Comparison

NovaTech vs Idle Space Mining

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

Head to head
About

NovaTech

Features
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You just quit Big Tech. No safety net. Just a laptop and a wild idea. NovaTech is the AI idle tycoon game where you build a tech empire from nothing. Start training a simple chatbot in your garage. End up running quantum supercomputers across the globe. How fast can you get there? FROM GARAGE TO GLOBAL Your first AI product earns pennies. Upgrade it. Level it up. Watch the money roll in. Then launch your next one. 9 AI businesses to build. each with its own production cycle, traits, and unique milestone ladders that stack. HIRE AI TO RUN YOUR AI Tired of tapping? Hire AI Bots to automate your businesses. Once automated, they earn while you sleep, commute, or binge your favorite show. Come back to a stack of cash. RELEASE. RESET. GROW FASTER. Hit a ceiling? Release your AI version to the world. You'll earn Synapses, permanent production bonuses that make your next run faster. Each release also generates royalties forever. It's not a reset, it's a launch. QUANTUM LAB After your first release, unlock a second economy: the Quantum Lab. Run long-term experiments that permanently boost your main lab. A strategic layer that rewards patience. ◆ TRANSCEND REALITY (NEW) Ten releases in, break through to Singularity Shards, a meta-prestige that persists across everything. Unlock tier-2 research protocols for compounding eternal bonuses. The endgame that never ends. ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO • Mastery system: cycles on each generator build permanent bonuses that survive every reset • Daily & weekly quests that scale with your progress • Login streaks with escalating rewards • Random events: flash sales, compute rushes, investor visits • 24+ achievements with permanent multiplier bonuses • Mini-game challenges for instant boost rewards IDLE MADE INTUITIVE New to idle games? We've got you. Clear AUTO / TAP / RUNNING status badges, contextual hints, and a 3-step tutorial get you playing fast. Built for idle fans who love watching numbers go up, and for strategists who want to optimize every synapse. Free to play. No paywalls. No energy system. Just pure progression.

About

Idle Space Mining

Build and expand a space mining empire through incremental upgrades and strategic choices. Reset your progress to gain permanent bonuses and achieve ultimate power. Earn resources even while offline.

Highlights
  • Incremental mining empire building
  • Strategic doctrine choices
  • Prestige system with Dark Matter
  • Permanent upgrades via Star Shards
  • Offline earnings
  • Challenging game modes
  • Comet catching events
Features
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Idle Space Mining is an incremental clicker about digging your way across 12 galaxies. Drag your miners onto rocks and watch them dig. Merge two of a kind into a stronger miner. Dig out machines buried in the ground, build them, and they keep mining while you are away. Mine through the walls, reach the launch pad, and launch to the next planet. DIG WITH YOUR CREW Every rock holds gold ore, and now and then you find a rare Dark Matter rock. Pick which rocks your crew works and collect what they drop. Your crew comes with you to every new planet. MERGE YOUR MINERS Two miners of a level make one of the next. Higher levels dig faster. MINE THROUGH THE WALLS Each area ends in a wall. Dig a way to it, put your crew on it, and mine it down to open the next area. DIG OUT YOUR MACHINES Every planet starts with just the Ore Crusher. Fifteen more buildings lie buried across the galaxies, from the Power Plant and Drill Press to the Refinery, Smelter and Nuclear Plant. Reach one and buy more of it from the Upgrades menu. 96 PLANETS, 12 GALAXIES Eight planets in each galaxy, each with its own look, its own rock and its own walls. Launching earns Dark Matter, which you keep forever. FIVE DARK MATTER UPGRADES Spend Dark Matter on Ore Yield, Dig Speed, Miner Slots, Dark Affinity and Auto-Collect, ten levels each. They make every planet after it faster. RESEARCH AND COLONY BOOSTS Dig out the Power Core to open research, and grow the whole colony with Colony boosts. EVENT PLANETS Event planets open for three days at a time. Everyone starts with the same kit. Mine as many rocks as you can and see your rank on the Game Center leaderboard: your Top %, and where you stand among friends. Nothing is for sale on an event planet. THE LAST PLANET Mine through planet 96 and you have crossed all 12 galaxies. A finish screen marks it, and the event planets keep going after that. COMETS, DAILY GOALS, ACHIEVEMENTS Catch comets for a burst of ore. Clear daily goals. Claim achievements for a permanent bonus. EARNS WHILE YOU SLEEP Your machines keep mining when the app is closed. Come back to a pile. One optional ad, only if you want it: watch it for double production for four hours. No banners, no interstitials, nothing that interrupts play. No energy timers. Cloud save keeps your progress safe.

Screenshots

NovaTech4 screens
Idle Space Mining4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NovaTech at 15.1 against Idle Space Mining's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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. NovaTech sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Space Mining sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NovaTech versus Idle Space Mining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNovaTechIdle Space Mining
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 10 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMARECHAL OLIVIER EURLISAAC MICHAEL FRETT

In-app purchases

4 purchases

NovaTech

One-time4
  • Starter pack$0.99
  • Quantum Pack$1.99
  • Synapse Pack$2.99
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  • VIP Pass$3.99
6 purchases

Idle Space Mining

One-time6
  • Dark Matter Cache$1.99
  • Temporal Shunt$2.99
  • Deep Cryo Vault$3.99
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  • Dark Matter Flask$4.99
  • Overclock$4.99
  • Dark Matter Reservoir$9.99

Questions

Is NovaTech free?
NovaTech is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Space Mining free?
Idle Space Mining is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NovaTech or Idle Space Mining have ads?
Both NovaTech and Idle Space Mining show ads.
Which is updated more often, NovaTech or Idle Space Mining?
NovaTech ships an update every 10 days, and Idle Space Mining every 10 days. Most recently, NovaTech was updated on October 31, 2026 and Idle Space Mining on November 10, 2026.

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