Comparison

Splice Dinos vs Ethos Idle

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

Head to head
About

Splice Dinos

An idle clicker merge game where you splice and collect dinosaurs. Relax as your dino empire grows on its own, earning coins and discovering new creatures. Complete your collection and uncover rare shiny dinosaurs.

Highlights
  • Idle clicker gameplay
  • Dino splicing and merging
  • Coin and DNA collection
  • Dino collection and discovery
  • Offline earnings
  • Pixel art illustrations
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"Rawr rawr rawr rawr raw-".... Let me translate for you: Step into the Dino world with this idle clicker merge game where you tinker with the dino genome! Perfect for casual play, where the fun keeps going without lifting a finger. The game allows players to relax while their dino empire thrives on its own. HOW TO PLAY - Drag and drop similar dinos to create new mysterious creatures - Use the dinos and eggs to earn dino coins, buy new dinos and earn even more dino coins! - Tap your dinos to make them drop their dino coins and even some of their DNA! HIGHLIGHTS - Various environment stages and many dinos to discover - Complete your dinodex and discover the elusive shiny dinos! - The unexpected mix of creature splicing dynamics and incremental clicker games - Pixel art illustrations - Offline earnings

About

Ethos Idle

Guide humanity's progress from its earliest discoveries to the distant future. Manage your tribe's choices, develop over 200 unique ideas, and explore the world. Advance your civilization, unlock bonuses, and enjoy a single-player, offline experience with optional ads.

Highlights
  • Develop over 200 historic ideas
  • Explore and exploit the world
  • Manage tribe choices
  • Unlock exploration bonuses and synergies
  • Prestige mechanic upgrades
  • Customizable challenge scenarios
  • Offline single-player experience
Features
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Chart the progess of Humanity through the ages, and guide their every discovery from the moment they kindle the first fire to the far future. Develop over 200 unique ideas across three different flavours of thought. Help your people to conquer or make peace with their enemies, explore and exploit the world, and develop projects to meet their needs. Manage your tribe's choices to squeeze out more strength, or sit back and idle as your clan develop on their own. Advance as far as you can take your people, and then collect bonuses to improve future runs. Select varied challenges that change the way the game plays, and combine these challenges to create your own unique scenarios with big rewards. Features: - Over 200 historic ideas to develop, across 3 flavours of thought - Dozens of exploration bonuses and synergies to unlock and exploit - Permanently power up your civilisation with prestige mechanic upgrades - Combine varied challenge conditions to create your own scenarios with powerful rewards - Optional, out-of-the-way ads won't interrupt your experience - A completely offline, single player experience - All game content is accessible for free

Screenshots

Splice Dinos4 screens
Ethos Idle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Ethos Idle at 241 against Splice Dinos's 6. Splice Dinos's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Splice Dinos sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Ethos Idle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Splice Dinos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ethos Idle has 241 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Splice Dinos's written reviews are positive against 84% of Ethos Idle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splice Dinos ships an update every 4 weeks, Ethos Idle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Splice Dinos versus Ethos Idle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplice DinosEthos Idle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.8 (241 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better84.4% of reviews
Number of ratings6241 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdmurin ArtsGraham Goldstein

Customer experience

Splice Dinos

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Ethos Idle

All ratings241 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral9.4%
Negative6.3%

Bugs and requests

Splice Dinos

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Ethos Idle

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • RNG for challenges is unfair and unfun
  • Unlocking buffs for inaccessible technologies

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to remove ads entirely
  • Clarification on prestige warp gain multipliers

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Splice Dinos

One-time4
  • 350 DNA$0.99
  • Double Coins$2.99
  • Dino Business$2.99
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  • No Ads Bundle$2.99
1 purchases

Ethos Idle

One-time1
  • x2 Speed$6.99

Questions

Is Splice Dinos free?
Splice Dinos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ethos Idle free?
Ethos Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Splice Dinos or Ethos Idle?
Splice Dinos is rated higher. Splice Dinos averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Ethos Idle averages 4.8 from 241 ratings.
Do Splice Dinos or Ethos Idle have ads?
Both Splice Dinos and Ethos Idle show ads.
Which is updated more often, Splice Dinos or Ethos Idle?
Splice Dinos ships an update every 4 weeks, and Ethos Idle every 3 weeks. Most recently, Splice Dinos was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ethos Idle on October 25, 2026.

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