Idle Tic Tac Toe vs Idle Pact
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Tic Tac Toe
Build a network of Tic Tac Toe players to gain classroom clout. Recruit, upgrade, and profit from your players as they compete for gum. Enjoy continuous gameplay whether you're actively playing or away.
- Recruit and upgrade Tic Tac Toe players
- Earn gum and classroom clout
- Idle gameplay mechanics
- Build a network of players
- Progress through school ranks
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It's your first day back at school - but you're not here to study. You're here to rise through the ranks of classroom clout by building the most ridiculous, unstoppable network of Tic Tac Toe players the school has ever seen. You've recruited a few 1st Graders to play games of Tic Tac Toe for Gum - and business is booming. Coach them, upgrade them, Profit. Whether you're checking in every few minutes or letting your empire grow while you're away, the school halls keep buzzing with the scribbles of Tic Tac Toe and the sounds of victory.
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 update cadence: Idle Pact at every 4 days against Idle Tic Tac Toe's fortnightly. Idle Pact also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 64%) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 Tic Tac Toe sells 6 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 — 4.5 for Idle Tic Tac Toe against 4.6 for Idle Pact. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 65 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Idle Tic Tac Toe's written reviews are positive against 81% of Idle Pact's.
Idle Tic Tac Toe ships an update fortnightly, Idle Pact every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Tic Tac Toe | Idle Pact |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (60 ratings) | 4.6 (65 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | 81.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 | 65 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Red Prism Games | James Fischer |
Customer experience
Idle Tic Tac Toe
Idle Pact
In-app purchases
Idle Tic Tac Toe
- Hall Pass Handful$0.99
- Hall Pass Binder$2.99
- Ad Free$3.99
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- Hall Pass Backpack$9.99
- Hall Monitor Pack$9.99
- Hall Pass Truckload$19.99
Idle Pact
- Permanent x2 Speed$5.99
