Comparison

Fisher Idle vs Cold File

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

Head to head
About

Fisher Idle

Manage a fishing operation to catch fish, upgrade equipment, and expand your team. Earn more money by increasing fish populations and river flow. This idle game focuses on strategic growth and resource management.

Highlights
  • Catch fish
  • Upgrade equipment
  • Increase fishermen
  • Improve river flow
  • Earn money
Features
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Catch the fish passing through the river. Increase the number of your fishermen, improve your equipment, increase the number of fish and the movement of the river. More fish means more money!

About

Cold File

Features
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Cold File is a dark-fantasy idle/action RPG about surviving deeper runs, building permanent power, and turning every expedition into progress. Lead your hero through active dungeon combat, dodge threats, use skills, and push through waves of enemies. Between runs, strengthen your character, upgrade gear, complete daily field orders, and grow the systems that keep your command alive. Explore multiple progression paths: • Fight active dungeon waves in the Journal • Complete daily goals and earn gold • Run side operations beyond the main path • Upgrade your hero’s level, stats, and training • Equip, compare, upgrade, or demolish gear • Build the Bureau for passive income • Claim chests, sigils, and rare rewards Designed for quick sessions and long-term growth, DungeonCrawlerIdle blends retro pixel UI, dark fantasy atmosphere, idle progression, and tactical combat into a compact RPG loop. Descend. Survive. Return stronger.

Screenshots

Fisher Idle4 screens
Cold File4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cold File at none against Fisher Idle's 1. Cold File also leads on ads (none vs shown). Fisher Idle's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 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. Fisher Idle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cold File asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Fisher Idle versus Cold File: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFisher IdleCold File
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequency—Daily
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB413 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperUpperpik Oyun Yazilim ve Pazarlama Ticaret Anonim SirketiPoyraz Bariskan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fisher Idle

One-time1
  • No Ads$4.99
None

Cold File

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fisher Idle free?
Fisher Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cold File free?
Cold File is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fisher Idle or Cold File have ads?
Fisher Idle shows ads; Cold File does not.

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