Comparison

Quintet vs Idle Space Mining

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Quintet2 screens
Idle Space Mining4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Quintet versus Idle Space Mining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuintetIdle Space Mining
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (20 ratings)4.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB121 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAwesomeApps.comISAAC MICHAEL FRETT

Customer experience

Quintet

All ratings20 ratings
Positive65.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative15.9%

Idle Space Mining

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

None

Quintet

No in-app purchases

None

Idle Space Mining

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quintet free?
Quintet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Idle Space Mining free?
Idle Space Mining is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quintet or Idle Space Mining?
Idle Space Mining is rated higher. Quintet averages 3.9 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Idle Space Mining averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Quintet or Idle Space Mining have ads?
Idle Space Mining shows ads; Quintet does not.
Which is updated more often, Quintet or Idle Space Mining?
Quintet ships an update every 5 weeks, and Idle Space Mining weekly. Most recently, Quintet was updated on October 22, 2026 and Idle Space Mining on October 24, 2026.

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