Quintet vs Idle Space Mining
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quintet
Experience the thrill of commanding a spaceship with friends in this cooperative multiplayer game. Players take on distinct roles, from Captain to Engineer, to navigate and survive the challenges of space. Success hinges on seamless teamwork and communication.
- Multiplayer spaceship control
- Five distinct player roles
- Cooperative gameplay
- Cross-platform play (desktop, laptop, iPad)
- Single, two, three, and four-player ships available
- Play with or against other player ships
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You've always dreamed of shouting "Fire the torpedos! More power to the shields!" I have too, and this is why I built Quintet. Quintet is a multiplayer space game where players work harmoniously to control the same ship. There are 5 roles: Captain, Helm, Tactical, Engineering and Science. How successful you are will depend on how well you all work together. Quintet is especially fun to play in the same room with friends. Don't be shy about playing out your roles in person and using strange accents. There are also one, two, three and four player ships available. Other Great Features: * Desktops, Laptops, and iPads can all play together on the same ship. * Players ships can play with or against other player ships. Note: * Gameplay requires an Internet connection. * Quintet is graphics intense! Runs best on iPhone5 or iPad 2 and up!
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Quintet at none against Idle Space Mining's shown. Quintet also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 15.0). Idle Space Mining's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Quintet against 4.0 for Idle Space Mining. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quintet has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Quintet ships an update every 5 weeks, Idle Space Mining weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quintet | Idle Space Mining |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (20 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 159 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AwesomeApps.com | ISAAC MICHAEL FRETT |
Customer experience
Quintet
Idle Space Mining
Bugs and requests
Quintet
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes on launch
- Game fades to black and hangs
- Black screen on iPhone 6/6+
- Doesn't work after iOS updates
- Laser repeats countdown
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- Frame rate issues on certain devices
- UI issues and controls pushed off-screen on older devices
- Game doesn't load
- Black screen after ship creation
- Doesn't work since PC/Mac version update
Requested features
8 requests- Add cargo and ship upgrades
- Allow saving multiple ships
- Add a first-person mode in future installments
- Make the 'trio' feature available for more levels
- Add more optimization for iPhones
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- Option to invert X-axis for helm control
- Add 3D direction to targeting arrow
- More games like this
Idle Space Mining
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Quintet
No in-app purchases
Idle Space Mining
No in-app purchases
Questions
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