Scratch Inc. vs StarBurst Incremental
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scratch Inc.
An idle incremental game where you build an empire by scratching cards and earning points. Upgrade your cards, unlock automation, and prestige to progress faster. Enjoy endless upgrades, achievements, and global leaderboards with no ads or wait timers.
- Endless Upgrades
- Prestige for Progress
- Achievements with Rewards
- Global Leaderboards
- Playable Offline
- No Ads
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Build an Empire, From Scratch Scratch cards, earn points, and grow your empire in this idle/incremental game. Upgrade your cards, unlock automation, prestige across industries, and climb the leaderboards — all with no ads, ever. • Endless Upgrades – Boost your point gain, match multipliers, grid size, and so much more. • Prestige for Progress – Reset to climb faster across deep progression layers. • Achievements with Rewards – Earn Gold and multipliers by completing fun challenges. • Global Leaderboards – Compete with others across the world across a variety of challenges. • Playable Offline – Play anywhere anytime • No Ads. No Wait Timers. Just Progress and Big Numbers. Made by a solo dev. Built to respect your time. (A reimagining of my first game)
StarBurst Incremental
Engage in a fast-paced, space-themed incremental game where you grow your star, trigger powerful bursts, and ascend through multiple prestige layers. Make impactful decisions with new currencies and upgrade trees to achieve cosmic growth.
- Fast-paced incremental gameplay
- Idle progression and automation
- Deep prestige system with multiple layers
- Strategic upgrade paths and choices
- Cloud saves
- Multiple playstyles
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StarBurst Incremental is a perfectly designed incremental that will consume your life for the next few weeks. Warning: once it clicks you will be hooked. Key Features: - Tutorials to get you started. - Game plays itself when it's open. You idle, upgrade and prestige. - 6 layers to discover, and a new game+ feature. - 24 Challenges spread out over 3 layers. - Automate old layers. - Play it for free, no forced ads. Incremental games are games where you collect resources and use them to fuel exponential growth. You often reset your progress for stronger multipliers so you can go even higher. On top of this you will have strategic upgrades, optimization, and challenges that test your understanding of the game. It is progress focused gameplay in its purest form.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Scratch Inc. at none against StarBurst Incremental's shown. Scratch Inc. also leads on ratings volume (1.9K vs 69) and review sentiment (93% vs 83%). StarBurst Incremental's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Scratch Inc. sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and StarBurst Incremental sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
StarBurst Incremental holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratch Inc. has 1.9K ratings behind it against 69, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Scratch Inc.'s written reviews are positive against 83% of StarBurst Incremental's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Scratch Inc. ships an update every 6 days, StarBurst Incremental weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scratch Inc. | StarBurst Incremental |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) | 4.9 (69 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 69 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 219 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Makopaz LLC | Yorick Bolster |
Customer experience
Scratch Inc.
StarBurst Incremental
Bugs and requests
Scratch Inc.
Reported bugs
2 issues- Offline rewards rarely triggering
- Lacking sound effects
Requested features
2 requests- More skin tone options for avatar
- Better variety and more offline rewards
StarBurst Incremental
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Scratch Inc.
- 20 Gold$1.99
- 55 Gold$4.99
- 120 Gold$9.99
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- 260 Gold$19.99
- 750 Gold$49.99
StarBurst Incremental
- Unlock all skins$1.99
- Increase max offline time$1.99
- Time Bank Time Small$1.99
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- Full package 25% price$2.49
- Full package 50% price$4.99
- Time Bank Time Large$4.99
- Instant ad reward$5.99
- Full package 75% price$7.49
- Full package$9.99
Questions
Is Scratch Inc. free?
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