Idling Island vs Sort Adventure
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idling Island
Control multiple balls to progress through stages and earn in-game currency. Tap to destroy balls that stop, and upgrade your stage and balls for smoother flow. Enjoy a relaxing experience watching the balls move.
- Roll multiple balls
- Save in-game money
- Tap to destroy stopped balls
- Enhance stages
- Strengthen balls
- Relaxing ball flow visuals
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Roll many balls and save money. If the ball stops in the middle of the stage, tap the ball to destroy it. Let's enhance the stage and strengthen the ball to flow well. Let's relax and watch the movement of many balls flowing beautifully.
Sort Adventure
Embark on a new adventure to save the princess by sorting tiles and creating troops. Upgrade your character to gain more power and become the kingdom's last hope in this addictive game.
- Sort tiles to create troops
- Upgrade character for more power
- Save the princess
- Addictive adventure gameplay
- Kingdom's last hope narrative
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Sort tiles to create troops and save the princess! On the way, upgrade yourself for more power! In this new addictive adventure, you are the kingdom's only hope!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sort Adventure at 100% against Idling Island's 50%. Sort Adventure also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Idling Island's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Idling Island sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Sort Adventure asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idling Island | Sort Adventure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Noboru Hirakawa | Hot Yeti Studio OU |
Customer experience
Idling Island
Sort Adventure
In-app purchases
Idling Island
- Remove ADs$4.99
- Silver Ticket$9.99
- Gold Ticket$17.99
Sort Adventure
No in-app purchases
