Comparison

Don't Bug Me! vs Idle Pocket Crafter 2

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

Head to head
About

Don't Bug Me!

Engage in a sci-fi survival experience on Mars, blending tower defense with first-person shooter action. Strategically build and upgrade your base, manage resources, and uncover a compelling story to escape the planet.

Highlights
  • Tower defense with FPS combat
  • Build and upgrade base defenses
  • Resource management
  • Story-driven survival
  • Fast-paced arcade missions
  • Controller and touch optimized
Features
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The Orion III is down and Commander Abigail Blackwell is stranded. Build a sci-fi tower defense grid, swap to light FPS to thin out swarms, and manage scarce solar energy to keep your base defense online. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Tower Defense, evolved: Place, upgrade, and synergize turrets to counter Martian types. • Swap to FPS on demand: Step in to snipe priority targets when the line falters. • Smart resource strategy: Time solar recharges, repair systems, and choose upgrades under pressure. • Story-driven survival: Uncover Blackwell’s log entries and the mystery behind the crash. • Arcade pacing: Fast missions, quick retries, satisfying progression. CORE FEATURES: • Tactical tower defense + FPS hybrid on Mars. • Build, upgrade, and customize your base defense. • Multiple enemy factions and boss encounters. • Progression, gear unlocks, and challenge modes. • Controller + touch optimized. Can you protect the crash site and get home?

About

Idle Pocket Crafter 2

Embark on a relaxing idle adventure filled with mining, crafting, and hunting. Automate your resource gathering and craft powerful gear. Collect pets, artifacts, and complete achievements for permanent boosts.

Highlights
  • Relaxing idle gameplay
  • Craft new gear
  • Automate mining and hunting
  • Collect pets and artifacts
  • Hundreds of achievements
  • Monthly events and daily challenges
  • Prestige system with permanent upgrades
Features
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Idle Pocket Crafter 2 is a relaxing idle game about crafting, mining, foraging and hunting. Tap to send your miner to work and sit back and relax while your pockets gets full of ores. Relaxing Idle Gameplay Go idle or tap your way to wealth. Harvest rare ores, collect herbs, hunt fierce enemies and use your precious loot to craft epic gear. Craft New Gear Use the materials from the mines to craft your gear for digging, hunting and lumberjacking. Idle or dig; better gear is just a tap away! Automate Everything Automate mining, wood cutting and hunting. Idle without a single tap and dig up a fortune! Lots of Pets Collect, raised and level up your pets. Collect Artifacts Find rare Artifacts to your collection. Hundreds of Achievements Complete Achievements for powerful rewards! Awards Earn Awards to permanently boost your power! Upgrades Lots of upgrades to choose from! Spells Run a Daily Mine to collect Mana Gems and use Mana Gems to purchase powerful spells! Events 12 exciting monthly events! Find and mine Event Ores in all of the biomes to gain Event Levels with powerful rewards! Challenges Daily and weekly challenges! Retire & Relax Retire your hero to gain prestige currency, which can be used to buy powerful, permanent dig upgrades like lightning fast rush mining. Tons of idle equipment and weapons are just one tap away. Lovers of the retro digging and crafting games won't be able to put down this addicting idle mining game. Go on a epic tap adventure, explore the island and craft epic mining gear and weapons! ___________________________ Welcome to the island! Contact us Email: ruotogames@hotmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/Ynedgm738U Facebook: www.facebook.com/ruotogames Twitter: twitter.com/RuotoGames

Screenshots

Don't Bug Me!4 screens
Idle Pocket Crafter 24 screens

Verdict

The call

Don't Bug Me! and Idle Pocket Crafter 2 both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of Idle Pocket Crafter 2's written reviews are positive against 50% of Don't Bug Me!'s. Idle Pocket Crafter 2 also leads on chart position (#198 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Don't Bug Me! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Idle Pocket Crafter 2 sells 26 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Don't Bug Me! against 4.6 for Idle Pocket Crafter 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 146 and 96 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Don't Bug Me!'s written reviews are positive against 80% of Idle Pocket Crafter 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Don't Bug Me! ships an update every 3 weeks, Idle Pocket Crafter 2 every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Don't Bug Me! versus Idle Pocket Crafter 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDon't Bug Me!Idle Pocket Crafter 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (146 ratings)4.6 (96 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings146 — better96
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#198 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB82 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperFrosty PopIron Horse Games LLC

Customer experience

Don't Bug Me!

All ratings141 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Idle Pocket Crafter 2

All ratings92 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral5.4%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral11.4%
Negative8.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Don't Bug Me!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
26 purchases

Idle Pocket Crafter 2

One-time26
  • Sopala Island bundle$0.99
  • Freebie Bundle Sale$0.99
  • Freebie Bundle$1.99
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  • Ace Bundle$1.99
  • Merchant$1.99
  • Book of Fasting$3.99
  • Event Crafting Bundle$4.99
  • SM Container$4.99
  • Cake of Pet Experience$4.99
  • Resource Bundle$4.99
  • Time Crate$8.99
  • Event Bundle$8.99
  • Halloween Premium Pass$9.99
  • Honey Premium Pass$9.99
  • Time Premium Pass$9.99
  • Magma Premium Pass$9.99
  • Midsummer Premium Pass$9.99
  • Mana Premium Pass$9.99
  • Easter Premium Pass$9.99
  • Goodie Bundle$9.99
  • Mythic Artifact Chest$14.99
  • Chestful of Mana Gems$19.99
  • Supporter's Mega Bundle$19.99
  • Epic Supporter's Mega Bundle$29.99
  • Mythic Supporter's Mega Bundle$39.99
  • Chestful of Amber$39.99

Questions

Is Don't Bug Me! free?
Don't Bug Me! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Pocket Crafter 2 free?
Idle Pocket Crafter 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Don't Bug Me! or Idle Pocket Crafter 2?
Idle Pocket Crafter 2 is rated higher. Don't Bug Me! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 146 ratings, while Idle Pocket Crafter 2 averages 4.6 from 96 ratings.
Do Don't Bug Me! or Idle Pocket Crafter 2 have ads?
Both Don't Bug Me! and Idle Pocket Crafter 2 show ads.
Which is updated more often, Don't Bug Me! or Idle Pocket Crafter 2?
Don't Bug Me! ships an update every 3 weeks, and Idle Pocket Crafter 2 every 2 weeks. Most recently, Don't Bug Me! was updated on October 30, 2026 and Idle Pocket Crafter 2 on October 30, 2026.

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