Endless Crafter vs Idle Archaeologist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Endless Crafter
Engage in a word-crafting adventure where creating words unlocks powerful units and defenses. Merge your way to stronger shooters and discover new abilities to survive increasingly difficult waves of enemies in this addictive game.
- Create words to unlock units
- Merge units into powerful shooters
- Discover new skills and abilities
- Endless waves with increasing difficulty
- Fast and addictive progression
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Craft new words, build stronger shooters, and survive endless waves of enemies. Experiment with merges and discover new ways to defend. Features • Create words to unlock stronger units • Merge your way into powerful shooters • Discover new skills and special abilities • Endless waves with increasing difficulty • Fast, simple, and addictive progression
Idle Archaeologist
Excavate historical sites, restore artifacts, and build a museum that earns gold even when offline. Attract patrons and unlock new eras as you become a renowned armchair archaeologist.
- Excavate hundreds of artifacts
- Restore items at the workshop
- Build and display in your museum
- Earn idle gold offline
- Travel to famous historical sites
- Unlock new historical eras
- Collect historical artifact data
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DIG. DISPLAY. PROFIT. Idle Archaeologist is a cozy idle game where you excavate famous sites across history, restore the artifacts you find, and display them in your own museum. The longer they sit on the plinth, the more gold they earn — even while your phone is in your pocket. FEATURES Tap to dig — uncover hundreds of artifacts across 5 historical eras Restore at the workshop — clean, repair, and reassemble what you find Build your museum — every artifact on a plinth earns idle gold, 24/7 Attract patrons — wealthy historians fund expeditions and tip big Travel the world — Anatolia, the Nile Delta, the Andes, the Aegean coast and more Prestige and dig deeper — unlock the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Classical, Medieval Offline progression — your dig and museum keep earning while you're away Cozy pacing — no timers screaming at you, no FOMO popups FAIR FREE-TO-PLAY - No ads in your first 10 minutes - No paywalls A LOVE LETTER TO HISTORY Every artifact has a card in the Codex with a short historical note. Build your collection, fill the museum, and quietly become the world's most famous armchair archaeologist. - Privacy policy URL: https://gokhanoguz.github.io/idle-archaeologist/privacy.html - Support URL: https://gokhanoguz.github.io/idle-archaeologist/support.html - Terms URL: https://gokhanoguz.github.io/idle-archaeologist/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Endless Crafter at 3.8 against Idle Archaeologist's 1.0. Endless Crafter also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, ads, 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 Archaeologist sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Endless Crafter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Endless Crafter holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Endless Crafter has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Endless Crafter ships an update every 6 weeks, Idle Archaeologist every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Endless Crafter | Idle Archaeologist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (11 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 629 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ugur Gulser | GOKHAN OGUZ |
Customer experience
Endless Crafter
Idle Archaeologist
In-app purchases
Endless Crafter
No in-app purchases
Idle Archaeologist
- Expedition Pass$3.991 Month
- Patron Pass$5.991 Month
- Pouch of Gems$0.99
- Quiet Museum$4.99
- Bag of Gems$4.99
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- Chest of Gems$9.99
- Vault of Gems$19.99
- Hoard of Gems$49.99
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