CivIdle vs Layerborn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CivIdle
Lead your civilization through millennia, from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, research technologies, build wonders, and trade with global players in this incremental empire-building game.
- Empire expansion and growth
- Procedurally generated maps
- Vast tech tree with 100+ technologies
- Global trading and diplomacy
- Construct world wonders
- Collect great people with unique bonuses
- Retro 90s UI
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CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up! - Empire Must Grow: Expand your empire's territory, production and influence, advance your population's science and culture, and make your people happy - the empire must grow, and numbers must go up! - Every Run is Different: Explore a procedurally generated map, scouting for resources and natural wonders. Expand your empire and take advantage of different terrains. As technology advances, you can even reshape the terrain. - A Vast Tech Tree: Research and unlock a vast tech tree with 100+ technologies: from hunting and gathering, through writing and math, all the way to virtual reality and artificial intelligence. As technology advances, you will unlock more game systems and mechanisms that greatly expand the game play. - Trade and Diplomacy: Trade resources and engage in diplomacy with other players via a global market. Exchanging resources, forming alliances and fighting for influence - can your culture stand in the end? - Wonder-full Empire: Throughout different eras, construct different world wonders that provide unique bonuses, unlock new game mechanism and make your map look pretty. - Reborn with Great People: When you prestige, you will be able to collect great people - historical great figures, each with unique bonuses and abilities that will help your next run reach new height. - 90s Retro UI: A 90's retro UI, that is a love letter to the golden age of desktop computing, will surely bring back some nostalgia. There's a 1-1 replicated mode which brings maximum authenticity and an "eye protection mode" that captures the essence but is easier on your eye on modern displays.
Layerborn
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Layerborn is a 3D print-farm idle game about building a fabrication workshop from a single starter printer into a layered production network. Tap to complete prints, unlock recipes, research automation, specialize districts, prestige for permanent tech points, and push deeper into advanced materials and premium printer skins. Optional purchases add gems for boosts and trait rerolls or unlock cosmetic printer skins. Core progression is playable without purchases, and there are no ads, subscriptions, gambling mechanics, or randomized paid rewards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Layerborn at none against CivIdle's 1. CivIdle's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. CivIdle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Layerborn asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | CivIdle | Layerborn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ruoyu Sun | SHANE ANDREW SMITH |
In-app purchases
CivIdle
- Supporter Pack$3.99
Layerborn
No in-app purchases









