cube farm vs IdleSpiral
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
cube farm
Engage in a semi-idle farming simulation with endless progression and a dynamic market. Collect and train pets for battles, and enjoy quick sessions without ads or pay-to-win elements. An online expansion adds competitive multiplayer and collectible tarot cards.
- Semi-idle farming gameplay
- Endless progression with prestige
- Dynamic produce market
- Pet collection and battling
- Online multiplayer battles
- Cloud saves
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-no ads or pay-to-win mechanics -quick sessions, break from scrolling -endless progression with prestige bonuses -time slows at higher layers, with larger harvests -dynamic produce market with supply and demand -pets to collect, feed, train, and battle NEW! cube farm: online [expansion required] -challenge friends to gooster battles -compete for rating in the ranked arena -take a phone break with your gooster at the park -collect tarot cards to use at the park -backup data to the cloud with cloud saves
IdleSpiral
An idle, incremental game where players aim to grow a spiral. It combines simple gameplay with mathematical beauty for long-term engagement.
- Idle gameplay
- Incremental progression
- Spiral mathematics
- Long-term engagement
- Simple mechanics
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Idle Spiral is a beautiful idle and incremental game inspired by spirals and mathematics. Grow your spiral farther and farther from the origin. Improve its parameters, discover formulas, challenge enemies, collect rewards, and watch simple mathematical rules create increasingly complex patterns. The controls are simple, but the progression is deep and designed to be enjoyed over a long time. Play actively when you want to optimize your build, or return later and continue from your offline progress. Features: • Deep idle and incremental progression • Spiral growth based on mathematical formulas • Upgrades, battles, challenges, achievements, and daily rewards • Optional ads and in-app purchases • Account, shared Mileage, and cross-platform save foundations • Performance and battery-use options for mobile devices How far can you grow your spiral?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: cube farm at 4.8 against IdleSpiral's 4.2. cube farm also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (91% vs 57%). IdleSpiral's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. cube farm sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and IdleSpiral sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
cube farm holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: cube farm has 547 ratings behind it against 79, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of cube farm's written reviews are positive against 57% of IdleSpiral's.
cube farm ships an update fortnightly, IdleSpiral every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cube farm | IdleSpiral |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (547 ratings) — better | 4.2 (79 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.2% of reviews — better | 56.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 547 — better | 79 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 230 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tarot Focus, LLC | Idle System, Inc. |
Customer experience
cube farm
IdleSpiral
User reviews
cube farm
From 547 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and low maintenance
- 👍 Fun and chill gameplay
- 👍 No ads or in-app purchases
- 👍 Frequent updates
- 👍 Enjoyable progression
Room to improve
- 🐛 Battles are RNG-based
- 🐛 Unclear instructions for some features
- 🐛 Slow progression after early stages
IdleSpiral
From 79 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game overall
- 💡 Interesting idle/incremental mechanics
- 🔢 Generates big numbers
- ✨ Satisfying progression
- 🎨 Can make cool patterns
Room to improve
- 🐛 Game glitches and bugs
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 📱 Phone gets very hot
- 📉 Progress halts without active play
- 💸 Premium currency hard to accumulate
Bugs and requests
cube farm
Reported bugs
2 issues- Swiping issues on farm layers
- Inconsistent performance and input lag
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to save preferred layout settings
- More engaging battle system
- Clearer in-game instructions
IdleSpiral
Reported bugs
28 issues- Game is unresponsive
- Ads don't work or give rewards
- Patterns are random
- Bar at the bottom center not growable
- Phone gets super hot and drains battery
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- Translation is poor
- Offline progress not accumulating
- Game speed items cause overheating
- Game becomes laggy
- Last two Z Reactors missing
- Last three challenges missing
- Game not idle, requires active play
- Rewards reset when app is closed
- Memory of Formula system confusing
- Battles no longer progress offline
- Text is too small
- Daily bonus not working
- Offline gains broken
- Achievements not unlocking
- Offline battles don't increase difficulty
- Stats not functioning
- Social sharing (screenshot/tweet) broken
- Daily rewards unclear
- Challenges past first versions inaccessible
- Save process wipes progress
- Offline enemy kills not counting
- Spiral Equations not working
- Difficulty of fighting tab not increasing offline
Requested features
10 requests- Fix bugs and glitches
- Improve ad rewards and length
- Make the game truly idle again
- Fix offline gains and progress
- Improve translation and text display
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- Bring PC version content to mobile
- Fix social sharing features
- Add dark mode
- Fix challenges not appearing
- Fix Z-Reactors not appearing
In-app purchases
cube farm
- Party Egg$0.99
- Balloon Egg$0.99
- Taco Egg$0.99
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- Lucky Egg$0.99
- Bunny Egg$0.99
- Heart Egg$0.99
- Snowman Egg$0.99
- Santa Egg$0.99
- Turkey Egg$0.99
- Jack Egg$0.99
- Apple Egg$0.99
- Darkness Egg$0.99
- Online Access$1.99
- Coffee Tip$4.99
- Welcome Bundle$8.99
- Complete Bundle$9.99
IdleSpiral
- Spiral Point 500$1.99
- Snake Spiral$4.99
- Bubble Spiral$4.99
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- Arrow Spiral$4.99
- Water Spiral$9.99
- Space Spiral$9.99
- Bonfire Spiral$9.99
- Permanent Bonus$9.99
- Pixel Spiral$9.99
- Railway Spiral$9.99
- Spiral Point 3000$12.99
- Spiral Point 10000$29.99
