Comparison

Idle Transport Inc vs Pathogen

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Idle Transport Inc

Build and manage a thriving transport empire. Strategically upgrade facilities to balance production and consumption, ensuring a constant flow of income. Expand industries, process goods, and export for maximum profit.

Highlights
  • Facility upgrades
  • Resource management
  • Industry expansion
  • Exporting goods
  • Idle gameplay
Features
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You need to upgrade the level of each of your facilities wisely to get a balance between their generation and consumption. Keep them digging, processing, and selling so you can get a steady stream of money.Expand your different industries, process and export for more money!

About

Pathogen

Features
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Design a pathogen in your lab, release it on the world map and watch humanity fight back. YOUR LAB IS YOUR STRATEGY • 42 base pathogens in 7 families: viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions, bio-synthetic agents and worms. • Build your genome gene by gene, discover synergies and keep your best strains. • Every family plays differently: prions spread slowly but stay almost undetectable, fungi depend on the climate, parasites travel with their vectors, worms are very hard to cure. MUTATIONS YOU CHOOSE • Mid-run, pick 1 mutation out of 3: no lottery, real decisions. • Your strain's genes unlock active abilities on the map, such as dormancy or host jumps. A HUMANITY THAT REMEMBERS • Every strain you release leaves a mark: the world recognises the family and reacts faster next time. • Borders that close gradually, countries in panic, riots or collapse, news that reacts to your choices. The game always shows you why. FOR EVERY PLAYER • 3 difficulty levels, including a truly easy mode, and a step-by-step tutorial. • Runs of 3 to 6 minutes, playable offline. • Leaderboards per difficulty, a weekly leaderboard and Game Center achievements. • Optional cloud save and Sign in with Apple. A FAIR MODEL • Free, with no ads. • Viruses, bacteria and fungi are free: 25 pathogens, unlocked as your lab levels up. • The 4 other families are one-time purchases: 1 pathogen playable right away, the others unlock as your lab levels up. The “All families” pack makes 4 pathogens playable at once and includes future families. Available in English, French, Spanish, German and Brazilian Portuguese. Pathogen is a work of fiction and a strategy game. It provides no medical information.

Screenshots

Idle Transport Inc4 screens
Pathogen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pathogen at none against Idle Transport Inc's shown. Idle Transport Inc's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Idle Transport Inc sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Pathogen sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Idle Transport Inc versus Pathogen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Transport IncPathogen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (200 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings200 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size239 MB176 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperXiamen Yiniao Game Technology Co.,Ltd.Sebastien Girod

Bugs and requests

Idle Transport Inc

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Cannot advance due to upgrade cost
  • Cannot access diamond area
  • Cannot research diamond mine
  • Vault upgrade progress repeats
  • Research and builder timers reset
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  • Upgrade to level 6 to 7 fails
  • Cannot build diamond mine despite full vault
  • Upgrade does not complete when app closed
  • Timer stuck in negative time
  • Text not displaying in game
  • Language not displaying
  • LKW driving erratically

Requested features

4 requests
  • 💡 Save game progress option
  • 💡 Bank upgrade beyond 100M
  • 💡 More content and activities
  • 💡 Build own cities

Pathogen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Idle Transport Inc

One-time12
  • Newbie Pack$0.99
  • Diamond Pack1$0.99
  • Auto Clean$0.99
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  • Diamond Pack2$4.99
  • Increase Income$4.99
  • Play Pack$5.99
  • NO MORE ADS$9.99
  • Diamond Pack3$9.99
  • Security services$9.99
  • Diamond Pack4$19.99
  • Diamond Pack5$49.99
  • Diamond Pack6$99.99
5 purchases

Pathogen

One-time5
  • Parasite Family$2.99
  • Prion Family$2.99
  • Bio-synthetic Family$2.99
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  • Worm Family$2.99
  • All Families$7.99

Questions

Is Idle Transport Inc free?
Idle Transport Inc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pathogen free?
Pathogen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Idle Transport Inc or Pathogen have ads?
Idle Transport Inc shows ads; Pathogen does not.

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