Comparison

Idle Mage Academy vs Everburn

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

Head to head
About

Idle Mage Academy

Rise from a failing student to a legendary archmage through idle training and strategic growth. Your spells and rewards accumulate even when you're offline. Progress through the academy, unlock new abilities, and compete globally.

Highlights
  • Idle growth and offline rewards
  • Webnovel-style narrative
  • Unlock new spells and dungeons
  • Library research for permanent buffs
  • Duel Club for tactical combat
  • Rebirth system for endless progression
  • Global online ranking
Features
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"I was the worst dropout at the academy. Then I turned back time to become an archmage." Start as the weakest failing student of the Mage Tower and rise, one log line at a time, into a legendary archmage. Your training never stops — even when the screen is off. ■ Idle growth — spells train themselves; rewards pile up while you're away. ■ Webnovel-style log — read your underdog's struggle unfold in real time. ■ Year 1 to Archmage — promotions unlock new spells, libraries, and dungeons. ■ Library research — gather Knowledge for permanent power-ups. ■ Duel Club — pick your tactics and outwit rivals. ■ Rebirth system — reach Archmage, return to school, and grow forever via Engravings. ■ Dimension dive & online ranking — compete worldwide for the deepest floor. Easy in one hand, endlessly deep. Enroll in the Mage Tower today.

About

Everburn

Survive the cold by foraging, hunting, and crafting in this text-based incremental survival game. Each life is short, but every death makes you stronger, allowing you to push deeper into a procedurally generated world. Automate actions and return to a burning fire, even when offline.

Highlights
  • Incremental survival gameplay
  • Text-based world exploration
  • Procedurally generated environments
  • Action automation
  • Offline progression
  • Roguelike progression system
Features
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You wake with no name and no past. Just a dying fire in front of you, and the cold pressing in from every side. Feed it. Forage in the dark, hunt what you can, craft what you need, and hold the cold off for one more night. You won't last long. That's the point. Everburn is a survival incremental about starting over. Every life is short, and every death teaches you something. You come back a little stronger, a little sharper, your fire catching faster than the last time. The wall that killed you becomes the ground you stand on. Death by death, you push deeper into the world. And it's a real world. The whole game is text: words on a screen and a fire that spreads wider the longer you survive. You climb out of the woods into the valley, feel your way through the crystal caves, and reach colder, stranger places the deeper you go. Line up your actions and watch a life run itself. Automate what you've mastered. Close the app and the time is banked, so you always come back with something to spend. And it ends. There is a last chapter, a real one, and then you're done. The first chapters are free. One purchase opens the rest, and it's yours for good. No ads, no subscriptions, ever. How far can one life take you, when you've got as many as it takes?

Screenshots

Idle Mage Academy4 screens
Everburn4 screens

Verdict

The call

Idle Mage Academy and Everburn both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Idle Mage Academy's written reviews are positive against 33% of Everburn's. Idle Mage Academy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Everburn's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Everburn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Idle Mage Academy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Idle Mage Academy against 3.9 for Everburn. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Everburn has 37 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Idle Mage Academy's written reviews are positive against 33% of Everburn's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Mage Academy ships an update every 2 months, Everburn every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Idle Mage Academy versus Everburn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Mage AcademyEverburn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better3.9 (37 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings437 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB28 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSONGHWA CHAESaif Alesawy

Customer experience

Idle Mage Academy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Everburn

All ratings34 ratings
Positive70.6%
Neutral5.9%
Negative23.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Idle Mage Academy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Everburn

One-time1
  • Full Game$3.99

Questions

Is Idle Mage Academy free?
Idle Mage Academy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Everburn free?
Everburn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Idle Mage Academy or Everburn?
Idle Mage Academy is rated higher. Idle Mage Academy averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Everburn averages 3.9 from 37 ratings.
Do Idle Mage Academy or Everburn have ads?
Idle Mage Academy shows ads; Everburn does not.
Which is updated more often, Idle Mage Academy or Everburn?
Idle Mage Academy ships an update every 2 months, and Everburn every 11 days. Most recently, Idle Mage Academy was updated on October 31, 2026 and Everburn on October 31, 2026.

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