OpenIdle vs Tidepool Tycoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
OpenIdle
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You've got a laptop, a credit card, and an opinion about AGI. Time to found your own AI lab. OpenIdle is a satirical idle game about the race to artificial general intelligence ā and the way the finish line keeps politely moving. Found a company in a garage, train a model lineage, hire a workforce, generate hype, and allocate compute, data, and influence as you climb toward a post-AGI prestige loop. Hire, ship, hype, rebalance, and watch the target move with institutional grace. Cross an AGI goalpost and the definition quietly advances. Prestige, refound, and run the same race a little sharper. The numbers go up. The goalposts go further. - Bootstrap an AI lab from a garage to a sprawling research org - Train a model line with a personality ā and opinions - Split compute, data, and influence across competing priorities - Ride market events, generate hype, ship on schedule - Cross AGI goalposts that refuse to hold still - Prestige into a faster, stranger version of the loop All companies and models depicted are fictional. The compute, tokens, alignment budgets, and moving goalposts they abstract are not. The treadmill, as far as we can tell, is perpetual.
Tidepool Tycoon
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Tap a tidepool, build a harbor, watch it come alive. Tidepool Tycoon is a cozy idle tycoon where you grow a tiny tidal cove into a bustling seaside harbor ā fishing huts, kelp farms, a glowing tidepool aquarium, a lighthouse, and more, each earning Shells on their own, even while you're away. HOW IT WORKS ⢠Place and upgrade buildings along the shore ā each earns Shells every second ⢠Tap buildings for bonus collections on top of your passive income ⢠Come back later to a "Welcome Back" haul of everything you earned while gone ⢠"Set Sail" to reset your cove for a permanent production boost ā and unlock a brand new look for the whole harbor A LIVING WORLD, NOT JUST A SPREADSHEET ⢠Shimmering, animated water and a slow day-to-night lighting cycle ⢠Gulls wheel overhead, crabs scuttle the shoreline, dolphins leap offshore ⢠Drag every building ā and every decoration ā anywhere you like. It's your cove, arranged your way ⢠Set Sail through four hand-illustrated biomes: Dawn Cove, Sunset Harbor, Moonlit Bay, and Aurora Tide BUILT TO RESPECT YOUR TIME ⢠Full offline progress ā your harbor never stops earning ⢠Daily streaks reward you for just checking in ⢠Free to play, with fair optional extras: remove ads, boost your offline earnings, or join the Tidepool Club for an ongoing production boost ā never required to enjoy the game Plant your first fishing hut and see what your cove becomes. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenIdle at none against Tidepool Tycoon's 8. OpenIdle also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Tidepool Tycoon sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. OpenIdle asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | OpenIdle | Tidepool Tycoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No ā better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dawnsurfer Studios LLC | Tam Tran |
In-app purchases
OpenIdle
No in-app purchases
Tidepool Tycoon
- Tidepool Club$9.991 Month
- Pearl Pack - Small$0.99
- Castaway Pack$2.99
- Pearl Pack - Medium$4.99
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- Harbormaster Deed$6.99
- Pearl Pack - Large$9.99
- Founder's Chest$19.99
- Pearl Pack - Huge$19.99









