Comparison

Idle Game Dev Simulator vs Idle Space Mining

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

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About

Idle Game Dev Simulator

Become a virtual game developer, honing your skills to create various game genres. Upgrade your equipment to boost your in-game income and become the richest and most famous developer.

Highlights
  • Develop diverse game genres (FPS, RPG, puzzle)
  • Upgrade computer and mining hardware
  • Collect daily rewards and cash bonuses
  • Improve developer skills
  • Become a rich and famous developer
Features
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You are a genius game developer in Idle Game Dev Simulator SPECS Complete the all game development skills Upgrade your computer to increase income per second Upgrade the crypto mining graphics cards to increase income per second Visit every day and collect awesome unique rewards Collect the all cash money bonuses Improve yourself and earn more cash money Develop different games from game types Develop FPS, RPG, platform, puzzle and more different games Enjoy being the game developer of your dreams Be most richest game developer ever Be most famous game developer on the world

About

Idle Space Mining

Build and expand a space mining empire through incremental upgrades and strategic choices. Reset your progress to gain permanent bonuses and achieve ultimate power. Earn resources even while offline.

Highlights
  • Incremental mining empire building
  • Strategic doctrine choices
  • Prestige system with Dark Matter
  • Permanent upgrades via Star Shards
  • Offline earnings
  • Challenging game modes
  • Comet catching events
Features
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Tap an asteroid. Build a mining empire. Then destroy it — and come back stronger. IDLE SPACE MINING is an idle game about scale. You start hand-mining ore from a bare rock. You end up rewriting local physics so the ore was always there. BUILD THE COLONY Twenty-six machines, from a rickety Drone Hangar to the Terminus Drillhead. Each one runs its own harvest cycle — watch the bars fill, watch the ore land. Every 10 you own doubles that machine's output, and every tier lifts the one beneath it. CHOOSE YOUR DOCTRINE At each tier you pick ONE of three paths and forfeit the other two. Triple your early generators, or cut the price of everything, or tighten your milestones. There is no right answer — and you re-decide every single run. ASCEND When growth stalls, collapse the whole colony into a singularity. You lose your ore, your generators, your tech. You keep DARK MATTER — and every scrap you have ever earned makes you permanently stronger. Dark Matter is deliberately scarce. Each one matters. HEAT DEATH Then there's the prestige above prestige. Let the universe run down, trade everything — even your Dark Matter — for Star Shards, and buy upgrades that survive the end of everything. TAKE ON CHALLENGES Mine with no hands. Run with triple-length cycles. Build with only three generator types. Beat one and keep the bonus forever. CATCH COMETS Comets drift past while you play. Tap one for a lump of ore or a burst of production. EARN WHILE YOU SLEEP Your colony keeps mining when the app is closed. Come back to a pile. One optional ad, and only if you want it: watch a Supply Drop for double production for four hours. No banners, no interstitials, nothing that interrupts play. No energy timers, no countdown "offers". Just numbers going up, forever.

Screenshots

Idle Game Dev Simulator4 screens
Idle Space Mining4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idle Space Mining at none against Idle Game Dev Simulator's 6. Idle Game Dev Simulator's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Game Dev Simulator sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Space Mining asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Idle Game Dev Simulator against 5.0 for Idle Space Mining. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Idle Game Dev Simulator versus Idle Space Mining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Game Dev SimulatorIdle Space Mining
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTuna OzcelikISAAC MICHAEL FRETT

Customer experience

Idle Game Dev Simulator

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Idle Space Mining

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Idle Game Dev Simulator

One-time6
  • 10 Coins$0.99
  • 50 Coins$1.99
  • 200 Coins$2.99
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  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • 500 Coins$4.99
  • 1.000 Coins$5.99
None

Idle Space Mining

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idle Game Dev Simulator free?
Idle Game Dev Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Space Mining free?
Idle Space Mining is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Idle Game Dev Simulator or Idle Space Mining?
Idle Game Dev Simulator and Idle Space Mining are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Idle Game Dev Simulator or Idle Space Mining have ads?
Both Idle Game Dev Simulator and Idle Space Mining show ads.

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