Tiny Terraces vs Scratch Inc.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Terraces
An idle-farming game where tiny characters manage your garden. Plant crops, craft more workers, and decorate your terrace with earnings from your harvest.
- Idle farming gameplay
- Automated crop management
- Craft new tiny workers
- Terrace decoration
- Money generation from crops
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Tiny Terraces is an idle-farming game, where you can watch tiny guys do different tasks around the terrace. Grow Crops: Plant crops and watch as the tiny guys manage the garden plots by watering, weeding, and harvesting. Craft Tiny Guys: Use certain crops and tiny guy parts to craft more tiny guys to help manage the terrace. Decorate: Use money produced from crops to buy decorations to detail your terrace.
Scratch Inc.
An idle incremental game where you build an empire by scratching cards and earning points. Upgrade your cards, unlock automation, and prestige to progress faster. Enjoy endless upgrades, achievements, and global leaderboards with no ads or wait timers.
- Endless Upgrades
- Prestige for Progress
- Achievements with Rewards
- Global Leaderboards
- Playable Offline
- No Ads
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Build an Empire, From Scratch Scratch cards, earn points, and grow your empire in this idle/incremental game. Upgrade your cards, unlock automation, prestige across industries, and climb the leaderboards — all with no ads, ever. • Endless Upgrades – Boost your point gain, match multipliers, grid size, and so much more. • Prestige for Progress – Reset to climb faster across deep progression layers. • Achievements with Rewards – Earn Gold and multipliers by completing fun challenges. • Global Leaderboards – Compete with others across the world across a variety of challenges. • Playable Offline – Play anywhere anytime • No Ads. No Wait Timers. Just Progress and Big Numbers. Made by a solo dev. Built to respect your time. (A reimagining of my first game)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Scratch Inc. at Free against Tiny Terraces's $1.99. Scratch Inc. also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (93% vs 66%). Tiny Terraces's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and chart position (#4 vs unranked). On ads, device support 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
Scratch Inc. is free to download; Tiny Terraces costs $1.99 up front. Scratch Inc. sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Tiny Terraces asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scratch Inc. holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratch Inc. has 1.9K ratings behind it against 156, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Tiny Terraces's written reviews are positive against 93% of Scratch Inc.'s.
Tiny Terraces ships an update every 8 days, Scratch Inc. every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Terraces | Scratch Inc. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (156 ratings) | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.6% of reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 156 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #4 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 186 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jaxon Gallegos Garcia | Makopaz LLC |
Customer experience
Tiny Terraces
Scratch Inc.
User reviews
Tiny Terraces
From 156 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Cozy and beautiful game
- 🎨 Incredible sound design
- 💎 Great premise and potential
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy UI and controls
- 🔧 Feels unfinished for mobile
- 📱 Controls not optimized for touch
Scratch Inc.
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Enjoyable gameplay
- 🚀 Satisfying idle mechanics
- 💡 Active developer listening to feedback
- 👍 Optional in-app purchases
- 👍 Polished interface
Room to improve
- 💰 In-app purchases feel expensive
- 🔧 Needs more balance and content
- 🐛 Offline rewards not working consistently
Bugs and requests
Tiny Terraces
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cloning building bug
- Sound issues
- Destroy tool not working
Requested features
3 requests- Add manual save option
- Improve landscape mode compatibility
- Streamline touch controls and gestures
Scratch Inc.
Reported bugs
2 issues- Offline rewards rarely triggering
- Lacking sound effects
Requested features
2 requests- More skin tone options for avatar
- Better variety and more offline rewards
In-app purchases
Tiny Terraces
No in-app purchases
Scratch Inc.
- 20 Gold$1.99
- 55 Gold$4.99
- 120 Gold$9.99
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- 260 Gold$19.99
- 750 Gold$49.99
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