Planetary Idle vs Cozy Core
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Planetary Idle
Explore planets with a retro sci-fi idle theme. Hire scientists for passive income, tap for boosts, and research expeditions for discoveries. Prestige to reset with permanent upgrades and unlock perks with rare QBits.
- Hire Scientists for passive income
- Tap to boost active income
- Research expeditions for discoveries
- Prestige system with permanent upgrades
- Earn QBits for powerful perks
- Offline progress for 6 hours
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Discover planets with a retro sci-fi idle theme with Planetary Idle! • Hire Scientists - Generate steady passive income and scale your operation. • Tap to Boost - Tap for extra cash when you’re active. • Research Expeditions - Spend money and brave scientists on one-way missions for discoveries and income bonuses! • Prestige - Reset, keep permanent upgrades, blast past your previous best. • QBits & Upgrades - Earn rare QBits and unlock powerful perks. • Play Your Pace - Short bursts or long idles; progress for 6 hours when offline. • Game Center - Many achievements to unlock!
Cozy Core
Engage in a relaxed block-building sandbox where you break and collect blocks to create custom scenes. Earn coins by selling blocks to unlock new items, animals, and worlds, all while enjoying calming music.
- Block building and breaking
- Scene creation
- In-game currency system
- Unlockable content
- Relaxing soundtrack
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Cozy Core is a super casual block building and breaking sandbox. Break and gain blocks from the arcane All-Core and use those blocks and items to build your very own scenes! Sell blocks gained from the All-Core in order to earn coins and unlock more blocks, animals, plants, worlds, and more! Do all of this and more while listening to super cozy and relaxing music!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cozy Core at 100% against Planetary Idle's 50%. Cozy Core also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Planetary Idle's advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 4). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Planetary Idle sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Cozy Core sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cozy Core holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planetary Idle has 77 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Planetary Idle's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cozy Core's.
Planetary Idle ships an update weekly, Cozy Core every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planetary Idle | Cozy Core |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (77 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 457 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roberto Frias Nerio | Happy Games LLC |
Customer experience
Planetary Idle
Cozy Core
In-app purchases
Planetary Idle
- Booster Pack$0.99
- Research Pack$2.99
- Quantum Pack$6.99
Cozy Core
- SUPPORT HAPPY GAMES LLC$0.99
