Factory Frontier vs Incremental ELM Quest 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Factory Frontier
Design and expand a 2D factory to maximize profits by strategically placing production elements. Optimize your setup, unlock upgrades, and rebirth for unique bonuses to grow your industrial empire. Ideal for players who enjoy strategy and automation.
- Design and expand 2D factories
- Strategic placement of production elements
- Optimize production lines
- Unlock upgrades
- Rebirth for bonuses
- Automation gameplay
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Factory Frontier is a 2D mobile game where you design and expand your own factory to maximize profits. Strategically place droppers, upgraders, furnaces, and conveyors to create efficient production lines that generate money. Optimize your setup, unlock upgrades, and climb the ranks as your factory grows. Once you've built a thriving operation, rebirth to start anew with unique bonuses, pushing the boundaries of your industrial empire even further. Perfect for players who love strategy, creativity, and the thrill of automation!
Incremental ELM Quest 2
Embark on an offline idle RPG adventure as a Cataloguer, documenting over 4,000 creatures and leveling up classes. Explore elemental portals, uncover a narrative, and progress even when offline. Optional cosmetic purchases support the solo developer.
- Over 4,000 creatures to find and catalogue
- 300+ classes to equip and level up
- Offline progression
- Narrative-driven exploration
- Deep progression systems
- Optional cosmetic purchases
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A free incremental RPG you can play entirely offline. No ads, no paywall, and every goal in the game is reachable without spending a cent. The world's eight elemental forces were once held apart. Now they are bleeding together, and everything is changing. You are a Cataloguer: a licensed scholar sent into the saturated zones to document what lives there. Encounter creatures, record them, and fill the Manifest, one species at a time. The more you catalogue, the more the world opens up, and the closer you come to the thing nobody wants to talk about: why everything is falling apart. If you've always wanted to play a uniquely idle monster collecting adventure with the patience of a nature documentary and the wit of a dungeon crawl, this is your chance. Explore portals, return to new species and new regions, and watch the Manifest fill in like a field journal. WHAT YOU'LL FIND • Over 4,000 creatures to find, fight, and catalogue. Each holds a small piece of the overall narrative. • Over 300 classes to equip and level up. Send your hero into elemental portals and take control as battles unfold. • Offline progression that unlocks early and never stops: your hero keeps earning and your disciples keep hunting while the app is closed. • Every portal is graded. The threat ratings are, unfortunately, accurate. • 16 narrators bring the world alive through their lost dossiers. Sixteen cataloguers came before you and its on you to find out why they stopped writing. • Deep progression: level classes, raise disciples, study at the university, upgrade your guild license, master insignias, power up skills, and more. • Rare enemy variants, an ever-expanding ladder of achievements, and Game Center leaderboards (purely optional). FAIR BY DESIGN The whole game is offline, free, and ad-free. The optional purchases are purely cosmetics that support a solo, part-time developer. I'm an incremental game fan who got bored waiting for the next one to drop. Made by one person as a part-time passion project. Thank you for giving it a shot!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Incremental ELM Quest 2 at 4.6 against Factory Frontier's 3.6. Incremental ELM Quest 2 also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 64%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Factory Frontier sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Incremental ELM Quest 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Incremental ELM Quest 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 56 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Factory Frontier's written reviews are positive against 81% of Incremental ELM Quest 2's.
Factory Frontier ships an update every 2 weeks, Incremental ELM Quest 2 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Factory Frontier | Incremental ELM Quest 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (17 ratings) | 4.6 (56 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 193 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Cerrone | Eric Marin |
Customer experience
Factory Frontier
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In-app purchases
Factory Frontier
- 250 Gems$1.99
- More Quests$2.99
- Faster Game Speed$4.99
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- Extra Layout Slot$4.99
- No Ads$4.99
- 1000 Gems$4.99
- VIP$6.99
- MVIP$9.99
- Vip Bundle$12.99
- Mega Bundle$24.99
Incremental ELM Quest 2
- Cosmetic: D- Pack$0.99
- Cosmetic: S- Pack$6.99
- Cosmetic: SS- Pack$7.99
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- Cosmetic: S+ Pack$7.99
- Cosmetic: SS+ Pack$8.99
- Cosmetic: SSS- Pack$9.99
- Cosmetic: SSS Pack$9.99
- Cosmetic: SSS+ Pack$9.99
- Cosmetic: Letter of Patronage$9.99
- Cosmetic: Founder's Edition$19.99
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