Comparison

Kardashev Idle 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

Kardashev Idle

An incremental idle game where you guide humanity's technological advancement from Earth to galactic mastery. Progress through civilization types, unlock upgrades, and automate resource production to scale energy output across the cosmos. Your civilization grows even when you're offline.

Highlights
  • Progress through civilization types (0, I, II, III)
  • Dozens of upgrades and milestones
  • Idle mechanics for offline growth
  • Prestige system for enhanced progression
  • Sci-fi universe inspired by real science
Features
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Grow a civilization from its first campfire to the omniverse. Kardashev Idle is a space idle clicker inspired by the Kardashev Scale. Tap to generate energy, buy producers that work automatically, and unlock upgrades that power your next ascension. EIGHT CIVILIZATION TYPES Begin at Type 0 and advance through Type VII. Watch your world change from a primitive planet to a stellar civilization, a galaxy, and beyond. The later tiers extend into science-fiction universes and the omniverse. TAP, BUILD, AND AUTOMATE Build up your energy production and choose which producers and upgrades to buy next. Tap for combos and critical hits, then let your producers keep working between visits. ASCEND AND GROW STRONGER Reach each civilization's energy goal to ascend. Unlock a new world, new producers, and permanent production bonuses. Earlier civilizations continue contributing through the legacy system. MORE REASONS TO RETURN Complete daily missions, unlock achievements, and collect relics. Explore the pixel-art map, build megaprojects, and defend your civilization against space crises from Type II onward. Unlock daily rewards with the monthly pass. Collect stored production when you return, within the game's offline earnings cap. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE To change language, open the in-game menu and tap the language row marked PT or EN. How far will your civilization go?

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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Tap an asteroid. Build a mining empire. Then destroy it — and come back stronger. IDLE SPACE MINING is an idle game about scale. You start hand-mining ore from a bare rock. You end up rewriting local physics so the ore was always there. BUILD THE COLONY Twenty-six machines, from a rickety Drone Hangar to the Terminus Drillhead. Each one runs its own harvest cycle — watch the bars fill, watch the ore land. Every 10 you own doubles that machine's output, and every tier lifts the one beneath it. CHOOSE YOUR DOCTRINE At each tier you pick ONE of three paths and forfeit the other two. Triple your early generators, or cut the price of everything, or tighten your milestones. There is no right answer — and you re-decide every single run. ASCEND When growth stalls, collapse the whole colony into a singularity. You lose your ore, your generators, your tech. You keep DARK MATTER — and every scrap you have ever earned makes you permanently stronger. Dark Matter is deliberately scarce. Each one matters. HEAT DEATH Then there's the prestige above prestige. Let the universe run down, trade everything — even your Dark Matter — for Star Shards, and buy upgrades that survive the end of everything. TAKE ON CHALLENGES Mine with no hands. Run with triple-length cycles. Build with only three generator types. Beat one and keep the bonus forever. CATCH COMETS Comets drift past while you play. Tap one for a lump of ore or a burst of production. EARN WHILE YOU SLEEP Your colony keeps mining when the app is closed. Come back to a pile. One optional ad, and only if you want it: watch a Supply Drop for double production for four hours. No banners, no interstitials, nothing that interrupts play. No energy timers, no countdown "offers". Just numbers going up, forever.

Screenshots

Kardashev Idle4 screens
Idle Space Mining4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Idle Space Mining at 4.3 against Kardashev Idle's 3.0. Idle Space Mining also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Kardashev Idle sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Space Mining asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Space Mining holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kardashev Idle ships an update every 6 days, Idle Space Mining weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Kardashev Idle versus Idle Space Mining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKardashev IdleIdle Space Mining
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (6 ratings)4.3 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarlos KasperISAAC MICHAEL FRETT

Customer experience

Kardashev Idle

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Idle Space Mining

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Kardashev Idle

One-time8
  • Handful of Crystals$0.99
  • Monthly Pass$1.99
  • Unlock All Pass Days$1.99
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  • Crystal Offer$2.49
  • Complete Pass$2.99
  • Bag of Crystals$4.99
  • Chest of Crystals$9.99
  • Vault of Crystals$19.99
None

Idle Space Mining

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kardashev Idle free?
Kardashev Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Space Mining free?
Idle Space Mining is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kardashev Idle or Idle Space Mining?
Idle Space Mining is rated higher. Kardashev Idle averages 3.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Idle Space Mining averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Kardashev Idle or Idle Space Mining have ads?
Both Kardashev Idle and Idle Space Mining show ads.
Which is updated more often, Kardashev Idle or Idle Space Mining?
Kardashev Idle ships an update every 6 days, and Idle Space Mining weekly. Most recently, Kardashev Idle was updated on November 9, 2026 and Idle Space Mining on November 5, 2026.

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