Ashes vs Idle Space Industry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ashes
Experience a rogue-like RPG with steady progression, where you can gain thousands of levels in a single fight. Optimize your gear to reach the end within a limited number of battles in this offline adventure. Game data is saved locally on your device.
- Exponential level progression
- Rogue-like gameplay
- Gear optimization
- Offline play
- Limited fight progression
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Rogue like, steady progression. Gain 1000 levels and more in one fight ! Offline game. An RPG in the heritage of "Inflation RPG" with his own atypical universe ! Optimise your stuff to reach the end in a limited numbers of fight ! Discord FR/ENG : https://discord.gg/6EwZx5VHAX /!\Game data is saved on your device. If you uninstall, you lose your progress. /!\
Idle Space Industry
Build an intergalactic mining empire by establishing trade routes, gathering resources, and researching advancements. Conquer space, manage your fleet, and exploit new planets to become the ultimate space tycoon. Contribute to a shared Galactic Tithe for bonuses and upgrades.
- Establish trade routes
- Gather and manage resources
- Craft and research advancements
- Build and upgrade mothership
- Discover and exploit new planets
- Contribute to Galactic Tithe
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Make trade routes, gather resources, craft and research! Conquer space & get rich with your intergalactic mining empire! Use strategy to decide which planets to develop, which ships to build and where to deploy them, and which advancements to research. Spend resources to unlock upgrades, build up your mothership, and discover new planets to exploit. Contribute resources to the Galactic Tithe and help all players earn bonuses! Earn credits for your contributions and spend those on powerful upgrades, or exchange credits for even more resources! Build, expand and dominate as the best space miner in the universe. Be the space tycoon you always knew you could be.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ashes at none against Idle Space Industry's shown. Ashes also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 33%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Idle Space Industry's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Ashes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Idle Space Industry sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Space Industry holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Ashes's written reviews are positive against 33% of Idle Space Industry's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ashes ships an update every 6 months, Idle Space Industry every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Ashes | Idle Space Industry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (14 ratings) | 4.3 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 days — better |
| 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 | 273 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thibault Brouardelle | WaffleStack Studio LLC |
Customer experience
Ashes
Idle Space Industry
In-app purchases
Ashes
- "Support the dev" Gem$4.99
Idle Space Industry
- Starter Pack$7.99
- 500 Gems$9.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
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- Remove All Ads$9.99
- Get 225 Gems$9.99
- 800 Gems$14.99
- Pro Pack$14.99
- New Player Sale$14.99
- 500 Gems$14.99
- 1400 Gems$19.99
- Pro Pack$19.99
- 800 Gems$19.99
- 1400 Gems$29.99
- 3000 Gems$49.99
Questions
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