Pear School + vs Idle Grill Master
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pear School +
A match-3 puzzle game where players help a little pear character navigate through school grades. Solve challenges by matching colors and shapes to reach the graduation podium.
- Match-3 gameplay
- Color matching
- Shape matching
- School-themed progression
- Puzzle challenges
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Pear School + is a match 3 game about a little pear who dreams of graduating from school. Solve your way through grades using color and shape to reach the podium!
Idle Grill Master
Build a BBQ empire from your backyard, serving delicious food and earning rewards. Upgrade your grills, recipes, and staff to become a legendary franchise. Enjoy idle income and comeback bonuses even when offline.
- Build a BBQ franchise
- Cook various foods
- Serve customers
- Upgrade equipment and staff
- Earn idle income offline
- Unlock bonuses and events
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Enter the world of Idle Griller, where every tap and upgrade turns your backyard cookout into a booming BBQ empire. Start small with a humble backyard and grow into a legendary BBQ Franchise: Cook juicy hotdogs, wings, brisket, and mouthwatering wagyu. Serve hungry customers and earn tasty rewards Upgrade grills, recipes, staff, and your grill pit Unlock powerful bonuses, seasonal events, and reputation boosts Keep earning while offline with idle income and comeback rewards Perfect for fans of cooking games, idle simulators, and fast-paced restaurant tycoon fun. Idle Griller delivers addictive progression, colorful visuals, and satisfying growth every time you return to the kitchen.
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Verdict
Pear School + and Idle Grill Master both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pear School +'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Idle Grill Master's. Idle Grill Master's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days) and ratings volume (56 vs 5). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Pear School + sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Grill Master sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pear School + against 4.9 for Idle Grill Master. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Grill Master has 56 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Pear School +'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Idle Grill Master's.
Pear School + ships an update every 11 days, Idle Grill Master every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Pear School + | Idle Grill Master |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.9 (56 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 5 Ladders Entertainment LLC | KAL Foundry, LLC |
Customer experience
Pear School +
Idle Grill Master
In-app purchases
Pear School +
- 10 Gold Stars$0.99
- Ad Free / Unlimited Stars$6.99
Idle Grill Master
- Gems 50$2.99
- Gems 300$4.99
- Gems 700$7.99
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- Remove Ads$9.99
Questions
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