Computer Guy vs Idle.py
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Computer Guy
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Computer Guy is a hacker life simulator where you start as a junior developer and work your way up to becoming a legendary hacker. Manage your energy, hunger, mood, and health while leveling up your programming, networking, security, and communication skills. Take on freelance contracts, study books, upgrade your hardware and software, and make strategic decisions in random events that shape your journey. Every choice matters in this engaging idle simulation game. What can you do in Computer Guy? Work & Earn ⢠Start with basic data entry and work your way up to senior architect ⢠Choose your work intensity - slack off or grind hard for extra rewards ⢠Earn money to invest in better equipment and skills Study & Grow ⢠Read technical books to improve your programming, networking, and security skills ⢠Level up to unlock higher-tier contracts and better job opportunities ⢠Track your progress across dozens of achievements Upgrade Your Setup ⢠Buy and equip CPUs, RAM, GPUs, monitors, and storage ⢠Install software tools and choose your internet plan ⢠Better gear means better performance and bigger rewards Take Contracts ⢠Accept freelance contracts from a rotating board of opportunities ⢠Match your skills to contract requirements for the best success rate ⢠Complete contracts to earn money, XP, and reputation Random Events ⢠Encounter unexpected situations - from finding a bug bounty to dealing with a coffee machine breakdown ⢠Make choices that affect your stats, money, and reputation ⢠Over 50 unique events keep every playthrough fresh Game Features ⢠Dark hacker theme with customizable color palettes ⢠Multiple save slots and cloud backup ⢠Special game modes: Speedrun, Hardcore, and Sandbox ⢠The Big Job - an ultimate challenge to prove you're a legend ⢠Available in 9 languages Whether you dream of hacking into the mainframe or just want a fun idle game with depth, Computer Guy has you covered. Start your journey from junior dev to legendary hacker today! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Idle.py
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Idle.py ā a Python tutorial disguised as an idle game. Learn Python and modern AI engineering by playing. Tap to generate FLOPs (floating-point operations), then spend them on Compute Units that keep earning while you're away. Every Compute Unit you unlock ā from your first variable to an AGI Lab ā ships with a hand-written lesson, code samples, a quick-check quiz, and a 50-question practice bank. Real coding lessons. Real curriculum. No filler. THE COMPUTE UNIT LADDER ⢠Variable, Function, Class, Module ā Python's atoms. ⢠Tensor, Neuron, Layer ā what every model is built from. ⢠Attention Head, Transformer Block ā the 2017 idea that ate AI. ⢠Foundation Model, Agent ā pretraining, fine-tuning, tool-using LLMs. ⢠GPU Cluster ā distributed training: DDP, tensor parallelism, pipeline parallelism, NCCL. ⢠AGI Lab ā the recursive endgame. PYTHON PROGRAMMING BASICS (always free, always on) Lists & Tuples Ā· Dicts & Sets Ā· Strings & f-strings Ā· Control Flow Ā· Comprehensions Ā· Iterators & Generators Ā· Decorators Ā· Exception Handling. PRACTICE BANKS Every lesson has 50 questions. Correct +1 knowledge, wrong ā1 ā drift below a bucket and your bonus drops. Option order reshuffles every draw, so you learn the answer, not the position. THREE REWARD AXES ⢠Mastery (+1% per level) ā earned from quizzes, capped at three per Compute Unit. ⢠Knowledge (flat FLOPs/sec bonus) ā earned from practice banks. ⢠Insight (compounding multiplier) ā earned from retraining the run. AI LANDMARKS 27 lifetime-FLOP milestones from "Hello, World" through GPT-4 and beyond. Each grants a permanent tap multiplier. The history of artificial intelligence is your scoreboard. TRANSCENDENCE (hardcore loop) Stack ten GPU Clusters and you can transcend: wipe the run for a permanent global multiplier and one Transcendence Unit (TU). Spend TU to unlock Singularity and ASI ā the loop above the loop. NO ADS. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. Optional one-time purchases only: ⢠Founder Pack ā permanent Ć2 multiplier on FLOPs and tap. ⢠Mentor Pack ā advanced curriculum (LoRA, RLHF, Mixture of Experts, Evals). ⢠Time skips and insight packs as small consumables. WHO IT'S FOR ⢠Beginners who want a more rewarding Python tutorial than another video course. ⢠Engineers picking up the modern AI engineering stack from the ground up. ⢠Anyone who wants their idle game to teach them something real. Idle.py respects your time. Progress saves automatically. Offline FLOPs are credited on launch. No popup ads. No timers built to wear you down. Just the curriculum, the loop, and the math.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Idle.py at weekly against Computer Guy's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Computer Guy sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Idle.py sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Computer Guy ships an update every 6 weeks, Idle.py weekly. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Computer Guy | Idle.py |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 15.1 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergii Bilak | Byte Insights Limited |
In-app purchases
Computer Guy
- Cyberpunk Neon Theme$0.99
- Ice Blue Theme$0.99
- Retro Amber Theme$0.99
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- All Themes Pack$1.99
- Extra Save Slots$1.99
- Supporter Badge$1.99
- Game Modes Pack$2.99
- Patron Badge$4.99
- Benefactor Badge$9.99
Idle.py
- Mentor PackFree
- +5 Insight$0.99
- Skip 4 Hours$0.99
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- Skip 24 Hours$1.99
- +15 Insight$2.99
- Founder Pack$3.99
- Skip 7 Days$3.99
- Sandbox Mode$19.99









