Planetary Idle vs Idle Tic Tac Toe
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!
Idle Tic Tac Toe
Build a network of Tic Tac Toe players to gain classroom clout. Recruit, upgrade, and profit from your players as they compete for gum. Enjoy continuous gameplay whether you're actively playing or away.
- Recruit and upgrade Tic Tac Toe players
- Earn gum and classroom clout
- Idle gameplay mechanics
- Build a network of players
- Progress through school ranks
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It's your first day back at school - but you're not here to study. You're here to rise through the ranks of classroom clout by building the most ridiculous, unstoppable network of Tic Tac Toe players the school has ever seen. You've recruited a few 1st Graders to play games of Tic Tac Toe for Gum - and business is booming. Coach them, upgrade them, Profit. Whether you're checking in every few minutes or letting your empire grow while you're away, the school halls keep buzzing with the scribbles of Tic Tac Toe and the sounds of victory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Planetary Idle at 4.8 against Idle Tic Tac Toe's 4.5. Planetary Idle also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Idle Tic Tac Toe's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 Idle Tic Tac Toe sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Planetary Idle holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 80 and 60 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Planetary Idle's written reviews are positive against 64% of Idle Tic Tac Toe's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Planetary Idle ships an update weekly, Idle Tic Tac Toe fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planetary Idle | Idle Tic Tac Toe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (80 ratings) — better | 4.5 (60 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 80 — better | 60 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roberto Frias Nerio | Red Prism Games |
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Planetary Idle
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In-app purchases
Planetary Idle
- Booster Pack$0.99
- Research Pack$2.99
- Quantum Pack$6.99
Idle Tic Tac Toe
- Hall Pass Handful$0.99
- Hall Pass Binder$2.99
- Ad Free$3.99
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- Hall Pass Backpack$9.99
- Hall Monitor Pack$9.99
- Hall Pass Truckload$19.99
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