Comparison

Idle Cake Empire vs Idle Datacenter Tycoon

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

Head to head
About

Idle Cake Empire

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Idle Cake Empire: Build yourself your own empire by producing and selling cake, sweets, candy, and a whole lot more! You’ll be able to discover and expand productions sites on a variety of maps and then find new ways to get your products out to the people. Start up your venture in the 40s and play your way up to the 80s, the year 2000 and beyond, into the future. While playing, continually improve your factories and stores, and make sure that you’re able to deliver a sufficient amount of, well, everything you produce. Create new recipes and with that, get all your customers into good spirits - turning them into regular customers! Summarized for you: - Build your own empire - Administrate production sites and delivery vehicles - then continually expand them - Unlock new buildings and content - Come up with new recipes - Become the master of your empire step by step - Innovative achievement tech tree - Download Idle Cake Empire NOW and fill the world with those glorious scents of baking! - Even when you’re offline, your facilities will continue to produce and thus, your empire will continue to grow - A ton of fun for everyone, no matter how young or old In the classic idle game style you’re used to, you’ll have to be in a continual wave of production in your facilities and bakeries when you play Idle Cake Empire. Make use of upgrades to produce more and to do that more quickly. This is how you’ll make your way to fulfilling your dream of your own empire - step by step. You’ll start off with a small budget. It’s then up to you to make it grow and then invest in a smart and innovative manner.

About

Idle Datacenter Tycoon

Build and manage a global data center empire from a single server room. Expand your campus, power your servers, and handle crises like blackouts and hacker attacks. Earn rewards even when offline and team up with others in clans.

Highlights
  • Build and upgrade data center rooms
  • Manage power plants for server energy
  • Expand globally across a world map
  • Team up with others in clans
  • Handle in-game crises and events
  • Earn offline income
  • Level up and unlock new features
Features
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Start with one humble server room and grow it into a world-spanning data center empire. Idle Datacenter Tycoon is a relaxing idle builder about the machines that run the internet. Build and upgrade rooms, keep your servers powered and cool, win bigger clients and expand campus by campus – and location by location across the world map. BUILD YOUR CAMPUS Server halls, network centers, cooling centers, security, generator halls, battery centers, offices, an AI research lab, TPU halls and quantum computing – every room you build or upgrade boosts your income. POWER THE GRID Your servers are hungry. Run your own power plants, from solar and gas to hydro, nuclear and fusion, and balance production, efficiency and maintenance. EXPLORE THE WORLD Unlock new locations on a growing world map, from a small-town server room to the Cloud HQ – each with its own campus, power plants and clients. TEAM UP IN CLANS Found or join a clan, chat with your members, earn Clan Bits together and build your shared Clan HQ. Visit other clans and climb the clan leaderboard. LIMITED-TIME EVENTS Take part in special events with unique maps and win exclusive worker skins and tap animations. LEVEL UP Earn XP, raise your player level and unlock new features along your roadmap. HANDLE THE CRISIS Overheating, blackouts, hacker attacks and server fires will hit when you least expect them. Tap to react fast, or invest in security and automation to keep things running on their own. EARN WHILE YOU'RE AWAY Your data center keeps working when you close the app. Come back to collect your offline earnings. How big can your data center get?

Screenshots

Idle Cake Empire3 screens
Idle Datacenter Tycoon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idle Cake Empire at none against Idle Datacenter Tycoon's 3. Idle Cake Empire also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price 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

Both are free to download. Idle Datacenter Tycoon sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Cake Empire asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Idle Cake Empire versus Idle Datacenter Tycoon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Cake EmpireIdle Datacenter Tycoon
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size228 MB611 MB
Age rating+174+
DeveloperPlayCade InteractiveJonathan Pietsch

In-app purchases

None

Idle Cake Empire

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Idle Datacenter Tycoon

One-time3
  • Clan HQ Villa$2.99
  • Hardware Levels 6-10$3.99
  • Turbo GT Sports Car$4.99

Questions

Is Idle Cake Empire free?
Idle Cake Empire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Idle Datacenter Tycoon free?
Idle Datacenter Tycoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Idle Cake Empire or Idle Datacenter Tycoon have ads?
Idle Datacenter Tycoon shows ads; Idle Cake Empire does not.

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