Comparison

ClockmakersBench vs Idle Analyst

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

Head to head
About

ClockmakersBench

Features
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Pull up a stool at the Clockmaker's Bench. This is a calm, hands-on idle game about the slow craft of horology โ€” winding escapements, seating gears into half-built pocket watches, and listening to a whole shelf of finished mechanisms tick away. Start with a bare bench. Tap to wind the mainspring; each turn seats another gear into the movement on your workbench. Finish a watch and place it on the ticking shelf, where it runs on its own and earns coin tick after tick โ€” even while the app is closed. As coin flows in, master finer movements. Unlock the moonphase, then the chronograph, the gravity-defying tourbillon, and finally the perpetual calendar โ€” each grade more intricate, more valuable, and more beautiful on the shelf than the last. Patrons come calling, too. Accept a commission and one of your finished watches auto-ships to its owner overnight, paying coin plus patina โ€” a prestige currency you spend on permanent polish that lifts your whole workshop. What you'll do: - Tap to wind and watch gears click into place - Fill a ticking shelf that earns coin passively, even offline - Unlock five complication grades, from time-only to perpetual calendar - Fulfil patron commissions for coin and patina - Upgrade your winding power, automatic winder, shelf, and commission slots - Polish your workshop with patina for a permanent yield bonus Clockmaker's Bench is free to play and supported by occasional ads. You can watch an optional short video for a 30-minute taste of doubled yield, or unlock Master Horologist once to remove ads, double all coin and patina forever, and add two extra commission slots. No subscription โ€” a single purchase, restorable on any device. No timers nagging you, no fail states, no rush. Just the quiet satisfaction of a well-built mechanism and a shelf that keeps on ticking. Pull up a stool and start winding.

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Idle Analyst

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Every great analyst starts with a single empty cell. Idle Analyst is a relaxed incremental game about building a spreadsheet that quietly takes over your screen. Start with one humble formula, watch the numbers tick upward, and reinvest your output into smarter cells, bigger functions, and clever automation. Tap to grow your workbook, then sit back as it runs itself. The real game is optimization: which cell to upgrade next, when to lean on conditional logic, and exactly when to refactor and start fresh โ€” faster and stronger than before. WHAT YOU'LL DO โ€ข Build a grid of living formula cells โ€” references, sums, averages, lookups, randomness, and conditional logic that rewards clever play โ€ข Unlock new columns and entire sheets as your workbook grows โ€ข Automate the busywork with AutoFill once you've earned it โ€ข Refactor to bank permanent Insights that multiply everything โ€ข Keep earning while you're away with offline progress โ€ข Chase achievements and archive every workbook you outgrow A career's worth of progression, told one milestone at a time โ€” from your very first assignment to things no spreadsheet was ever meant to do. No timers nagging you. No pressure. Just numbers going up, a workbook getting smarter, and that perfect "one more refactor" feeling. Grab a coffee. Open the workbook. Watch it climb.

Screenshots

ClockmakersBench4 screens
Idle Analyst3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Idle Analyst at none against ClockmakersBench's shown. Idle Analyst also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). ClockmakersBench's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. ClockmakersBench sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Idle Analyst sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ClockmakersBench ships an update every 5 days, Idle Analyst every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
ClockmakersBench versus Idle Analyst: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClockmakersBenchIdle Analyst
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian PedersenRobert Rice

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ClockmakersBench

One-time1
  • Clockmaker's Bench Lifetime$4.99
2 purchases

Idle Analyst

One-time2
  • Offline Boost$1.99
  • Analyst Pro$3.99

Questions

Is ClockmakersBench free?
ClockmakersBench is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Analyst free?
Idle Analyst is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ClockmakersBench or Idle Analyst have ads?
ClockmakersBench shows ads; Idle Analyst does not.
Which is updated more often, ClockmakersBench or Idle Analyst?
ClockmakersBench ships an update every 5 days, and Idle Analyst every 3 weeks. Most recently, ClockmakersBench was updated on October 17, 2026 and Idle Analyst on October 7, 2026.

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