Comparison

Incremental ELM Quest vs Idle Adventure

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

Head to head
About

Incremental ELM Quest

Embark on a challenging incremental RPG adventure where every battle and defeat fuels your progress. Upgrade your hero, build your town, and strategize to overcome hundreds of unique foes and powerful bosses. This game offers a rewarding experience for both short sessions and extended play.

Highlights
  • Incremental RPG gameplay
  • Hero upgrades and evolutions
  • Town building for progression
  • Boss battles with unique tactics
  • Permanent bonuses from defeats
  • Hundreds of unique enemies
Features
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ELM Quest is a cozy but challenging incremental RPG where every battle pushes your progress forward. Begin your quest, fight through encounters, and upgrade your hero to survive tougher foes. Every loss results in powerful permanent bonuses that strengthen future runs. Why players enjoy ELM Quest: - 4 starting heroes, each with a unique playstyle and several evolutions each. - Face powerful bosses with unique tactics. Can you beat them all? - Hundreds of unique foes. Study your foes carefully to overcome difficult fights. - Build up your town for lasting progression. - Every defeat matters, no matter how quick. Learn, adapt, and push farther each run. Whether you play in short sessions or long grinds, ELM Quest rewards strategy, persistence, and clever upgrades. Dev note: This game was made by an incremental game fan who got bored of waiting for another to come out. You will find no ads and the game was balanced around being a completely free experience. All perks/rewards obtainable for free through gameplay.

About

Idle Adventure

Embark on an epic incremental idle RPG adventure. Build your team of heroes, collect powerful artifacts, and conquer fantasy worlds. Prestige to grow stronger with each run and compete on global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Incremental idle RPG progression
  • Hero and companion recruitment
  • Artifact collection and upgrading
  • Gear crafting and set bonuses
  • Mastery specialization trees
  • Endless Void endgame mode
  • Global leaderboard competition
Features
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PRESTIGE & PROGRESS Push through hundreds of stages, defeat powerful bosses, and prestige to grow stronger every run. Earn emeralds, discover artifacts, and unlock permanent progression as you climb higher with each ascension. BUILD YOUR TEAM Recruit 9 unique companions from the Tavern, each with their own class, abilities, and awaken skills. Create powerful synergies between warriors, rangers, and mages to maximize your potential. COLLECT ARTIFACTS Discover 28 artifacts with unique effects. Increase your damage, improve rewards, speed up progression, and build powerful combinations to support your playstyle. FORGE YOUR GEAR Craft powerful gear sets with helmets, armor, gloves, belts, and boots. Complete full sets to unlock powerful bonuses and strengthen your heroes. MASTER YOUR BUILD Unlock 24 masteries across Warrior, Idle, Greed, and Assassin trees. Customize your strategy with critical strikes, faster progression, stronger companions, and more. DAILY QUESTS & ACHIEVEMENTS Complete daily challenges, earn rewards, and track your progress through multiple achievement categories. COMPETE WITH OTHER PLAYERS Register your account, sync your progress to the cloud, and climb the global leaderboard. THE VOID After conquering the main worlds, enter The Void — an endless endgame where progression continues beyond the campaign for those seeking the ultimate challenge. SEASON MODE Every month a new season begins — a fresh 30-day competitive race on a separate profile and leaderboard. Climb the season rankings, earn a live rank badge displayed on the global leaderboard, and carry your skins and pets in with you. Each season has unique modifiers that change how you play. Your main game progress is never affected. TRIALS Take on a series of weekly challenges that test your build in new ways. Complete missions, earn medals, and spend them in the Trials store to unlock permanent bonuses that carry back into your main game. HERO SKINS Customize your heroes with unique skins featuring exclusive animations and permanent bonuses that scale with your ascension tier. KEY FEATURES • Incremental idle RPG progression • 8 handcrafted worlds to conquer • Endless Void endgame mode • Prestige system with permanent progression • 9 companions with unique abilities and awaken skills • 28 artifacts to discover and upgrade • 6 gear sets to craft and complete • 24 mastery upgrades across 4 specialization trees • Daily quests and achievement progression • Global leaderboard competition • 30-day competitive seasons with unique modifiers and live rankings • Weekly Trials challenges with permanent medal store upgrades • Cloud saves with automatic sync • No ads, ever Icon attributions: https://github.com/Okin107/policies/blob/main/IdleAdventure/attributions.md

Screenshots

Incremental ELM Quest4 screens
Idle Adventure4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Idle Adventure at 94% against Incremental ELM Quest's 48%. Idle Adventure also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). Incremental ELM Quest's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Incremental ELM Quest sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Adventure sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Adventure holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 96 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Incremental ELM Quest's written reviews are positive against 94% of Idle Adventure's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Incremental ELM Quest ships an update every 6 days, Idle Adventure every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Incremental ELM Quest versus Idle Adventure: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIncremental ELM QuestIdle Adventure
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (22 ratings)4.9 (96 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.6% of reviews94.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2296 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB303 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperEric MarinNiko Goga

Customer experience

Incremental ELM Quest

All ratings22 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral13.6%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive47.6%
Neutral28.6%
Negative23.8%

Idle Adventure

All ratings96 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.8%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Incremental ELM Quest

One-time3
  • Buy Dev a Coffee (+30 Renown)$0.99
  • Buy Dev Lunch (+200 Renown)$4.99
  • Fully Support Dev (+450 Renown)$9.99
15 purchases

Idle Adventure

One-time15
  • Knight Templar Skin$1.99
  • Orc Skin$1.99
  • Medal Surge$2.99
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  • Pet Hellbound$2.99
  • Pet Ghost Fire$2.99
  • Armored Orc Skin$3.99
  • Elite Orc Skin$3.99
  • Dead Knight Skin$3.99
  • Void Thief Skin$4.99
  • Orc Rider Skin$4.99
  • Lancer Skin$4.99
  • Werewolf Skin$4.99
  • Void Warden Skin$7.99
  • Necromancer Skin$8.99
  • Void Sovereign Skin$11.99

Questions

Is Incremental ELM Quest free?
Incremental ELM Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Adventure free?
Idle Adventure is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Incremental ELM Quest or Idle Adventure?
Idle Adventure is rated higher. Incremental ELM Quest averages 4.4 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Idle Adventure averages 4.9 from 96 ratings.
Do Incremental ELM Quest or Idle Adventure have ads?
Neither Incremental ELM Quest nor Idle Adventure shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Incremental ELM Quest or Idle Adventure?
Incremental ELM Quest ships an update every 6 days, and Idle Adventure every 2 days. Most recently, Incremental ELM Quest was updated on October 21, 2026 and Idle Adventure on October 31, 2026.

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