Cosmic Factory vs Codestige
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cosmic Factory
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Build your galactic empire from a tiny asteroid mine to a quantum multiverse factory! - Buy and upgrade businesses that produce Stardust automatically - Prestige with Dark Matter to multiply your production - Hire managers so factories run even while you sleep - Travel to new galaxies for permanent production bonuses - Collect rare artifacts on every prestige - Survive boss events every 5 prestiges - Reach milestones and unlock cosmic rewards - Choose your prestige path: Speed or Power The universe won't build itself. Start mining! Completely free to play!
Codestige
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Start in a bedroom with a single line of code and grow it into a thriving technology company. Codestige is an idle company-building game about creating apps, expanding your workspace, developing products, and building a capable team. Make progress while you play and collect your offline earnings when you return. FROM BEDROOM TO CAMPUS • Progress through 11 stages, from a small bedroom setup to a global campus • Upgrade your workspace, production systems, and app projects • Reach milestones and unlock new areas for your company BUILD, LAUNCH, GROW • Create and launch your own apps • Improve products and expand your development capacity • Complete company challenges and client projects • Grow your business through long-term planning and upgrades REWIND TIME, KEEP YOUR PROGRESS • Reset a completed company cycle to collect Memories • Spend Memories on permanent bonuses • Make every new run faster, stronger, and more efficient BUILD YOUR TEAM • Unlock and assign manager cards to your company • Hire employees and develop their skills • Discover Research breakthroughs and powerful synergies SOMETHING TO DO EVERY DAY • Complete daily quests and check-in rewards • Unlock achievements and collection milestones • Follow your company journal as your story develops PLAY YOUR WAY • Play at your own pace, with offline progress • Ads are completely optional and only provide optional rewards • Available in English and Turkish Write code. Build apps. Grow your company. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cosmic Factory at none against Codestige's 10. Codestige's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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. Codestige sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Cosmic Factory asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cosmic Factory ships an update every 2 months, Codestige weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cosmic Factory | Codestige |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 343 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Yusuf Uyar | MUHAMMED BATUHAN ARMAGAN |
In-app purchases
Cosmic Factory
No in-app purchases
Codestige
- VIP Pass$0.991 Month
- Handful$0.99
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Pouch$2.99
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- Cycle Pack$2.99
- Growth Pack$3.99
- Chest$5.99
- Empire Pack$6.99
- Big Crate$12.99
- Treasury$29.99









