Comparison

UPTIME vs Idle Analyst

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

Head to head
About

UPTIME

Features
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Your phone is a datacenter. Keep it alive. UPTIME is an idle/incremental game with a twist: the whole screen is a real ops console. Tap to serve requests, build infrastructure for passive revenue… then drop everything when the pager rings. ACTIVE INCIDENTS — not your average idle When things break, you don't just watch. DIAGNOSE the failing service from live logs, run the RUNBOOK in the right order, then STABILIZE before uptime hits zero. Every second of downtime costs you. BUILD AND SCALE From a single bare-metal server to planet-scale: load balancers, Kubernetes, CDNs, edge, satellite uplinks and beyond. 14 tiers of infrastructure, your datacenter visualized rack by rack. CLIMB THE LADDER 13 SRE career ranks, from Junior to Uptime Immortal. Resolve incidents, earn promotions, prove yourself in SEV0 gauntlets. PRESTIGE FOREVER Migrate your architecture for permanent multipliers, then found new startups for Equity. The growth never ends. HARDCORE MODE Separate save, brutal incidents, moving QTEs, rack thermals and meltdowns. For those who want the pager from hell — with exclusive cosmetic rewards. LEGENDARY INCIDENTS Rare, named outages (BGP Hijack, Certificate Apocalypse, DNS Doomsday…) with a unique Triage Storm climax. MAKE IT YOURS 20+ unlockable themes with live effects. Game Center leaderboards and achievements. Dozens of secrets to find. FAIR BY DESIGN No pay-to-win. Ever. In-app purchases are cosmetic only; ads are opt-in and rewarded. The game plays exactly the same whether you spend or not. Built for anyone who's ever been on call — and anyone who likes watching numbers go up. Stay green.

About

Idle Analyst

A relaxed incremental game where you build and automate a spreadsheet. Grow your workbook with formulas, unlock new features, and optimize your strategy for endless progression. Enjoy offline earnings and a satisfying refactoring mechanic.

Highlights
  • Build formula cells
  • Unlock new sheets
  • Automate with AutoFill
  • Refactor for permanent Insights
  • Offline progress
  • Chase achievements
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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 — faster and stronger than before. WHAT YOU'LL DO • Build a grid of living formula cells — references, sums, averages, lookups, randomness, and conditional logic that rewards clever play • Unlock new columns and entire sheets as your workbook grows • Automate the busywork with AutoFill once you've earned it • Refactor to bank permanent Insights that multiply everything • Keep earning while you're away with offline progress • Chase achievements and archive every workbook you outgrow A career's worth of progression, told one milestone at a time — 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

UPTIME4 screens
Idle Analyst3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Idle Analyst at none against UPTIME's shown. Idle Analyst also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). UPTIME's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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. UPTIME sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Analyst sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UPTIME ships an update every 4 days, Idle Analyst every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
UPTIME versus Idle Analyst: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUPTIMEIdle Analyst
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMathieu VigneRobert Rice

In-app purchases

4 purchases

UPTIME

One-time4
  • Cyber Pack$2.99
  • Cosmic Pack$2.99
  • Cozy Pack$2.99
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  • Supporter - Enterprise Plan$3.99
2 purchases

Idle Analyst

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

Questions

Is UPTIME free?
UPTIME 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 UPTIME or Idle Analyst have ads?
UPTIME shows ads; Idle Analyst does not.
Which is updated more often, UPTIME or Idle Analyst?
UPTIME ships an update every 4 days, and Idle Analyst every 3 weeks. Most recently, UPTIME was updated on November 5, 2026 and Idle Analyst on October 31, 2026.

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