Comparison

Idle Pocket Crafter 2 vs Idle Boxer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Idle Boxer

Build your boxing career from humble beginnings to world champion. Train your fighter, upgrade equipment, and unlock new abilities to dominate opponents. Progress continues even offline, with rewards earned while you're away.

Highlights
  • Build a boxing career
  • Train and upgrade fighter
  • Improve skills and equipment
  • Unlock new abilities
  • Idle progression and rewards
  • Progress through fights and arenas
Features
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Step into the ring and build your own boxing career from the ground up. In Idle Boxer, you start in a rough back alley with nothing but weak punches and big ambition. Fight your way through tougher opponents, improve your skills, and rise toward the world stage. Train your boxer to become stronger with every match. Upgrade your equipment to boost power, speed, and endurance, and unlock new abilities that give you the edge in every fight. Each improvement brings you closer to becoming a true champion. Progress continues even when you are not playing. Earn rewards, grow stronger, and return to a boxer that is ready for bigger challenges. Plan your upgrades carefully and watch your fighter evolve into a knockout machine. As you gain fame, you will unlock new opportunities and supporters who help accelerate your progress. From small fights to major arenas, every victory pushes you further along your journey. Start from nothing and build your legacy in Idle Boxer.

Screenshots

Idle Pocket Crafter 24 screens
Idle Boxer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Idle Boxer at every 2 days against Idle Pocket Crafter 2's every 2 weeks. Idle Boxer also leads on ratings volume (490 vs 95). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Idle Pocket Crafter 2 sells 26 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Boxer sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Idle Pocket Crafter 2 against 4.8 for Idle Boxer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Boxer has 490 ratings behind it against 95, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Idle Pocket Crafter 2's written reviews are positive against 75% of Idle Boxer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Pocket Crafter 2 ships an update every 2 weeks, Idle Boxer every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Idle Pocket Crafter 2 versus Idle Boxer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Pocket Crafter 2Idle Boxer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (95 ratings)4.8 (490 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better74.7% of reviews
Number of ratings95490 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB126 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperIron Horse Games LLCTap Nine

Customer experience

Idle Pocket Crafter 2

All ratings92 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral5.4%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral11.4%
Negative8.6%

Idle Boxer

All ratings426 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive74.7%
Neutral8.8%
Negative16.5%

In-app purchases

26 purchases

Idle Pocket Crafter 2

One-time26
  • Sopala Island bundle$0.99
  • Freebie Bundle Sale$0.99
  • Freebie Bundle$1.99
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  • Ace Bundle$1.99
  • Merchant$1.99
  • Book of Fasting$3.99
  • Event Crafting Bundle$4.99
  • SM Container$4.99
  • Cake of Pet Experience$4.99
  • Resource Bundle$4.99
  • Time Crate$8.99
  • Event Bundle$8.99
  • Halloween Premium Pass$9.99
  • Honey Premium Pass$9.99
  • Time Premium Pass$9.99
  • Magma Premium Pass$9.99
  • Midsummer Premium Pass$9.99
  • Mana Premium Pass$9.99
  • Easter Premium Pass$9.99
  • Goodie Bundle$9.99
  • Mythic Artifact Chest$14.99
  • Chestful of Mana Gems$19.99
  • Supporter's Mega Bundle$19.99
  • Epic Supporter's Mega Bundle$29.99
  • Mythic Supporter's Mega Bundle$39.99
  • Chestful of Amber$39.99
12 purchases

Idle Boxer

One-time12
  • Small Gem Pack$3.99
  • Ice Bath Pack$5.99
  • Protein Pack$8.99
Show 9 more
  • Medium Gem Pack$12.99
  • Sunset Sparring Pack$14.99
  • No Ads$17.99
  • Legendary Boxer$17.99
  • VO2 Max Pack$22.99
  • Crowd Favorite Pack$34.99
  • Large Gem Pack$44.99
  • Beast Mode Pack$49.99
  • Undisputed GOAT Pack$89.99

Questions

Is Idle Pocket Crafter 2 free?
Idle Pocket Crafter 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Boxer free?
Idle Boxer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Idle Pocket Crafter 2 or Idle Boxer?
Idle Boxer is rated higher. Idle Pocket Crafter 2 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 95 ratings, while Idle Boxer averages 4.8 from 490 ratings.
Do Idle Pocket Crafter 2 or Idle Boxer have ads?
Both Idle Pocket Crafter 2 and Idle Boxer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Idle Pocket Crafter 2 or Idle Boxer?
Idle Pocket Crafter 2 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Idle Boxer every 2 days. Most recently, Idle Pocket Crafter 2 was updated on October 25, 2026 and Idle Boxer on October 25, 2026.

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