Idle Gorilla vs Gorilla Clicker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Gorilla
Control a giant gorilla in this idle clicker game. Eat everything in sight, collect power-ups, and evolve your beast to become the ultimate monster. Battle against humanity for survival and dominance.
- Idle clicker gameplay
- Eating simulator mechanics
- Monster evolution
- 3D arena exploration
- Collect power-ups
- Fight against mankind
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Welcome to the Idle Gorilla empire, a fun tap and clicker game with the eating simulator and monster evolution elements. Take control of the huge gorilla and start eating whatever you smash into your way. Explore the 3D arena to collect the best yummies and top power-ups. Feed and grow your evil gorilla to become the biggest beast on the planet! Fight against mankind for hunger and survival. Become the legend and eat them all!
Gorilla Clicker
Compete in a multiplayer online game where gorillas chest beat to earn points and escape a room. The top-ranked gorilla escapes daily. Navigate and strategize to secure your position.
- Multiplayer online competition
- Daily escape winner
- Chest beating for points
- Camera rotation control
- Character movement control
- Player rankings
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The gorillas are trapped in a room. Only one can escape...? [Escape Conditions] The winner, who can escape every day at 0:00 UTC, will be determined. Earn points by chest beating before that time to secure the top position. [Controls] ・ Swipe the upper half of the screen to rotate the camera. ・ Swipe the lower half of the screen to move. ・ Tap the screen to make the gorilla grow larger. [Tap Gauge] Tapping fills up the gauge, and you can get bananas and skins as rewards. Items that extend the gorilla's lifespan can also be obtained as tap gauge rewards. [Upgrades] You can strengthen your gorilla in exchange for bananas. It is possible to automate growth or enhance your growth power. [Buffs] Catching banana bugs grants a buff effect for 1 minute. The buff effect increases the gorilla's growth ability. [Rivals] Rival gorillas aiming for 1st place will appear. Grow larger than your rivals and aim to escape! [Black Shadows] The gorilla-shaped black shadows are rivals that might join the battle in the future. Watch out for large shadows and grow bigger than them. [Online] This game is a non-real-time online game. Communication takes place every 5 minutes to update the surrounding situation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Gorilla Clicker at weekly against Idle Gorilla's every 6 weeks. Gorilla Clicker also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 70%). Idle Gorilla's advantage is ratings volume (427 vs 7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Idle Gorilla against 4.7 for Gorilla Clicker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Gorilla has 427 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Idle Gorilla's written reviews are positive against 80% of Gorilla Clicker's.
Idle Gorilla ships an update every 6 weeks, Gorilla Clicker weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Idle Gorilla | Gorilla Clicker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (427 ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 427 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 189 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nikita Subachev | Yoshitaka Nagashima |
Customer experience
Idle Gorilla
Gorilla Clicker
In-app purchases
Idle Gorilla
No in-app purchases
Gorilla Clicker
No in-app purchases
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