Idle Axe Thrower vs Endless Crafter
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!
Endless Crafter
Engage in a word-crafting adventure where creating words unlocks powerful units and defenses. Merge your way to stronger shooters and discover new abilities to survive increasingly difficult waves of enemies in this addictive game.
- Create words to unlock units
- Merge units into powerful shooters
- Discover new skills and abilities
- Endless waves with increasing difficulty
- Fast and addictive progression
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Craft new words, build stronger shooters, and survive endless waves of enemies. Experiment with merges and discover new ways to defend. Features • Create words to unlock stronger units • Merge your way into powerful shooters • Discover new skills and special abilities • Endless waves with increasing difficulty • Fast, simple, and addictive progression
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Axe Thrower at 4.4 against Endless Crafter's 3.5. Idle Axe Thrower also leads on chart position (#205 vs unranked) and ratings volume (101 vs 13). Endless Crafter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Endless Crafter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Idle Axe Thrower holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Axe Thrower has 101 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of Idle Axe Thrower's written reviews are positive against 56% of Endless Crafter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Idle Axe Thrower ships an update monthly, Endless Crafter every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Axe Thrower | Endless Crafter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (101 ratings) — better | 3.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews | 56.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 101 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #205 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 629 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Daedalus Lab LLC | Ugur Gulser |
Customer experience
Idle Axe Thrower
Endless Crafter
In-app purchases
Idle Axe Thrower
- No Ads Offer$4.99
Endless Crafter
No in-app purchases
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