Planetary Idle vs StarBurst Incremental
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!
StarBurst Incremental
Engage in a fast-paced, space-themed incremental game where you grow your star, trigger powerful bursts, and ascend through multiple prestige layers. Make impactful decisions with new currencies and upgrade trees to achieve cosmic growth.
- Fast-paced incremental gameplay
- Idle progression and automation
- Deep prestige system with multiple layers
- Strategic upgrade paths and choices
- Cloud saves
- Multiple playstyles
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StarBurst Incremental is a perfectly designed incremental that will consume your life for the next few weeks. Warning: once it clicks you will be hooked. Key Features: - Tutorials to get you started. - Game plays itself when it's open. You idle, upgrade and prestige. - 6 layers to discover, and a new game+ feature. - 24 Challenges spread out over 3 layers. - Automate old layers. - Play it for free, no forced ads. Incremental games are games where you collect resources and use them to fuel exponential growth. You often reset your progress for stronger multipliers so you can go even higher. On top of this you will have strategic upgrades, optimization, and challenges that test your understanding of the game. It is progress focused gameplay in its purest form.
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Verdict
Planetary Idle and StarBurst Incremental both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of StarBurst Incremental's written reviews are positive against 50% of Planetary Idle's. StarBurst Incremental also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 StarBurst Incremental sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Planetary Idle against 4.9 for StarBurst Incremental. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 80 and 70 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Planetary Idle's written reviews are positive against 83% of StarBurst Incremental's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planetary Idle | StarBurst Incremental |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (80 ratings) | 4.9 (70 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 80 — better | 70 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| 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 | 219 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roberto Frias Nerio | Yorick Bolster |
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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
StarBurst Incremental
- Unlock all skins$1.99
- Increase max offline time$1.99
- Time Bank Time Small$1.99
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- Full package 25% price$2.49
- Full package 50% price$4.99
- Time Bank Time Large$4.99
- Instant ad reward$5.99
- Full package 75% price$7.49
- Full package$9.99
Questions
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