Idle Space Fleet vs Incremental ELM Quest 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Space Fleet
Build and upgrade a powerful space fleet by customizing weapons and defenses. Progress through challenging battles, whether playing actively or idling, to conquer the universe. Discover endless combinations and strategic gameplay to become a cosmic superpower.
- Fleet customization and upgrades
- Incremental progression system
- Deep strategic gameplay
- Intuitive controls
- Endless combinations
- Evolving enemy lineup
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Customize and upgrade your space fleet with a growing suite of new weapons and defenses as you battle through an ever-evolving lineup of enemies. Start your journey as a lone starship armed with a weak laser cannon. As you progress, new modules gradually unfold to amplify your strength. Grow into a cosmic superpower fleet and conquer the universe. In this thrilling incremental upgrade game, you will always be rewarded and see progress whether you idle or actively play. 1. Endless Rewarding Progression Unlock new systems, stack powerful enhancements, and push your build further every run. With limitless combinations to explore, your ship evolves in wild and surprising ways. 2. Deep Strategic Gameplay Every choice matters. Mix and match weapons, defenses, and systems to craft synergies that counter a constantly shifting roster of enemies. Adapt, experiment, and discover strategies that turn impossible fights into effortless victories. 3. Simple to Pick Up, Hard to Master Dive in instantly with intuitive controls and streamlined combat. The challenge ramps up fast, and you’ll fail again and again. But each defeat fuels growth, and every upgrade brings you closer to mastery as you refine your build and outsmart tougher foes. Do you have what it takes to become a cosmic superpower? Find out in Idle Space Fleet!
Incremental ELM Quest 2
Explore a world where elemental forces are merging, cataloging creatures and uncovering a deep mystery. This offline RPG features extensive progression systems, a vast bestiary, and a narrative told through field reports. Earn rewards even while offline.
- Catalog over 4000 unique creatures
- Level up over 300 hero classes
- Explore elemental portals
- Offline progression
- Narrative told through field journals
- Deep progression systems
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A free incremental RPG you can play entirely offline. No ads, no paywall, and every goal in the game is reachable without spending a cent. The world's eight elemental forces were once held apart. Now they are bleeding together, and everything is changing. You are a Cataloguer: a licensed scholar sent into the saturated zones to document what lives there. Encounter creatures, record them, and fill the Manifest, one species at a time. The more you catalogue, the more the world opens up, and the closer you come to the thing nobody wants to talk about: why everything is falling apart. If you've always wanted to play a uniquely idle monster collecting adventure with the patience of a nature documentary and the wit of a dungeon crawl, this is your chance. Explore portals, return to new species and new regions, and watch the Manifest fill in like a field journal. WHAT YOU'LL FIND • Over 4,000 creatures to find, fight, and catalogue. Each holds a small piece of the overall narrative. • Over 300 classes to equip and level up. Send your hero into elemental portals and take control as battles unfold. • Offline progression that unlocks early and never stops: your hero keeps earning and your disciples keep hunting while the app is closed. • Every portal is graded. The threat ratings are, unfortunately, accurate. • 16 narrators bring the world alive through their lost dossiers. Sixteen cataloguers came before you and its on you to find out why they stopped writing. • Deep progression: level classes, raise disciples, study at the university, upgrade your guild license, master insignias, power up skills, and more. • Rare enemy variants, an ever-expanding ladder of achievements, and Game Center leaderboards (purely optional). FAIR BY DESIGN The whole game is offline, free, and ad-free. The optional purchases are purely cosmetics that support a solo, part-time developer. I'm an incremental game fan who got bored waiting for the next one to drop. Made by one person as a part-time passion project. Thank you for giving it a shot!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Incremental ELM Quest 2 at none against Idle Space Fleet's shown. Incremental ELM Quest 2 also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Idle Space Fleet's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Space Fleet sells 19 one-off in-app purchases and Incremental ELM Quest 2 sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Idle Space Fleet against 4.6 for Incremental ELM Quest 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 53 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Idle Space Fleet's written reviews are positive against 85% of Incremental ELM Quest 2's.
Idle Space Fleet ships an update every 9 days, Incremental ELM Quest 2 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Space Fleet | Incremental ELM Quest 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (61 ratings) — better | 4.6 (53 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 53 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 376 MB | 192 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | +9 |
| Developer | CyberSquid | Eric Marin |
Customer experience
Idle Space Fleet
Incremental ELM Quest 2
In-app purchases
Idle Space Fleet
- Launch Pack$4.99
- Premium Pass Bundle 1$4.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
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- Premium Pass Bundle 1$9.99
- Premium Pass Bundle 2$9.99
- Premium Pass Bundle 1$14.99
- Premium Pass Bundle 3$14.99
- No Ads Pack$19.99
- Premium Pass Bundle 2$19.99
- Premium Pass Bundle 4$19.99
- Cosmic Pack$29.99
- Void Core Pack 1$29.99
- Premium Pass Bundle 2$29.99
- Premium Pass Bundle 3$29.99
- Premium Pass Bundle 4$39.99
- Premium Pass Bundle 3$44.99
- Void Core Pack 2$59.99
- Premium Pass Bundle 4$59.99
- 15000 Gems$99.99
Incremental ELM Quest 2
- Cosmetic: D- Pack$0.99
- Support Tip$0.99
- Support Coffee$4.99
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- Cosmetic: S- Pack$6.99
- Cosmetic: SS- Pack$7.99
- Cosmetic: S+ Pack$7.99
- Cosmetic: SS+ Pack$8.99
- Cosmetic: SSS- Pack$9.99
- Cosmetic: SSS Pack$9.99
- Cosmetic: SSS+ Pack$9.99
- Cosmetic: Letter of Patronage$9.99
- Support Lunch$9.99
- Cosmetic: Founder's Edition$19.99
- Support Dinner$19.99
- Support Updates$29.99
- Support Next Game$49.99
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