Comparison

Idle Pact vs Fortune Mill

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

Fortune Mill

An incremental game where players earn money through various minigames to escape. Unlock upgrades, recruit creatures, and discover synergies across different game mechanics. Features New Game+ for extended replayability.

Highlights
  • Earn $1,000,000 to escape
  • Play darts and scratch-off tickets
  • Unlock automation and pachinko
  • Recruit unique creatures
  • Over 220 upgrades
  • Cross-room synergies
  • New Game+ mode
Features
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The hit incremental game where you must make $1,000,000 to escape! Throw darts, play scratch-off tickets, unlock automation, drop pachinko balls, and discover powerful synergies as each new game affects all the others! Fortune Mill can be downloaded for free and after you purchase the game, you will be able to enjoy the entire game with no additional payments. A single purchase unlocks the entire game! GAME FEATURES: • 5 rooms full of upgrades and unique creatures to recruit. The machine gun mouse, known as Rattling Gunner, is a fan favorite for a reason! • 220+ upgrades across the whole game, with each one changing how the game is played! • Cross-Room synergies. Each room affects the others - discover dozens of interesting combos! • New Game+ and other bonus modes which give the game huge replay-value, filled with unique upgrades only found after beating the game for the first time! NOTE: You will not receive cross-promotional pets for other games from beating Fortune Mill here in the iOS version.

Screenshots

Idle Pact4 screens
Fortune Mill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Idle Pact at 81% against Fortune Mill's 34%. Idle Pact also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.1) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Fortune Mill's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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 Fortune Mill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 64 and 89 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Idle Pact's written reviews are positive against 34% of Fortune Mill's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Pact ships an update every 4 days, Fortune Mill every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Idle Pact versus Fortune Mill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle PactFortune Mill
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (64 ratings) — better3.1 (89 ratings)
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews — better34.3% of reviews
Number of ratings6489 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB215 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperJames FischerLavaflamestudios LLC

Customer experience

Idle Pact

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

Fortune Mill

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews236 reviews
Positive34.3%
Neutral23.3%
Negative42.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Idle Pact

One-time1
  • Permanent x2 Speed$5.99
1 purchases

Fortune Mill

One-time1
  • Fortune Mill - Full Game$9.99

Questions

Is Idle Pact free?
Idle Pact is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fortune Mill free?
Fortune Mill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Idle Pact or Fortune Mill?
Idle Pact is rated higher. Idle Pact averages 4.6 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Fortune Mill averages 3.1 from 89 ratings.
Do Idle Pact or Fortune Mill have ads?
Idle Pact shows ads; Fortune Mill does not.
Which is updated more often, Idle Pact or Fortune Mill?
Idle Pact ships an update every 4 days, and Fortune Mill every 6 days. Most recently, Idle Pact was updated on October 31, 2026 and Fortune Mill on October 31, 2026.

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