Space Academy Idle vs Shipwright
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Space Academy Idle
Construct and expand a futuristic space academy, recruiting students and training them in various disciplines. Watch your academy grow and unlock new opportunities as graduates increase its value. Prestige to earn permanent progression and climb leaderboards.
- Build and upgrade a futuristic space academy
- Unlock new buildings and optimize campus
- Train students across multiple knowledge disciplines
- Recruit gifted students with unique bonuses
- Collect daily rewards and special gifts
- Prestige with Endowments for permanent progression
- Grow academy even while offline
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Welcome to Space Academy Idle! Build the greatest academy in the galaxy by recruiting students, expanding your campus, and turning promising cadets into legendary scientists. Start with a single dormitory and grow into a thriving university. Construct new facilities, upgrade classrooms, and help your students master Cognition, Discipline, and Creativity before they graduate. Every graduate increases your academy’s value, unlocking new opportunities to expand even faster. Features - Build and upgrade a futuristic space academy - Unlock new buildings and optimize your campus - Train students across multiple knowledge disciplines - Recruit talented and gifted students with unique bonuses - Collect daily rewards and discover special gifts - Prestige with Endowments to earn permanent progression - Watch your academy grow even while you’re away - Complete achievements and climb Game Center leaderboards
Shipwright
Explore a catalog of ship blueprints, assemble fleet compositions, and analyze battle reports. Create custom tier lists to strategize your naval engagements.
- Browse ship blueprints
- Build fleet compositions
- Review battle reports
- Create tier lists
- Explore IL catalog
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Browse the IL catalog of ship blueprints, build fleet compositions, review battle reports, create tier lists.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shipwright at none against Space Academy Idle's 4. Shipwright also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). Space Academy Idle's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, 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. Space Academy Idle sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Shipwright asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shipwright holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Space Academy Idle has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Space Academy Idle ships an update every 10 days, Shipwright every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Space Academy Idle | Shipwright |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roberto Frias Nerio | The Food App LLC |
Customer experience
Space Academy Idle
Shipwright
In-app purchases
Space Academy Idle
- Small Box$1.99
- Medium Box$3.99
- Shipment$6.99
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- XL Shipment$12.99
Shipwright
No in-app purchases
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