Comparison

Idle Pact vs Standard Freight Corp

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Occult gardening simulation
  • Incremental gameplay
  • Light puzzle elements
  • Mystical plant growth
  • Ritualistic mechanics
Features
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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.

About

Standard Freight Corp

Manage interstellar logistics, build trade routes, and navigate complex political landscapes. This idle simulation focuses on strategic decision-making and economic management rather than combat. An advanced AI narrator shapes the game world based on your choices.

Highlights
  • Deep logistics engine with 26 ship blueprints
  • Persistent simulation that runs offline
  • AI-driven narrative and dynamic market
  • Corporate espionage and sabotage
  • Galactic superpower evolution
  • Optional auto-renewable subscription
Features
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[OVERVIEW] Standard Freight Corp. is a deeply systemic, zero-friction idle simulation. You are the newly appointed Director of interstellar logistics. Your mandate is simple: build trade routes, acquire massive industrial fleets, and navigate the hostile interstellar politics of the 22nd century. This is not a space combat simulator. You do not pilot ships. You manage the ledger, align with factions, and let an advanced AI narrator document the history your decisions create. [OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES] >> DEEP LOGISTICS ENGINE: Manage a catalog of 26 distinct ship blueprints across four classes. Assign 900-ton Mammoth haulers and stealth escorts to optimized trade corridors across Sol, Proxima, Barnard’s Star, and the frontier volumes. >> PERSISTENT SIMULATION: A robust tick-engine simulates route progress, propellant burn, and cargo yields whether the terminal is active or offline. >> AI-DRIVEN CONSEQUENCE: Powered by a live LLM integration, your corporate posture (Force, Shadow, Order, Zeal) directly alters the game world. Every generation, the AI authors a unique Chronicle and adjusts global market demand based on your specific playstyle. >> CORPORATE ESPIONAGE: Deploy stealth vessels to monitor, disrupt, or sabotage rival corporations. Balance profit against Global Trade Commission (GTC) heat. >> THE GRAND MANDATE: Evolve from middle management to a galactic superpower. At Generation VI, transition to the Syndicate Command layer to build military complexes, declare holy war, and deploy armadas in 2-bit skirmish simulations. [THE LEDGER NEVER STOPS] The galaxy is vast. The margins are thin. Your compliance is profitable. --- Standard Freight Corp offers an optional auto-renewable subscription: Executive Account — $3.99/month Boosts income to 1.25×, runs every Division Chief at top skill with no in-game salary, and removes rewarded ads. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. • Your subscription renews automatically for the same price and period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. • Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://standardfreightcorp.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Idle Pact4 screens
Standard Freight Corp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Idle Pact at 4.6 against Standard Freight Corp's 4.0. Idle Pact also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 43%) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Standard Freight Corp's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Idle Pact sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Standard Freight Corp sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Pact holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 65 and 50 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Idle Pact's written reviews are positive against 43% of Standard Freight Corp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Pact ships an update every 4 days, Standard Freight Corp every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Idle Pact versus Standard Freight Corp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle PactStandard Freight Corp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (65 ratings) — better4.0 (50 ratings)
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews — better43.5% of reviews
Number of ratings65 — better50
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB78 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJames FischerMatthew Ryan

Customer experience

Idle Pact

All ratings53 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral9.5%
Negative9.5%

Standard Freight Corp

All ratings50 ratings
Positive72.0%
Neutral14.0%
Negative14.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive43.5%
Neutral26.1%
Negative30.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Idle Pact

One-time1
  • Permanent x2 Speed$5.99
10 purchases

Standard Freight Corp

Subscriptions1
  • Executive Account$3.991 Month
One-time9
  • Loyalty Retainer$0.99
  • Route Expansion 1$2.99
  • Founder Pack$2.99
Show 6 more
  • Crew Berth +1$2.99
  • Ship: Navigator$3.99
  • Ship: Phantom$3.99
  • Ship: Herald$3.99
  • No Ads$3.99
  • Board of Directors$6.99

Questions

Is Idle Pact free?
Idle Pact is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Standard Freight Corp free?
Standard Freight Corp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Idle Pact or Standard Freight Corp?
Idle Pact is rated higher. Idle Pact averages 4.6 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while Standard Freight Corp averages 4.0 from 50 ratings.
Do Idle Pact or Standard Freight Corp have ads?
Both Idle Pact and Standard Freight Corp show ads.
Which is updated more often, Idle Pact or Standard Freight Corp?
Idle Pact ships an update every 4 days, and Standard Freight Corp every 2 days. Most recently, Idle Pact was updated on November 5, 2026 and Standard Freight Corp on October 31, 2026.

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