Swarm Game vs Idle Pact
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swarm Game
Engage in real-time strategy battles across the Hive Universe. Grow your bug army, upgrade your hives, and conquer territories. Compete with players worldwide or team up with friends in this bug-themed conquest.
- Upgradable Hives
- Multiple Enemies
- Multiplayer Free for All & Teams
- Leaderboards
- Purchasable Content
- Adjustable Game Speed
- Tons of Maps
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An RTS Strategy Game. Conquer the Hive Universe with your bugs! Take Hives, make more Bugs, and conquer more Hives! -Upgradable Hives - Form your strategy -Multiple Enemies - Strategize the timings of your attacks -Multiplayer Free for All & Teams - Play with your friends -Leaderboards - Compete with the world -Purchasable Content - Enhance the game -Adjustable Game Speed - Fit your game play style -Tons of Maps - Play for Hours And much more!
Idle Pact
Cultivate mystical flora through ancient rituals and solve light puzzles. This incremental occult gardening simulator challenges you to grow plants slowly while discovering ways to accelerate their growth.
- Occult gardening simulation
- Incremental gameplay
- Light puzzle elements
- Mystical plant growth
- Ritualistic mechanics
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Ancient seeds. Secret rituals. Something stirs beneath the stone... An incremental occult gardening simulator with light puzzles. Grow increasingly slow plants while uncovering how to speed things up.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Idle Pact at every 4 days against Swarm Game's every 2 weeks. Idle Pact also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Swarm Game's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (95% vs 81%). 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. Swarm Game sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Pact sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Swarm Game holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 64 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Swarm Game's written reviews are positive against 81% of Idle Pact's.
Swarm Game ships an update every 2 weeks, Idle Pact every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swarm Game | Idle Pact |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (49 ratings) — better | 4.6 (64 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better | 81.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 49 | 64 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 298 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Evan Carr | James Fischer |
Customer experience
Swarm Game
Idle Pact
In-app purchases
Swarm Game
- Grieg Maps$1.99
- Tchaikovsky Maps$1.99
- Hymns Maps$1.99
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- Mozart Maps$1.99
- Vivaldi Maps$1.99
- Bach Maps$1.99
- Christmas Maps$2.99
- No Ads$2.99
- Espionage Expansion$4.99
- War Expansion$4.99
- Colonies$5.99
- Everything Bundle$12.00
Idle Pact
- Permanent x2 Speed$5.99
