PegIdle vs Outhold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PegIdle
Aim and shoot balls to clear peg-filled boards in this idle game. Earn gold and prestige points to upgrade balls, buckets, and unlock permanent bonuses. Features numerous balls, peg types, upgrades, and challenges.
- Clear boards of pegs
- Earn gold and prestige points
- Upgrade balls and buckets
- Unlock permanent prestige upgrades
- Collect 20+ different balls
- Encounter 7 different peg types
- Complete 37 challenges
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Aim and shoot your balls at the pegs to clear the board! In PegIdle, your goal is to clear the board of pegs. Each time a board is cleared, a new one spawns. Each time a new board spawns in, each peg has a chance to be a golden peg, prestige peg, or other unique pegs. Hitting golden pegs will give you gold, which can be spent on new balls and on ball upgrades. Gold is also aqcuired by dropping balls into the moving bucket. Both the bucket and the golden pegs can be upgraded! Prestige points can be aqcuired by hitting prestige pegs! Spend your aqcuired prestige points on permanent prestige upgrades. KEY FEATURES 20+ Balls *7 Different pegs *150+ Prestige upgrades *10 Levels *37 Challenges *AND MORE!
Outhold
A strategic incremental game combining tower defense with deep meta-progression. Experiment with various builds and discover powerful synergies to defend the last fires. Enjoy an addictive game loop with a deep upgrade tree where experimentation is rewarded.
- Incremental tower defense gameplay
- Deep meta-progression
- Build variety and synergies
- Addictive game loop
- Deep upgrade tree
- Free upgrade refunds
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[Incremental Tower Defense with Build Variety] Outhold is a short, strategic incremental game that blends tower defense with a deep meta-progression. Experiment with builds and find overpowered synergies to defend the dwindling fires of Outhold. [Addictive Game Loop] Start a run, see how far you get. Use your collected resources to buy upgrades and try again. Become powerful enough to obliterate everything coming against you. [Deep Upgrade Tree] Create unique builds that fit your playstyle. Experimentation is rewarded, and all upgrades can be refunded for free. [Strategize] Focus on upgrading just one specific tower, or find unique tower synergies. There are many ways to progress through Outhold, the choice is up to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Outhold at free against PegIdle's paid. Outhold also leads on ratings volume (212 vs 2) and chart position (#132 vs unranked). PegIdle's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, 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
PegIdle costs $3.99 and Outhold $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PegIdle against 4.9 for Outhold. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outhold has 212 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PegIdle ships an update every 3 days, Outhold every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PegIdle | Outhold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $3.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (212 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 212 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #132 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 273 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simon Eftestøl | MinMax Software AB |
Customer experience
PegIdle
Outhold
In-app purchases
PegIdle
No in-app purchases
Outhold
No in-app purchases
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