Bee Idle vs Dewling
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Bee Idle
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BeeIdle 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 โ 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. Go further with a great Ascension to unlock whole new systems: a honey factory, research & breeding, trade routes, your own beekeepers, and a sprawling honey empire. FEATURES โข Pure cozy idle โ tap, gather, sell, upgrade, repeat โข Hundreds of upgrades for combs, bees, market and research โข 14 honey varieties to ascend through, each with its own look and bonus โข Deep prestige layers: factory, research, logistics, operations, empire โข Offline earnings โ your Night Swarm keeps working while you sleep โข 111 achievements, each granting a permanent Honey Blessing bonus โข Handmade, buttery-smooth custom art and animation โข Fully localized in English and German โข No accounts, no tracking, no ads โ everything stays on your device Sweet, calm, and endlessly satisfying. Grab a jar and start buzzing!
Dewling
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Dewling is a tiny daily ritual: water your tree with one tap a day, and watch it grow. That's the whole game โ and that's the point. - ONE TAP A DAY Open the app, tap your tree, done. Watering is always free. Your Dewling grows through twelve stages over a hundred days, one day at a time. - EVERY TREE IS ONE OF A KIND Your tree's shape is grown from the day you planted it โ no two Dewlings ever look the same. - MISS A DAY? DEW DROPS Skip a day and your tree wilts. A Dew Drop revives it and keeps your streak alive. You earn them as your tree reaches new milestones. - THE GROVE REMEMBERS Lost trees aren't gone โ they're preserved in your Grove, at the height they reached. Every streak leaves something behind. - A GENTLE NUDGE, NEVER MORE One optional reminder a day, at a time you choose. No guilt-tripping, no spam. If a tree withers, we won't nag you about it. - SHARE YOUR STREAK Show off day 50 with a share card of your actual tree. FAIR BY DESIGN โข No forced ads, ever โ only optional rewarded ads you choose to watch โข No account, no sign-up, your data stays on your device โข One optional one-time supporter purchase โ that's it Plant your seed today. See you tomorrow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bee Idle at none against Dewling's 1. Bee Idle also leads on ads (none vs shown). Dewling's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Dewling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bee Idle asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bee Idle ships an update every 10 days, Dewling every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bee Idle | Dewling |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days โ better |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nathanael Sommer | Levente Szasz |
In-app purchases
Bee Idle
No in-app purchases
Dewling
- Support the Grove$2.99









