Idle Tech Tycoon vs Planet Builder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Tech Tycoon
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Idle Tech Tycoon is an ad-free idle business game that combines tech parodies, tycoon mechanics, stock trading, dynamic events and social features. Build your own tech empire, unlock multiple fictional companies and enjoy a humorous and strategic idle experience without any ads. You start at Macrosoft, a fictional tech giant whose design and products clearly reference well-known companies without naming them. As you progress, you unlock additional firms such as Doogle, Pear and Telas Motors. Each company includes its own CEO portrait, unique products, a distinct visual style and a fully independent progression path. Every company features its own set of random events that influence production in positive or negative ways. Security issues, innovation spikes, system failures, advertising outages or humorous product problems can slow you down or boost your progress. These events keep the gameplay dynamic, entertaining and full of character. Idle Tech Tycoon also includes a fully integrated stock market system. Each company has its own share price that changes regularly. You can buy, sell or hold shares, unlock managers using company stock and reinvest your profits. At least 50% ownership always remains with the player, ensuring control over each company while offering meaningful economic decisions. The game also offers a social friend system. You can add friends, request or send coins, exchange gifts and compete on leaderboards. Coins can be earned through gameplay, random rewards or optional in-app purchases and then shared with others. Progression is supported through time skips, temporary production boosts, random rewards and numerous firm-specific upgrades. Idle Tech Tycoon is entirely ad-free. Optional in-app purchases only accelerate progress; all content is available without payment. Idle Tech Tycoon combines idle mechanics, business simulation, tech parody, stock strategy and social interaction into a clean, motivating and well-structured idle experience suitable for both short sessions and long-term play. The game supports English, German and Spanish. Key features: • completely ad-free • tech parody companies with unique CEOs • dynamic company-specific events • stock trading and manager system • friends, coin sharing and leaderboards • time skips, boosts and random rewards • offline progress • English, German and Spanish
Planet Builder
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Turn a dead rock into a living world — one tap at a time. Planet Builder is an idle clicker where you mine resources, raise mighty buildings, and terraform your very own planet through stunning visual stages. Play actively or let your planet work while you're away — it keeps producing even offline. TERRAFORM YOUR WORLD — Watch your planet transform from barren stone to a thriving world. Choose your destiny: a volcanic Material powerhouse, a deep-blue Ocean world, or a lush Verdant paradise — each path with its own unique buildings and powers. TAP OR IDLE — YOUR CHOICE — Click to mine minerals, water and biomass, or build drills, reactors and harvesters that run day and night. Come back to a fortune. REBIRTH AND GROW STRONGER — Prestige your planet for permanent boosts, spend rebirth tokens in a skill tree built for the long game, climb the rank ladder from Miner to Galactic God, and take on harder difficulties for even greater rewards. COLLECT ANCIENT ARTEFACTS — Discover 70+ artefacts across 5 rarities, upgrade them with shards, and ascend the mightiest into game-changing relics. GO TO WAR WITH YOUR ALLIANCE — Found or join an alliance, chat with your members, and conquer shared goals together. Then fight matchmade alliance wars: weekly battles, war ops to complete as a team, and a ranking that climbs as your alliance proves itself. COMPETE IN LIVE EVENTS — Rotating weekly events, the Eclipse and the Starforge, weekend expeditions with the Galaxy Road minigame, a monthly Convergence for veterans, and global leaderboards. MAKE IT YOURS — Planet skins, avatars, frames and titles, earned or unboxed — show off your style on the leaderboards. MEET PIP — Your companion repair drone, along for the whole journey. Your planet is waiting. How far will you take it?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Idle Tech Tycoon at none against Planet Builder's shown. Planet Builder's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 Tech Tycoon sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Planet Builder sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Tech Tycoon ships an update every 3 days, Planet Builder daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Tech Tycoon | Planet Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | M&D SeroCash UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) | Matej Spano |
In-app purchases
Idle Tech Tycoon
- 100 Coins$0.49
- 500 Münzen$0.99
- 1000 Münzen$1.99
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- 2500 Münzen$2.99
- 5000 Münzen$3.99
- 10.000 Münzen$7.99
Planet Builder
- Bag of Diamonds$1.99
- Starter Pack$3.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
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- Elite Starter Pack$12.99
- Sakura Bloom Bundle$17.99
- Star Voyager Pack$34.99
- Crystal Spire Bundle$44.99
- Molten Core Bundle$44.99
- Polar Aurora Bundle$44.99
- Galactic Overlord Pack$99.99
Questions
Is Idle Tech Tycoon free?
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Do Idle Tech Tycoon or Planet Builder have ads?
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