Comparison

Idle Space Mining vs The MachinEGG Idle Clicker

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

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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.

About

The MachinEGG Idle Clicker

Build an absurd egg empire in this idle clicker game. Automate your farm with visible machines and constant upgrades, transforming it into an increasingly efficient poultry production system. Enjoy casual progress with satisfying visual changes and multiple game modes.

Highlights
  • Visible farm transformation with upgrades
  • Egg production and chicken management
  • Automation of farm work
  • Idle clicker progression
  • Pixel art style
  • Multiple game modes
Features
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Tired of boring button games where you only watch numbers go up? Fed up with incremental games that promise progress... but barely show you anything? In The MachinEGG, your farm does not just improve: it transforms. You start with one chicken, a few eggs and a simple idea: produce, sell and upgrade. But soon that little farm becomes an increasingly efficient system, full of chickens, machines, automation and decisions that probably were not supervised enough. Buy chickens. Produce eggs. Sell more. Upgrade the farm. Automate the work. Then buy another chicken, because you almost always need another chicken. The MachinEGG is an incremental idle clicker game that combines egg production, farm simulation, casual progress, light tycoon gameplay and visual automation. Here, upgrades are not just numbers on a screen. When you unlock conveyor belts, autofill, quality stamps or new machines, the farm changes. Every upgrade is visible. Every system comes to life. Every egg becomes part of an increasingly absurd poultry machine. In The MachinEGG you will find: - Clear and satisfying idle clicker progress. - Chickens, eggs and constant upgrades. - Automation to reduce manual work. - Visible machines that transform the farm. - Simple pixel art style. - Casual sessions to progress at your own pace. - Several game modes to replay with new strategies. It is not just a button game. It is not just a farm. It is a small egg-producing machine that, for some reason, you have decided to optimize to the end. The MachinEGG. More eggs. More machines. More chickens.

Screenshots

Idle Space Mining4 screens
The MachinEGG Idle Clicker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Idle Space Mining at 4.3 against The MachinEGG Idle Clicker's 4.0. The MachinEGG Idle Clicker's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Idle Space Mining holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Idle Space Mining versus The MachinEGG Idle Clicker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Space MiningThe MachinEGG Idle Clicker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperISAAC MICHAEL FRETTJose Carceles

In-app purchases

None

Idle Space Mining

No in-app purchases

None

The MachinEGG Idle Clicker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idle Space Mining free?
Idle Space Mining is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The MachinEGG Idle Clicker free?
The MachinEGG Idle Clicker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Idle Space Mining or The MachinEGG Idle Clicker?
Idle Space Mining is rated higher. Idle Space Mining averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while The MachinEGG Idle Clicker averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Idle Space Mining or The MachinEGG Idle Clicker have ads?
Both Idle Space Mining and The MachinEGG Idle Clicker show ads.

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