Chronosmith TimeQuarry vs Echo Planet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chronosmith TimeQuarry
Mine for ores and gems, then craft them into better tools. Sell your findings for coins to upgrade your equipment and increase your mining efficiency. Enjoy a pure idle progression experience with pixel art and synth beats, playable offline.
- Tap to dig and collect ores/gems
- Forge items at the anvil
- Sell loot on the market
- Upgrade mining speed and haul capacity
- Pixel art graphics
- Synth beat soundtrack
- Offline play
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ChronoSmith: Time Quarry Mine deeper. Craft smarter. Sell higher. Upgrade faster. That’s the loop. → Tap to dig — break blocks, collect ores and gems. → Forge at the anvil — turn loot into better tools. → Sell on the market — trade for coins. → Upgrade everything — faster mining, bigger hauls. Pixel art. Synth beats. Works offline. No timers. No forced ads. Just pure idle progression. Start digging. Keep upgrading!
Echo Planet
Transform a planet into a star by forging moons that channel power to its core. Upgrade your celestial bodies, stack multipliers, and witness your energy output grow exponentially, even when you're not actively playing. This idle game offers a satisfying progression from small sparks to galaxy-scale power.
- Forge moons to power a planetary core
- Upgrade moons and stack multipliers
- Idle progression, play offline
- Watch signal surge from sparks to galaxy-scale
- Transform planet into a star
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Forge moons that beam power into a sleeping planetary core, awakening it and ultimately igniting it into a star. Upgrade your moons, stack multipliers, and watch your signal surge from tiny sparks to galaxy-scale output, even while you’re offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Echo Planet at 100% against Chronosmith TimeQuarry's 50%. Echo Planet also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Chronosmith TimeQuarry sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Echo Planet sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Echo Planet holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echo Planet has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Chronosmith TimeQuarry's written reviews are positive against 100% of Echo Planet's.
Chronosmith TimeQuarry ships an update fortnightly, Echo Planet every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chronosmith TimeQuarry | Echo Planet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tempusforge Studio | Mustafa Mohammed |
Customer experience
Chronosmith TimeQuarry
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In-app purchases
Chronosmith TimeQuarry
- Small Stack of Gold$1.99
- Craft Recipe - Common$1.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
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- Bag of Gold$4.99
- Large Stack of Gold$9.99
- Craft Recipe - Uncommon$9.99
- Heap of Gold$19.99
- Craft Recipe - Rare$24.99
- Mount of Gold$49.99
- Craft Recipe - Legendary$59.99
Echo Planet
- Gold Supporter Pack$2.99
- Diamond Supporter Pack$5.99
Questions
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