3D Printer Idle vs TapBrew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
3D Printer Idle
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Welcome to 3D Printer world! You can print lots of different 3D Objects with your 3D Printer. Earn money, update your 3D Printer's skills and print more objects for fun! You will find inner peace and feel the ASMR to your bones when you are watching your 3D Printer prints the objects.
TapBrew
An idle simulation game where you brew authentic beer recipes, manage multiple stages of production, and grow your brewery from a small garage to a full-scale facility. The game features a patient tycoon experience with no ads or pay-to-win mechanics.
- Authentic brewing pipeline with six stages
- Progressive brewery upgrades across four tiers
- Unlockable beer recipes
- Idle-friendly gameplay with offline progress
- Prestige system for permanent bonuses
- Privacy-focused with no tracking or ads
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TapBrew is an idle brewing game built for people who love beer and patient simulation. No flashy ads. No pay-to-win. Just a clean, deep tycoon experience: brew authentic recipes, manage parallel fermenters across six real stages, and grow from a single home garage into a full production hall. ▸ AUTHENTIC BREWING PIPELINE Six real stages — mashing, boiling, cooling, fermenting, conditioning, bottling. Every recipe needs water, malt, hops, and yeast. Hops and yeast spoil if you take too long, so timing matters. ▸ FOUR GARAGE TIERS Start with one fermenter in a home garage. Upgrade to a brewing shed, a microbrewery, and finally a full production hall with twelve concurrent fermenters. Sale prices scale up to 4×. ▸ FOUR RECIPES Pilsener, Porter, IPA and Imperial Stout. Unlock as you scale up. Each recipe has its own ingredient list, yield and lifetime revenue tracking. ▸ IDLE-FRIENDLY Batches advance while the app is closed. Welcome-back recap shows what finished while you were away. Optional local notifications when a batch is ready to bottle. ▸ PRESTIGE AND REPUTATION Master the late game, prestige, and bank permanent reputation points that multiply every future brew. Soft reset keeps the loop fresh. ▸ MADE FOR EVERYONE Fully localized in 19 languages. Four currencies. Full haptic and sound control. Settings → Export save lets you back up to clipboard or share preferences with a friend. ▸ YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE No advertising SDKs. No tracking. Your save lives on your phone by default. Optional anonymous cloud sync. Privacy by design. Published by Evnola OÖ. Privacy: tapbrew.evnola.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TapBrew at none against 3D Printer Idle's shown. TapBrew also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
3D Printer Idle ships an update every 4 months, TapBrew every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 3D Printer Idle | TapBrew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 189 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sena Nur Akyuz | Evnola OU |
In-app purchases
3D Printer Idle
No in-app purchases
TapBrew
No in-app purchases
