Idle Pact vs XiuZhen
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.
XiuZhen
Embark on a journey as a wandering cultivator, mining spirit stones and gems to break through realms and ascend the server leaderboards. Explore seven unique mines, craft items, and enjoy idle earnings even when offline. The game features a dark immortal realm aesthetic with cyber-folk elements.
- Idle mining with automatic spirit stone earnings
- Realm breakthroughs using gems
- Seven distinct mines with unique drops
- Crafting system with batch crafting
- Offline earnings up to 12 hours
- Dual leaderboards for hashrate and wealth
- Cloud save sync
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You are a wandering cultivator. Start from basic spirit-stone veins, mine gems, break through realms, and climb toward the top of the server rankings. 【Core gameplay】 • Idle mining: pick a vein and earn spirit stones automatically; track live gains in your cave • Realm breakthroughs: spend gems to advance from Qi Refining to Tribulation, boosting hashrate • Seven mines: Spirit, Purple, Chaos, Dark Iron, Thunder-Fire, Ice, and Star — each with unique drops • Crafting: collect materials and craft items; batch crafting supported • Offline earnings: up to 12 hours of progress while away 【Progression & competition】 • Dual leaderboards: hashrate and wealth • 18 achievements with instant rewards • 7-day check-in streak with escalating rewards • Welfare hub: daily check-in, makeup days, and gift codes 【Account & saves】 • Sign in with Google or email; cloud save sync • Optional wallet binding for Web3 features • Chinese & English UI 【Visual style】 Dark immortal realm meets cyber-folk aesthetics — golden ores, neon caves, immersive atmosphere. In-game gems, items, and titles are virtual only and have no real-world monetary value. Intended for players aged 16 and above. Download XiuZhen. Step onto the path — spirit mines await.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Pact at 4.6 against XiuZhen's 4.0. Idle Pact also leads on ratings volume (65 vs 4). XiuZhen's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. XiuZhen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Idle Pact holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Pact has 65 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Idle Pact's written reviews are positive against 75% of XiuZhen's.
Idle Pact ships an update every 4 days, XiuZhen weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Pact | XiuZhen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (65 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| 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 | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | James Fischer | 照军 贾 |
Customer experience
Idle Pact
XiuZhen
In-app purchases
Idle Pact
- Permanent x2 Speed$5.99
XiuZhen
No in-app purchases
