Comparison

Idle Baking Factory vs Scratchworks

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

Head to head
About

Idle Baking Factory

Grow crops, refine grains, and bake delicious products to sell to customers. Upgrade your factory for faster production and higher value goods. Unlock new levels, leaders, machines, and recipes in this idle simulation game.

Highlights
  • Crop cultivation and harvesting
  • Grain refining and ingredient preparation
  • Baking and product creation
  • Customer sales for cash and coins
  • Factory upgrades for speed and value
  • Unlockable levels, leaders, and machines
Features
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In Idle Baking Factory, you grow crops in the fields and harvest them to refine grains. The grains are used as ingredients in baking products. When you have products ready, you can sell them to your customers for cash and coins. When you get enough cash and coins you can upgrade your factory to produce faster or higher value products. In Idle Baking Factory you can unlock: - 10 Factory Levels - 27 Leaders. (11 Common, 11 Business, and 5 Legendary Leaders) - 11 Machines (4 types, Refiner, Milling, Mixer and Oven) - 3 Coin types (Bronze, Silver, Gold) - 3 Chest types (Bronze, Silver, Gold) - 4 Upgradable Vehicles (Combine Harvester and Forklifts) - 4 specialized Recipes (Crackers, Pretzl, Vanilla Cupcake and Apple Pie) - 3 Ingredients, 2 Spices and 1 Fruit Privacy Policy: https://chivostudio.com/Games/IdleBakingFactory/PrivacyPolicy Terms And Conditions: https://chivostudio.com/Games/IdleBakingFactory/TermsAndConditions Idle Baking Factory is developed and published by Chivo Studio.

About

Scratchworks

Features
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Scratch, scrub, and clean all kinds of strange objects in this relaxing and satisfying casual game. From stubborn dirt to mysterious surfaces, every scratch can trigger unexpected events, funny reactions, or chaotic surprises. Clean dirty toilets, remove stains from clothes, scratch old disks, reveal hidden layers, and discover bizarre objects that react in unpredictable ways. Some things are satisfying to clean. Some are weird. Some may even break if you scratch too hard. Earn coins, unlock upgrades, improve your scratching tools, and automate the process to turn simple cleaning into a strangely addictive experience.

Screenshots

Idle Baking Factory4 screens
Scratchworks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Idle Baking Factory at Free against Scratchworks's $0.99. Idle Baking Factory also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Idle Baking Factory is free to download; Scratchworks costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Baking Factory ships an update every 2 months, Scratchworks every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Idle Baking Factory versus Scratchworks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Baking FactoryScratchworks
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.5 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size281 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChivo Studio ApSATOMICSOFT COMPANY LIMITED

In-app purchases

None

Idle Baking Factory

No in-app purchases

None

Scratchworks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idle Baking Factory free?
Idle Baking Factory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scratchworks free?
Scratchworks costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Idle Baking Factory or Scratchworks have ads?
Both Idle Baking Factory and Scratchworks show ads.
Which is updated more often, Idle Baking Factory or Scratchworks?
Idle Baking Factory ships an update every 2 months, and Scratchworks every 5 months. Most recently, Idle Baking Factory was updated on October 24, 2026 and Scratchworks on October 14, 2026.

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