Idle Axe Thrower vs Idle Pocket Crafter 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Axe Thrower
Embark on a journey from a corporate burnout to an axe-throwing champion. Progress through leagues, complete quests, and unlock powerful axes. Experience a unique storyline from humble beginnings to Hollywood stardom.
- Addictive idle axe-throwing gameplay
- Quirky quests with significant rewards
- Zen-powered perks and skill upgrades
- Collect and wield epic axes
- Storyline from small-town to Hollywood
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From a burnt-out tech guy to an axe-throwing champion, your journey begins in a dusty bar league and ends on Hollywood’s red carpet. Wield awesome axes, complete quests, and rise from corp zero to axe hero. Will you hit the mark or miss your shot at glory? Features: - Addictive idle axe-throwing fun - Quirky quests that pay big - Zen-powered perks and skills - Epic axes — flame, frost, portal, and more - Small-town fame to Hollywood stardom storyline Your path to axe-throwing fame starts now!
Idle Pocket Crafter 2
Embark on a relaxing idle adventure filled with mining, crafting, and hunting. Automate your resource gathering and craft powerful gear. Collect pets, artifacts, and complete achievements for permanent boosts.
- Relaxing idle gameplay
- Craft new gear
- Automate mining and hunting
- Collect pets and artifacts
- Hundreds of achievements
- Monthly events and daily challenges
- Prestige system with permanent upgrades
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Idle Pocket Crafter 2 is a relaxing idle game about crafting, mining, foraging and hunting. Tap to send your miner to work and sit back and relax while your pockets gets full of ores. Relaxing Idle Gameplay Go idle or tap your way to wealth. Harvest rare ores, collect herbs, hunt fierce enemies and use your precious loot to craft epic gear. Craft New Gear Use the materials from the mines to craft your gear for digging, hunting and lumberjacking. Idle or dig; better gear is just a tap away! Automate Everything Automate mining, wood cutting and hunting. Idle without a single tap and dig up a fortune! Lots of Pets Collect, raised and level up your pets. Collect Artifacts Find rare Artifacts to your collection. Hundreds of Achievements Complete Achievements for powerful rewards! Awards Earn Awards to permanently boost your power! Upgrades Lots of upgrades to choose from! Spells Run a Daily Mine to collect Mana Gems and use Mana Gems to purchase powerful spells! Events 12 exciting monthly events! Find and mine Event Ores in all of the biomes to gain Event Levels with powerful rewards! Challenges Daily and weekly challenges! Retire & Relax Retire your hero to gain prestige currency, which can be used to buy powerful, permanent dig upgrades like lightning fast rush mining. Tons of idle equipment and weapons are just one tap away. Lovers of the retro digging and crafting games won't be able to put down this addicting idle mining game. Go on a epic tap adventure, explore the island and craft epic mining gear and weapons! ___________________________ Welcome to the island! Contact us Email: ruotogames@hotmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/Ynedgm738U Facebook: www.facebook.com/ruotogames Twitter: twitter.com/RuotoGames
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Idle Pocket Crafter 2 at 80% against Idle Axe Thrower's 52%. Idle Pocket Crafter 2 also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Idle Axe Thrower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Idle Pocket Crafter 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Pocket Crafter 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 111 and 96 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Idle Axe Thrower's written reviews are positive against 80% of Idle Pocket Crafter 2's.
Idle Axe Thrower ships an update monthly, Idle Pocket Crafter 2 every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Idle Axe Thrower | Idle Pocket Crafter 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (111 ratings) | 4.6 (96 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 111 — better | 96 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Daedalus Lab LLC | Iron Horse Games LLC |
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Idle Axe Thrower
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In-app purchases
Idle Axe Thrower
- No Ads Offer$4.99
Idle Pocket Crafter 2
- Freebie Bundle$1.99
- Ace Bundle$1.99
- Merchant$1.99
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- Book of Fasting$3.99
- Cake of Pet Experience$4.99
- Resource Bundle$4.99
- Halloween Premium Pass$9.99
- Mythic Artifact Chest$14.99
- Supporter's Mega Bundle$19.99
- Epic Supporter's Mega Bundle$29.99
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