Planetary Idle vs Last Cup Standing
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!
Last Cup Standing
Defend your teacup from waves of pests in this idle tower defense game. Strategize with upgrades, permanent enhancements, and special abilities to see how long your cup can last. Enjoy a cozy tea-time theme with cute characters and rewarding gameplay.
- Idle tower defense gameplay
- Automatic tea leaf firing
- Strategic upgrades and enhancements
- Permanent upgrades via The Pantry
- Recipe cards for bonuses
- Weekly Brew-off leaderboards
- Daily orders and tea festivals
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Your teacup is the last one standing, and the pests want a sip. Last Cup Standing is an idle tower defense game with a tea-time twist. Your cup fires tea leaves automatically at waves of ants, ladybugs, bumblebees, jelly blobs and the Queen Ant. Choose upgrades, build a strategy and see how long your cup can last. DEFEND YOUR LAST CUP Spend the cash you earn during each battle on damage, attack speed, cup durability, healing and income. Cash upgrades last for that run. Earn coins to strengthen future runs, then return for another brew. BUILD YOUR STRATEGY The Pantry holds permanent upgrades and new defensive systems. Equip recipe cards for extra bonuses, improve your teaware, and unlock special weapons and helpful bots. Research continues while the game is closed. KEEP THE KETTLE ON Push through tougher tiers, claim milestone rewards, complete daily orders and take part in tea festivals. Try the weekly Brew-off and compare your best waves on the leaderboards. MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME A quick tour explains the main tabs. Tap a battle stat's name or value to see what it does before spending. Adjust music and sound effects separately, and pause or resume a saved brew when you need a break. Cute pests, cosy tea and plenty of strategy. How long can your last cup stand? Free to play, with optional in-app purchases and rewarded ads. Some optional purchases provide currency or vouchers for random recipe cards and teaware; draw odds are displayed in the game. Online services require an internet connection. Optional member accounts provide customer service replies and gifts; gameplay progress is saved on your device. Support: https://plenteaful.com/last-cup-standing/support Privacy: https://plenteaful.com/last-cup-standing/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Last Cup Standing at 100% against Planetary Idle's 50%. Last Cup Standing also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Planetary Idle's advantage is ratings volume (81 vs 1). On price, ads, 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 Last Cup Standing sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Last Cup Standing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planetary Idle has 81 ratings behind it against 1, 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 Last Cup Standing's.
Planetary Idle ships an update weekly, Last Cup Standing every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planetary Idle | Last Cup Standing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (81 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| 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 | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Roberto Frias Nerio | ISAIAH SANTIAGO |
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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
Last Cup Standing
- Tea party pass 1$9.99
- Festival pass$14.99
- Tea party pass 2$14.99
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- Afternoon tea set$19.99
- Tea party pass 3$19.99
- Tea party pass 4$24.99
- Picnic hamper$29.99
- Tea party pass 5$39.99
- Harvest crate$49.99
- Tea party pass 6$49.99
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