Pixel Drill vs Idle Pact
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Drill
Test your reflexes in this handcrafted endless runner game. Unlock over 20 skins and utilize 7 power-ups and 5 unique upgrades to achieve high scores. Play offline or connect to submit your progress to the leaderboard.
- 20+ Skins to Unlock
- 7 PowerUps
- 5 Unique Upgrades
- Handcrafted Endless Runner
- Offline Play Supported
- Leaderboard Submission
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Test your reflexes in Pixel Drill, a handcrafted endless runner! - 20+ Skins To Unlock - 7 PowerUps - 5 Unique Upgrades A network connection is not required to play Pixel Drill, only to submit high scores to the leaderboard. All assets created by Mason J Bernheim
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 in-app purchases: Pixel Drill at none against Idle Pact's 1. Pixel Drill also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Idle Pact's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (65 vs 19). On price 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 Pact sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixel Drill asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pixel Drill holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 65 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pixel Drill's written reviews are positive against 81% of Idle Pact's.
Pixel Drill ships an update monthly, Idle Pact every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel Drill | Idle Pact |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (19 ratings) — better | 4.6 (65 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 65 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mason Bernheim | James Fischer |
Customer experience
Pixel Drill
Idle Pact
In-app purchases
Pixel Drill
No in-app purchases
Idle Pact
- Permanent x2 Speed$5.99
