Idle Networks vs Reckoner Brass Engine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Networks
Build and manage a tech-themed network tower empire in this relaxing, minimalist incremental game. Automate engineers, upgrade towers, and earn gold even while offline. Face unique challenges and research defenses to maximize profits.
- Idle Tycoon Simulation
- Build and Upgrade Towers
- Unlock Unlimited Profits
- Unique Environmental Challenges
- CryptoDiamond Mining
- Offline Income Generation
- Fast-Forward Income Acceleration
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Idle Networks: a minimalist idle tycoon game! Build network towers, hire engineers and hackers, and grow your own tech empire in this relaxing idle clicker game. Your towers keep earning gold even while you're offline, so you come back richer every time. 4 UNIQUE NETWORKS TO CONQUER - Terra: Start your tech empire on solid ground and build your first network towers. - Luna: Take your towers to the moon. Low gravity, high profits! - Aqua: Expand deep underwater and survive floods to rule the deep network. - Aero: Build high-altitude towers above the clouds and master wild sky weather. GAME FEATURES - Idle Tycoon Simulator: Automate engineers, manage resources and watch your business grow on its own. Every upgrade multiplies your income in true incremental style. - Build & Upgrade Towers: Build, upgrade and expand towers across all four networks. - Diamond Mining: Assign towers to mine Diamonds for prestige boosts and exclusive tower skins. - Hack Your Way to the Top: Buy rival towers or hire skilled hackers to take them over. - Cyber Ops: Send your hackers on jobs to earn extra rewards. - Contracts: Complete timed tasks before the clock runs out for bonus rewards. - Weather Challenges: Face floods, heatwaves, earthquakes and more. Research defenses to protect your towers and keep the money flowing. - Get Rich: Go from Millionaire to Billionaire to Trillionaire to GAZILLIONAIRE! Build a true monopoly of networks and become the wealthiest tycoon in the world. - Boosts & Rewards: Use Coffee Boosts and Miner Overclocks for big production surges, and complete tasks for epic rewards. - Offline Earnings: Your towers earn money while you sleep. Wake up richer every time. - Fast-Forward: Earn hours of income in seconds. SEASONAL EVENTS & WEEKLY MINI GAMES Celebrate holidays all year round with special event levels, exclusive rewards and limited-time discounts! - Halloween - Thanksgiving - Christmas & New Year - Lunar New Year - Valentine's Day - St. Patrick's Day - Easter Weekly Mini Games: A new limited-time mini game every week! Jump in, play and earn exciting rewards before it's gone. There's always something new to play and celebrate! WHY PLAYERS LOVE IDLE NETWORKS Minimalist & Relaxing: Calm visuals and soothing music make it a peaceful break, not another noisy idle game. A Fresh Theme: Classic idle clicker gameplay in a tech-network setting you won't find anywhere else. Real Strategy: Balance research, upgrades and prestige to build the most profitable network empire. Play Your Way: Tap actively for fast progress, or let your towers run idle and check in whenever you like. Join the richest network tycoons. Download Idle Networks and start building your tech empire today!
Reckoner Brass Engine
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Numbers are the machine. Reckoner is an idle instrument built from a stack of odometer number-wheels, each a position in a base-N counting column. Your engines feed ticks into the bottom wheel; when a wheel fills to the working base it CARRIES one unit up to the wheel above — a visible brass flip — and every carry mints reckonings. The trick is that higher wheels are worth exponentially more. A carry into the top place is worth base raised to that place, so a tall, well-fed stack pays enormous sums per turn. Managing your portfolio of columns and bases is the whole game: raise the base and each wheel takes longer to fill, but the per-carry payoff climbs even faster. Add columns to extend the register. Grind the governors — mainspring tension, escapement polish, the fly governor, ivory bearings — to drive the whole chain harder. Every readout is live: per-column carry rates, tick rate, mint-per-carry, lifetime totals, and a scrolling carry tape logging each wheel that just turned. It reads like a scientific instrument because it is one. When lifetime output is high enough, Recalibrate strips the engine to its frame, banks permanent BEARINGS — each lifts all output by 15% forever — and unlocks a higher working base to climb again. Every Recalibrate also mints a WARRANT for the Disciplines: three Halls of permanent specialization — Velocity, Magnitude, Providence — that you spend warrants down one rung at a time. Finish a Hall and you may swear its DOCTRINE, but only one Doctrine may be held at once, so the deepest choice in the machine is which engine you want to become. It runs while you're away: the engine keeps carrying for an hour after you leave the bureau and pays you on return — and the Ledger of Record tracks twelve sealed commissions, from the parish accounts to the Treasury contract, that survive every Recalibrate. Each day the morning post brings a client's letter — a reckoning job sized to your engine; finish it, collect the fee, and your record of commissions served only ever grows. Optional one-time clerk upgrades extend the overnight ledger; the free game is complete and never gated. Then bolt on the FITTINGS: each wheel takes one brass attachment — a Ratchet Pawl that mints more per carry, an Idler Gear that gears carries up the stack, a Feather Spring that fills the wheel faster, a Return Crank that feeds ticks back to the bottom. Placement is the puzzle: low sockets are cheap and compound through every wheel above, and a Recalibrate strips them all, so each rebuild is a fresh loadout. And your whole career hangs in the EXHIBITION — thirty-six medals struck in bronze, silver and gold from your lifetime record, never lost, with hard-won faceplate finishes to re-lacquer the engine to taste. • A base-N carry-column economy — positional notation made into a game • Odometer wheels flip and carry; higher places pay exponentially more • Change the base to trade carry speed for a bigger per-carry payoff • Dense live readouts: per-column rates, totals, and a scrolling carry tape • Idle-friendly: the engine reckons offline and pays you on return • A daily commission arrives by morning post — collect the fee, grow the record • Recalibrate prestige banks permanent bearings and raises your base • The Disciplines: three permanent specialization Halls and three exclusive Doctrines — commit to a build • The Fittings: bolt one of four brass attachments onto each wheel — placement is the puzzle • The Exhibition: 36 medals in bronze, silver and gold, plus unlockable faceplate finishes • Fully offline, no account, nothing collected Set the base. Turn the wheels.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reckoner Brass Engine at none against Idle Networks's 23. Reckoner Brass Engine also leads on ads (none vs shown). Idle Networks's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Idle Networks sells 23 one-off in-app purchases. Reckoner Brass Engine asks for nothing beyond the download.
Idle Networks ships an update every 11 days, Reckoner Brass Engine every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Networks | Reckoner Brass Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (426 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 426 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 316 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Faelight Games | Jordan Wegner |
In-app purchases
Idle Networks
- Starter Pack$0.49
- Value Pack - 50% Off$0.99
- Starter Pack$0.99
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- Eco Skin Pack - 50% Off$1.49
- Medieval Skin Pack - 50% Off$1.49
- Value Pack$1.99
- Medieval Skin Pack - 25% Off$1.99
- Enterprise Pack - 50% Off$1.99
- 15 Hints$1.99
- Unicorn Club - 50% Off$2.49
- Medieval Skin Pack$2.99
- Enterprise Pack - 25% Off$2.99
- Combo Pack - Cred + Coin$2.99
- Unicorn Club - 25% Off$3.79
- Unicorn Club - Intro Offer$3.99
- Enterprise Pack$3.99
- Unicorn Club - Remove Ads$4.99
- Mega Pack - 50% Off$4.99
- Mega Pack - 25% Off$7.49
- Mega Pack$9.99
- Empire Pack - 50% Off$9.99
- Empire Pack - 25% Off$14.99
- Empire Pack$19.99
Reckoner Brass Engine
No in-app purchases








