Comparison

Roach Outbreak vs Minamo Idle

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

Head to head
About

Roach Outbreak

Features
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Your phone has been infested. “Roach Outbreak” is an unconventional idle simulation game where you feed, hydrate, raise, and breed a colony hiding deep inside a dark crevice. What begins as a tiny colony soon grows out of control. Egg cases appear, nymphs hatch, and roaches multiply until the entire room is crawling. Disgusting. Yet impossible to look away. Before long, you may even find a favorite. 【RAISE AND MULTIPLY】 Leave food and water for your colony. Watch each roach eat, move, grow, and reproduce. How large can your infestation become? 【SHINE A LIGHT】 Point a light at the colony and watch them scatter in every direction. It is horrifyingly satisfying. 【CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE】 Name one special roach and track its size, growth, meals, and survival time throughout its life. 【COLLECT RARE ROACHES】 Discover Jet Black, Red Copper, Silver Back, Albino, Oil Slick, and the legendary Golden roach. Hatch special egg cases and complete your collection. 【BUILD YOUR OWN HIDEOUT】 Arrange scraps of paper, old receipts, empty boxes, and other hiding places. Unlock unsettling locations such as beneath the refrigerator, behind the kitchen shelf, and beside the tatami. 【RECORD YOUR OUTBREAK】 Track your largest colony, biggest roach, longest survivor, and fastest specimen. Capture your infested room and share it as an image. You hate them, but you cannot stop watching. You fear them, but you keep raising them. Begin your forbidden outbreak today.

About

Minamo Idle

Features
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A quiet pond to watch, a handful of fish to raise, and nowhere you need to be. Minamo is a gentle idle game about tending a koi pond at your own pace. ■ RAISE Grow seven kinds of fish, from tiny fry to the pond's great koi. Feed them for a temporary income boost, or simply let time pass — the pond keeps quietly ticking along even when you're away. ■ WATCH Morning, night, rain — the pond's mood shifts with the hours. Some fish only appear in the rain, others only after dark. Rare visitors drift in now and then, filling out your codex one encounter at a time. Play with sound or without. Just find a moment, and sit by the water.

Screenshots

Roach Outbreak4 screens
Minamo Idle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Minamo Idle at daily against Roach Outbreak's monthly. Minamo Idle also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roach Outbreak ships an update monthly, Minamo Idle daily. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Roach Outbreak versus Minamo Idle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoach OutbreakMinamo Idle
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.516.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB18 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developerkenshin miyamoto7tomatoes

In-app purchases

None

Roach Outbreak

No in-app purchases

None

Minamo Idle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roach Outbreak free?
Roach Outbreak is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Minamo Idle free?
Minamo Idle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Roach Outbreak or Minamo Idle have ads?
Both Roach Outbreak and Minamo Idle show ads.
Which is updated more often, Roach Outbreak or Minamo Idle?
Roach Outbreak ships an update monthly, and Minamo Idle daily. Most recently, Roach Outbreak was updated on October 13, 2026 and Minamo Idle on October 8, 2026.

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