Comparison

Orbit vs Bee Idle

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

Head to head
About

Orbit

Features
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Your solar system isn't going to explore itself. Orbit is a chill idle merge tycoon where things keep growing while you're off living your life. Tap to spawn glowing orbs, drag-select a satisfying cluster, and merge them into rarer, brighter combinations. Passive income trickles in. You reinvest. You upgrade. And when you've milked a world dry, you prestige. Prestige wipes the board, locks in a permanent income multiplier, and launches you to the next planet. From the eerie void of Deep Space, past a scorching Sun, through rocky inner planets, all the way out to the cold blue edge of Neptune. Ten worlds, each with its own palette, particles, and vibe. A one-time Remove Ads purchase is available, but rewarded boosts always stay opt-in. Designed end-to-end for iOS 26. Made in Norway by OLIKAB

About

Bee Idle

Build a thriving honey empire from a single bee. Tap to gather resources, upgrade your hive, and sell honey. Enjoy offline earnings and unlock new varieties and systems as you progress.

Highlights
  • Cozy idle gameplay loop
  • Hundreds of upgrades
  • Multiple honey varieties and Prestige tiers
  • Offline earnings
  • Extensive endgame content
  • Home Screen widget and Siri shortcuts
Features
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Bee Idle is a cozy idle game about turning a single bee into a buzzing honey empire. Tap to gather honey, let your swarm fill the combs, and sell it at your little market stall. Spend your gold on upgrades, buy more bees, and watch your hive grow – comb by comb, variety by variety. Best of all: your Night Swarm keeps working while you're offline. Come back and collect a sweet honey payday. When you're ready, ascend to a brand-new honey variety with a permanent bonus. Fourteen varieties await, from humble Blossom honey to legendary Ambrosia – and beyond them, ten mythic varieties for those who want to go deeper. Go further with a Prestige to unlock whole new systems: a honey factory, research & breeding, trade routes, your own beekeepers, and a sprawling honey empire. In the endgame, the Golden Eras await: automatons take over the routine, trials challenge you with handicaps, essences make every variety stronger – and in the Swarm Flight, your queen moves out with half the colony to start anew. FEATURES • Pure cozy idle – tap, gather, sell, upgrade, repeat • Hundreds of upgrades for combs, bees, market and research • 14 honey varieties to ascend through plus 10 mythic ones, each with its own look and bonus • Five Prestige tiers: factory, research, logistics, operations, empire • A long endgame: automatons with your own rules, trials, essences, Royal Decrees and the Swarm Flight • Offline earnings – your Night Swarm keeps working while you sleep • 111 achievements, each granting a permanent Honey Blessing bonus, plus an album with 31 stickers • Home Screen widget and Siri shortcuts for a quick look at your hive • Handmade, buttery-smooth custom art and animation • Fully localized in English and German • No accounts, no tracking, no ads – everything stays on your device Sweet, calm, and endlessly satisfying. Grab a jar and start buzzing!

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
Bee Idle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bee Idle at none against Orbit's 1. Bee Idle also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. Orbit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bee Idle asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Orbit versus Bee Idle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitBee Idle
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOliver KabicekNathanael Sommer

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Orbit

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
None

Bee Idle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bee Idle free?
Bee Idle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orbit or Bee Idle have ads?
Orbit shows ads; Bee Idle does not.

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