Idle Code Tycoon vs Idle Pact
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Code Tycoon
Build and automate a coding empire from intern to tycoon. Tap to write code, upgrade your gear, and hire developers to generate lines of code even while offline. Prestige to unlock permanent perks and climb the leaderboards.
- Tap to write code
- Automate workflow
- Hire developers
- Prestige for permanent bonuses
- Unlock permanent perks
- Redesigned interface
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[AD FREE] Write code. Automate production. Build a software empire. Idle Code Tycoon is an incremental idle game where every tap grows your company. Start with WRITE_CODE(), unlock automatic production, upgrade your tools, complete contracts, ship releases and keep earning while you’re away. BUILD AND AUTOMATE • Tap or hold to generate code • Unlock offline production • Upgrade developers, IDEs, servers, cloud systems, AI tools and more • Build your Tech Stack with permanent upgrades SHIP NEW RELEASES • Complete Roadmap objectives • Launch major releases and minor patches • Earn permanent bonuses • Track your deployment history MERGE AND GROW • Merge your codebase for Prestige Points • Strengthen future runs • Reach upgrades faster • Keep pushing toward the next milestone MORE WAYS TO PROGRESS • Timed backlog contracts • Sprint Focus strategies • Production boosts • Surprise bugs with extra rewards • Game Center achievements and leaderboards • iCloud sync and offline earnings • No ads There is always another upgrade, release, contract, achievement or Merge waiting. Write. Automate. Merge. Repeat. Made by a solo developer :)
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 ads: Idle Code Tycoon at none against Idle Pact's shown. Idle Code Tycoon also leads on ratings volume (335 vs 53). Idle Pact's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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 Code Tycoon sells 8 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 — 4.8 for Idle Code Tycoon against 4.7 for Idle Pact. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Code Tycoon has 335 ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Idle Code Tycoon's written reviews are positive against 80% of Idle Pact's.
Idle Code Tycoon ships an update every 2 weeks, Idle Pact every 4 days. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Idle Code Tycoon | Idle Pact |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (335 ratings) — better | 4.7 (53 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.6% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 335 — better | 53 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mariana Brasil | James Fischer |
Customer experience
Idle Code Tycoon
Idle Pact
In-app purchases
Idle Code Tycoon
- 25 Points$0.99
- Starter Developer Kit$1.99
- First Merge Bundle$1.99
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- 50 Points$1.99
- 90 Points$2.99
- Double Productivity$3.99
- 200 Points$4.99
- 500 Points$9.99
Idle Pact
- Permanent x2 Speed$5.99
