Comparison

ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle vs Idle Space Mining

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

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About

ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle

Build a sweet ice cream empire by tapping to stack scoops and reinvesting in auto-scoopers. Unlock dreamy flavors and travel to beautiful worlds while earning coins even when you're away. This cozy idle game offers relaxing yet addictive gameplay.

Highlights
  • Tap to stack and sell ice cream scoops
  • Unlock 15 unique flavors
  • Travel across 6 distinct worlds
  • Earn coins while offline
  • Prestige system for permanent bonuses
  • Cozy, polished art style
  • Play online or offline
Features
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Welcome to Scoop Stack, the cozy idle game where every tap builds a sweeter empire. You start with a single cone on a sunny street corner. Tap to stack scoops, watch them sell for coins, then reinvest in auto-scoopers that keep the parlor running even while you're away. Before long you're running a whole ice cream business that earns around the clock. It's the perfect blend of relaxing and addictive. Calm enough to unwind with, satisfying enough that you'll keep saying "just one more upgrade." STACK AND SELL Tap to drop scoops onto the cone. Fill it, top it with a cherry, and it sells on its own. Build combos for a rush of bonus income — or hold with Steady Hands once you've unlocked it. UNLOCK 36 DREAMY FLAVORS From everyday Vanilla and Strawberry to Mango Tango, Matcha Swirl, Galaxy Swirl, Gold Leaf, Eternal Sundae, and mythic scoops beyond. Rarer flavors sell for much more, and your flavor collection stays with you forever. TRAVEL 18 BEAUTIFUL WORLDS Take your parlor from Sunny Street Corner to Beach Boardwalk, Harbor Wharf, Neon City Plaza, Starlight Fairgrounds, Tropical Island, Orbital Station, Crystal Cavern, and beyond. Each world is its own little scene with a unique look and bonus. FRANCHISE AND GROW Hit it big, then franchise to earn Stars that permanently speed up every future run. Worlds reset so you can re-travel the map; flavors stay unlocked. Chase daily treats, finish quests, and tick off goals for steady rewards. COMPETE AND BACK UP Name your parlor and climb live worldwide leaderboards. Add friends, join seasonal cups and clans, and optionally back up your save to the cloud — all without creating an account. EARNS WHILE YOU'RE AWAY True idle gameplay. Your auto-scoopers keep selling cones while the app is closed, so you come back to coins waiting to be collected. Optional rewarded ads can boost your run when you want them. COZY AND POLISHED Soft pastel art, gentle animations, and a relaxing feel. Progress saves on your device by default. Play fully offline, or hop online for Social when you're ready. Whether you've got two minutes in line or a whole evening to unwind, Scoop Stack is the comfy, endlessly satisfying idle game your sweet tooth has been waiting for. Start scooping. Your ice cream empire is one tap away.

About

Idle Space Mining

Build and expand a space mining empire through incremental upgrades and strategic choices. Reset your progress to gain permanent bonuses and achieve ultimate power. Earn resources even while offline.

Highlights
  • Incremental mining empire building
  • Strategic doctrine choices
  • Prestige system with Dark Matter
  • Permanent upgrades via Star Shards
  • Offline earnings
  • Challenging game modes
  • Comet catching events
Features
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Tap an asteroid. Build a mining empire. Then destroy it — and come back stronger. IDLE SPACE MINING is an idle game about scale. You start hand-mining ore from a bare rock. You end up rewriting local physics so the ore was always there. BUILD THE COLONY Twenty-six machines, from a rickety Drone Hangar to the Terminus Drillhead. Each one runs its own harvest cycle — watch the bars fill, watch the ore land. Every 10 you own doubles that machine's output, and every tier lifts the one beneath it. CHOOSE YOUR DOCTRINE At each tier you pick ONE of three paths and forfeit the other two. Triple your early generators, or cut the price of everything, or tighten your milestones. There is no right answer — and you re-decide every single run. ASCEND When growth stalls, collapse the whole colony into a singularity. You lose your ore, your generators, your tech. You keep DARK MATTER — and every scrap you have ever earned makes you permanently stronger. Dark Matter is deliberately scarce. Each one matters. HEAT DEATH Then there's the prestige above prestige. Let the universe run down, trade everything — even your Dark Matter — for Star Shards, and buy upgrades that survive the end of everything. TAKE ON CHALLENGES Mine with no hands. Run with triple-length cycles. Build with only three generator types. Beat one and keep the bonus forever. CATCH COMETS Comets drift past while you play. Tap one for a lump of ore or a burst of production. EARN WHILE YOU SLEEP Your colony keeps mining when the app is closed. Come back to a pile. One optional ad, and only if you want it: watch a Supply Drop for double production for four hours. No banners, no interstitials, nothing that interrupts play. No energy timers, no countdown "offers". Just numbers going up, forever.

Screenshots

ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle4 screens
Idle Space Mining4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle at ad-supported against Idle Space Mining's free with in-app purchases. ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle against 5.0 for Idle Space Mining. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle ships an update every 8 days, Idle Space Mining weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle versus Idle Space Mining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScoopStack Ice Cream IdleIdle Space Mining
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJAYSON BAO DINH DANGISAAC MICHAEL FRETT

Customer experience

ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Idle Space Mining

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle

No in-app purchases

None

Idle Space Mining

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle free?
ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Idle Space Mining free?
Idle Space Mining is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle or Idle Space Mining?
ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle and Idle Space Mining are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle or Idle Space Mining have ads?
Both ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle and Idle Space Mining show ads.
Which is updated more often, ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle or Idle Space Mining?
ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle ships an update every 8 days, and Idle Space Mining weekly. Most recently, ScoopStack Ice Cream Idle was updated on September 28, 2026 and Idle Space Mining on October 7, 2026.

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