I.Q. vs Idle Dig Factory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
I.Q.
Calculate your intelligence quotient with this app. Perform various tests, including a time-trial mode, and share them with family and friends to see who is the most intelligent. Create multiple user profiles to track progress and compare results.
- Calculate intelligence quotient
- Multiple test types
- Time Trial Test
- Create multiple users
- Share tests with friends and family
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Discover your intelligence quotient with this innovative and intuitive app. Share the tests with your family and friends and find out who is the most intelligent. Perform different test with lots of questions, including a Time Trial Test. FEATURES: • USERS Create different users and share the tests with your family and friends and discover who's the most intelligent!
Idle Dig Factory
Manage a mining company, excavating and selling ore for profit. Upgrade equipment, unlock new devices for rarer ores, and hire administrators to boost income and efficiency. Aim to build the largest excavation company.
- Excavate and sell ore
- Upgrade mining equipment
- Unlock new ore collection devices
- Hire administrators for management
- Increase income and efficiency
- Build the largest excavation company
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You operate a mining company. Your task is to continue to excavate ore from the mine, then sell ore to obtain profits. You can upgrade your mining equipment to speed up efficiency, and you can unlock new devices to collect different ore, advanced ore has higher value. You can also hire administrators to help you manage, they can improve your income and efficiency. Finally, let us build the world's largest excavation company!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Dig Factory at 4.8 against I.Q.'s 2.9. Idle Dig Factory also leads on review sentiment (55% vs 23%) and ratings volume (6K vs 7). I.Q.'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. I.Q. sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Dig Factory sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Dig Factory holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Dig Factory has 6K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of I.Q.'s written reviews are positive against 55% of Idle Dig Factory's.
I.Q. ships an update every 2 weeks, Idle Dig Factory monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | I.Q. | Idle Dig Factory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (7 ratings) | 4.8 (6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.3% of reviews | 55.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 243 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pedro Navarro | Solid Games |
Customer experience
I.Q.
Idle Dig Factory
Bugs and requests
I.Q.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Idle Dig Factory
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads after every action
- Forced ads for basic features
- Frequent crashes and freezes
Requested features
3 requests- Option to remove ads
- Improved performance and stability
- Offline progress tracking
In-app purchases
I.Q.
- Tickets x10$0.99
- Tickets x100$1.99
- Remove ADS$2.99
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- Unlimited Tickets$2.99
Idle Dig Factory
- Diamond Pack 1$1.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Diamond Pack 2$4.99
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- Diamond Pack 3$9.99
- No Ads Plus$9.99
- Diamond Pack 4$19.99
- Diamond Pack 5$49.99
- Diamond Pack 6$99.99
