Scratch Inc. vs Idle Pact
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)
Idle Pact
Cultivate mystical flora through ancient rituals and solve light puzzles. This incremental occult gardening simulator challenges you to grow plants slowly while discovering ways to accelerate their growth.
- Occult gardening simulation
- Incremental gameplay
- Light puzzle elements
- Mystical plant growth
- Ritualistic mechanics
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Ancient seeds. Secret rituals. Something stirs beneath the stone... An incremental occult gardening simulator with light puzzles. Grow increasingly slow plants while uncovering how to speed things up.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Scratch Inc. at none against Idle Pact's shown. Scratch Inc. also leads on ratings volume (1.9K vs 53) and review sentiment (93% vs 81%). Idle Pact's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and 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 Idle Pact sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Scratch Inc. against 4.7 for Idle Pact. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratch Inc. has 1.9K ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Scratch Inc.'s written reviews are positive against 81% of Idle Pact's.
Scratch Inc. ships an update every 6 days, Idle Pact every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scratch Inc. | Idle Pact |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) | 4.7 (53 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews — better | 81.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 53 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Makopaz LLC | James Fischer |
Customer experience
Scratch Inc.
Idle Pact
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
Idle Pact
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
Idle Pact
- Permanent x2 Speed$5.99
