Comparison

BONK vs Aethel Idle

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

Head to head
About

BONK

Features
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BONK : Crée ton Bonk, envoie-le au combat, regarde-le casser des têtes. LE JEU Bonk est un auto-battler asynchrone inspiré des classiques du genre. Tu crées ton Bonk — nom, famille (12 styles : guerrier, ninja, paladin, sorcière, viking, druide, gobelin, et plus), palette de couleurs unique. Chaque jour, tu débloques 6 combats automatiques. Tu choisis ton adversaire parmi 3, tu lances, et tu regardes ton Bonk se battre tout seul. Pas de skill à activer, pas de quick-time event — c'est ton équipement, tes stats et un peu de chance qui décident. LA RECETTE QUOTIDIENNE - 6 combats par jour : la rareté crée le rituel. Reviens demain. - 4 stats clés : Résistance, Force, Agilité, Vitesse — chacune avec un rôle distinct (vie, dégâts, esquive, initiative). - 19 armes débloquées au level-up : épées, masses, faux, fléaux, javelots, lances barbelées, gantelets d'os. - 13 techniques passives + 8 passifs de famille : esquiveur, peau de fer, bourreau, contre-attaque, second souffle. - 10 compagnons : panthère, loup givré, dragonnet, hibou, sanglier, cerf, et plus. - Boss hebdomadaire : un adversaire plus costaud, une seule tentative par semaine. - Classement mondial, parrainage d'élèves, cimetière pour tes Bonks tombés. PAS DE CHOIX AU LEVEL-UP Pas de "choisis ta récompense". Le jeu te tire au hasard une stat, une arme, une technique ou un compagnon. Comme à l'ancienne. Tes seules décisions de gameplay sont la création initiale et le choix de l'adversaire. REPLAYS X2 / X4 Chaque combat se rejoue à 1x, 2x ou 4x. Skip si tu veux le résultat direct. VIE PRIVÉE Bonk synchronise ton classement, tes filleuls et la résolution des combats via un serveur sécurisé. Authentification anonyme par défaut — aucun email demandé, aucune publicité, aucun tracking publicitaire, aucune revente de données. Possibilité de supprimer ton compte à tout moment depuis les Réglages. Inspiré de l'âge d'or des navigateurs Flash. Identité, mécaniques et illustrations 100 % originales.

About

Aethel Idle

Embark on a long-term fantasy idle RPG adventure with 21 distinct skills to master. Progress even when the app is closed, engage in combat with multiple styles, and explore a world filled with lore and challenges. Trade with other players and join clans for a rich multiplayer experience.

Highlights
  • 21 unique skills to master
  • Idle progression while offline
  • Deep combat system with gear ladders
  • Player-driven marketplace
  • Clan and friend system
  • Extensive world exploration
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Aethel Idle is a fantasy idle RPG about the long haul. Pick a skill, start working, and keep making progress — while you watch, and while the app is closed. There is no energy bar, no timer telling you to come back tomorrow, and no ads. TWENTY-ONE SKILLS Chop, mine, fish and hunt. Cook, smith, craft, fletch and brew. Grow crops, bind runes, pick locks. Every skill has its own screen, its own recipes and its own mastery to deepen — and they feed each other, so the ore you mine becomes the sword you fight with. FIGHT YOUR WAY Melee, ranged and magic each have a full gear ladder, and enemies have weaknesses worth exploiting. Save equipment loadouts and let the game swap to the right one automatically. Raise an altar and earn Devotion for blessings that turn a losing fight around. A WORLD WITH SOMETHING IN IT 16 open combat regions and 20 dungeons, from a quiet overgrown common to places that have gone very wrong. 240 creatures to learn and kill. 65 quests that tell a story about what happened to this world, rather than just handing you a checklist. Take contracts from the hunters' lodge for targets and rewards you won't find elsewhere. PROGRESS WHILE YOU'RE AWAY Close the app and your character keeps working. Come back to a pile of logs, ore or loot. This isn't an estimate — the game replays the time you were gone, tick by tick, so what you earn is exactly what you would have earned watching. PLAY TOGETHER, OR DON'T Found or join a clan, chat with your members, and build an emblem. Add friends and message them. Climb the hiscores and compare any skill against every other player, then dig into anyone's profile to see how they got there. Or ignore all of it — nothing here needs another person. BUILT TO RESPECT YOU No ads. No pop-ups begging you to rate it. Seventeen in-game guide books that tell you how things actually work instead of hiding it in a wiki. Optional reminders when something finishes. Your progress is saved to our servers, so it follows you between devices. Aethel Idle is in active development and we ship updates constantly. There's a Community tab in-game with the changelog and player polls, because the people playing it should get a say in where it goes.

Screenshots

BONK4 screens
Aethel Idle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BONK at none against Aethel Idle's 7. Aethel Idle's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Aethel Idle sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. BONK asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BONK ships an update every 2 months, Aethel Idle every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BONK versus Aethel Idle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBONKAethel Idle
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size388 MB94 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSami HeddidJoshua Coonce

In-app purchases

None

BONK

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Aethel Idle

One-time7
  • Handful of Crowns$0.99
  • Adventurer's Bundle$3.99
  • Pouch of Crowns$4.99
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  • Chest of Crowns$9.99
  • Founder's Pack$9.99
  • Vault of Crowns$19.99
  • Royal Hoard$49.99

Questions

Is BONK free?
BONK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aethel Idle free?
Aethel Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BONK or Aethel Idle have ads?
Neither BONK nor Aethel Idle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BONK or Aethel Idle?
BONK ships an update every 2 months, and Aethel Idle every 2 weeks. Most recently, BONK was updated on November 5, 2026 and Aethel Idle on November 10, 2026.

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