Comparison

Idle Bonsai vs Deepforge

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

Head to head
About

Idle Bonsai

A relaxing incremental game where you cultivate a unique, procedurally generated bonsai tree. Care for your tree by watering and pruning, and watch it grow even when you're offline. Sell your finished creations to start new, distinct trees.

Highlights
  • Unique procedurally generated trees
  • Offline growth mechanics
  • Watering and pruning gameplay
  • Sell and collect finished bonsai
  • Calm and relaxing experience
Features
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Every bonsai you grow is one of a kind. Idle Bonsai is a calm incremental game about tending a tree that's genuinely yours. Each tree grows procedurally — branch by branch, shaped by how you water, prune, and care for it. No two ever grow the same. It grows while you're away. Check in for a quiet minute of pruning, set things in motion, and come back to find your tree taller, fuller, and a little more itself. No timers begging you to return — your bonsai just grows. Shape it. Sell it. Start again. When a tree's story is done, score it, sell it, and begin a new one — every finished bonsai is remembered in your collection, and every new seed grows differently.

About

Deepforge

Embark on a relaxing idle mining adventure. Dig through endless layers, hire and upgrade miners, and grow a vast skill tree to earn riches even while offline. Reset your progress for permanent boosts and play your way with optional ads.

Highlights
  • Endless mining layers
  • Hire and assign miners
  • Extensive 538-skill tree
  • Offline earnings
  • Ascend for permanent boosts
  • Optional ads for boosts
Features
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Grab a pickaxe and start digging. Deepforge is a relaxing idle mining game where every tap, every miner and every upgrade takes you deeper. DIG DEEPER Break through layer after layer of an endless mine, from topsoil to granite, basalt and beyond. Every layer has its own ore, and deeper ore is worth more. Watch for rich veins and Motherlodes worth three times as much. BUILD YOUR CREW Hire miners and put them to work where they earn the most, or let Auto Assign do it for you. Unlock more slots and watch your crew swing away. GROW A HUGE SKILL TREE Spend your cash on a 538-skill tree with six branches: miner speed, ore value, tap power, dig speed, offline earnings and more. Unlock keystones for big permanent jumps. EARN WHILE YOU'RE AWAY Your miners keep digging when you close the game. Come back to a pile of cash waiting for you. ASCEND Reset your mine for permanent Paragon levels that make every future run faster. PLAY YOUR WAY Ads are always optional: watch one only if you want a boost, a bigger ore cart haul or double offline earnings. Or get the one-time Foreman Pass to skip every ad and earn 50% more offline.

Screenshots

Idle Bonsai3 screens
Deepforge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Deepforge at every 2 days against Idle Bonsai's every 9 days. Idle Bonsai's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Idle Bonsai sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Deepforge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Idle Bonsai against 5.0 for Deepforge. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Bonsai ships an update every 9 days, Deepforge every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Idle Bonsai versus Deepforge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle BonsaiDeepforge
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB73 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNordeste Digital LLC10XGames LLC

Customer experience

Idle Bonsai

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Deepforge

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Idle Bonsai

One-time6
  • Handful of Gems$1.99
  • Disable Ads$3.99
  • Bag of Gems$4.99
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  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Chest of Gems$9.99
  • Epic Pack$19.99
1 purchases

Deepforge

One-time1
  • Foreman Pass$4.99

Questions

Is Idle Bonsai free?
Idle Bonsai is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deepforge free?
Deepforge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Idle Bonsai or Deepforge?
Idle Bonsai and Deepforge are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Idle Bonsai or Deepforge have ads?
Both Idle Bonsai and Deepforge show ads.
Which is updated more often, Idle Bonsai or Deepforge?
Idle Bonsai ships an update every 9 days, and Deepforge every 2 days. Most recently, Idle Bonsai was updated on October 31, 2026 and Deepforge on October 31, 2026.

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