Comparison

PegIdle vs Get a Little Gold

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Get a Little Gold

Tap to earn gold and build an idle empire. Unlock buildings, research upgrades, and discover artifacts to boost your production. Progress even when offline in this classic incremental strategy game.

Highlights
  • Idle gold production
  • Incremental upgrades
  • Research and boosts
  • Offline progress
  • Prestige system
  • Artifacts and mascots
Features
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Get a Little Gold (GaLG) is a free classic idle game with deep incremental gameplay. Originally a popular Flash game played by millions, it's now fully rebuilt for iOS - with expanded features, modern polish, and the same addictive gameplay fans loved. Not only is the game free, but it's also completely free of forced ads. Optional in-app purchases are available for those who want to support the development. However, Get a Little Gold was purposely designed so that every game mode and milestone can be reached without spending a dime. Tap the ancient stone to earn your first gold coin. Use that gold to unlock your first gold-producing building and start building your idle empire. Your structures will continue producing gold even while you're away. Watch your wealth grow incrementally, one upgrade at a time. As your empire expands, invest in powerful research upgrades to boost your profits. Strategize your build, complete time-based challenges, and unlock new skills, amulets, and game-changing boosts. This isn't just an idle game - it's a race to become the ultimate gold tycoon. Play actively and you'll discover inactive shards. Activate them through prestige and convert them into powerful red shards that massively boost your gold production and unlock powerful hero skills. Open chests to discover rare artifacts and mascots. Defeat dangerous golems to gain experience and level up your hero. Everything you do feeds into one goal: producing unimaginable amounts of gold. With layers of strategy, upgrades, automation, and surprises, Get a Little Gold is the perfect game for fans of: Idle games Clicker games Incremental games Tycoon simulators Offline idle progress Get ready to lose track of time as your empire grows beyond trillions — into numbers you've never even heard of. Happy idling, and welcome to the gold rush!

Screenshots

PegIdle4 screens
Get a Little Gold4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Get a Little Gold at Free against PegIdle's $3.99. Get a Little Gold also leads on ratings volume (39 vs 2). PegIdle's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Get a Little Gold is free to download; PegIdle costs $3.99 up front. Get a Little Gold sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. PegIdle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PegIdle against 4.9 for Get a Little Gold. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Get a Little Gold has 39 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PegIdle ships an update every 3 days, Get a Little Gold every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PegIdle versus Get a Little Gold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPegIdleGet a Little Gold
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (39 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings239 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size273 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon EftestølIaroslav Fedorak

Customer experience

PegIdle

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Get a Little Gold

All ratings37 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PegIdle

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Get a Little Gold

One-time10
  • Small pack of orbs$4.99
  • 1 million shards$4.99
  • 100 inactive shards$9.99
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  • Small pack of red shards$9.99
  • 30 Days of Heavenly Light$14.99
  • Medium pack of red shards$19.99
  • Small pack of event boxes$19.99
  • Medium pack of event boxes$44.99
  • 1000 inactive shards$49.99
  • Big pack of red shards$49.99

Questions

Is PegIdle free?
PegIdle costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Get a Little Gold free?
Get a Little Gold is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PegIdle or Get a Little Gold?
PegIdle is rated higher. PegIdle averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Get a Little Gold averages 4.9 from 39 ratings.
Do PegIdle or Get a Little Gold have ads?
Neither PegIdle nor Get a Little Gold shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PegIdle or Get a Little Gold?
PegIdle ships an update every 3 days, and Get a Little Gold every 2 months. Most recently, PegIdle was updated on October 30, 2026 and Get a Little Gold on November 5, 2026.

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