Comparison

Space Colony! vs Idle Space Industry

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

Head to head

Space Colony!

Best Idle Space Game

Free

🎮 Games

★ 4.02 ratingsView app →

Idle Space Industry

An economic management game

Free

🎮 Games

★ 4.320 ratingsView app →

About

Space Colony!

Develop a thriving colony on a new planet using various resources and tools. Explore space and expand your reach. This idle game offers a strategic experience for aspiring space pioneers.

Highlights

Resource management
Colony development
Space exploration
Vehicle and robot construction
Idle gameplay

Features

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Welcome to Space Colony, You are a young astronaut and you have just landed on a new planet. Make the best use of the resources at your disposal to develop your colony on this planet and then to explore space. You will be able to use lots of resources and tools in your conquest of space such as iron, titanium, engines, robots, drones, vehicles and more. Have fun!

About

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.

Highlights

Establish trade routes
Gather and manage resources
Craft and research advancements
Build and upgrade mothership
Discover and exploit new planets
Contribute to Galactic Tithe

Features

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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.

Screenshots

Space Colony!4 screens

Idle Space Industry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Space Colony! at none against Idle Space Industry's 14. Idle Space Industry's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (20 vs 2). On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. Idle Space Industry sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Space Colony! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Space Industry holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Space Industry has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Space Colony!'s written reviews are positive against 33% of Idle Space Industry's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level

Space Colony! versus Idle Space Industry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Space Colony!	Idle Space Industry
Price	Free	Free
Rating	4.0 (2 ratings)	4.3 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews	25.0% of reviews	33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings	2	20 — better
Update frequency	—	Every 3 days
Ads	Yes	Yes
In-app purchases	No — better	Yes
Monetization	Ad-supported — better	Free with in-app purchases
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better	iPhone, iPod
Requires iOS	12.0 — better	13.0
Further details — not scored
Size	130 MB	139 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	NoBrain Studio	WaffleStack Studio LLC