Idle Pact vs Trust the System
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Trust the System
Stamp papers to earn points and coins, then spend them to explore forbidden areas and uncover the truth behind your job. This ad-free, offline game features deep stamping mechanics and hand-drawn pixel art.
- Deep stamping mechanics
- Explore forbidden corridors
- Uncover a dark reality
- Hand-drawn pixel art
- 100% Ad-Free
- Playable offline
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> THE GAME IN SHORT Stamp papers to earn good points and coins. Spend your earnings to venture beyond your desk into forbidden corridors. Along the way, discover valuable items, unlock stamping upgrades, and piece together the dark reality behind your job. > STORY Lucky you: you’ve been granted lifetime employment by the System. You stamp to serve it, and you're ready to serve it well. Until someone calls for help... And here you are, now exploring the restricted corridors, meeting the other employees, and slowly unveiling the truth about your job, and the System itself. > FEATURES - 100% Ad-Free & playable offline - Hand-drawn pixel art (No generative AI) - Impressively deep stamping mechanics that make you feel like you're working for real - An oddly satisfying computer that works for you (for real) - And other secrets I won't spoil > CURRENT STATE The game currently features its first chapter. I'm still working on the others. > Trailer music: "80s Zombies Movie" by Clement Panchout So, will you trust the System?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trust the System at none against Idle Pact's 1. Trust the System also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Idle Pact's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 6). On price, update cadence, 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 Pact sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Trust the System asks for nothing beyond the download.
Trust the System holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Pact has 62 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Pact | Trust the System |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (62 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | James Fischer | Soliles |
In-app purchases
Idle Pact
- Permanent x2 Speed$5.99
Trust the System
No in-app purchases
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