads for 7 days$3.99
- Diamond Pack 2$4.99
- Offline Manager$4.99
- Marketing Expert$4.99
- Diamond Pack 3$9.99
- No Ads Plus$9.99
- Diamond Pack 4$19.99
- Diamond Pack 6$99.99
Questions
Is Candy Lab! free?
Is Idle Beverage Empire free?
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Do Candy Lab! or Idle Beverage Empire have ads?
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