Comparison

Idle Ages vs Kessler Orbit

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

Head to head
About

Idle Ages

Build an empire across thousands of years of history, from ancient Sumer to the Han Dynasty. Summon legendary heroes to boost your production and manage your ages. The game continues to generate resources even when you're away.

Highlights
  • Progress through 30 historical ages
  • Summon 115 legendary heroes
  • Offline progress and resource generation
  • Manage ages with managers
  • Participate in special events
  • Climb leaderboards
Features
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Five thousand years of history, working for you. It starts with mud-brick huts in Sumer. Twenty-nine ages later you're running the Han Dynasty. And history isn't finished yet. Each age feeds the next. Grain from Sumer becomes gold in Akkad, becomes monuments in Egypt, becomes legions in Rome. SUMMON THE GREATS Gilgamesh. Cleopatra. Hammurabi. Ramses II. 115 heroes who double production, quicken cycles, or run an age for you. Legendaries hold sway over several at once. WALK AWAY. COME BACK RICHER. Give an age a manager and it keeps working with the app closed. Return to a fortune, reinvest in a minute, get on with your day. EVENTS Fresh empires with their own currencies and leaderboards. Climb, claim heroes, keep them for good.

About

Kessler Orbit

Features
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Every scale you hold becomes a single point on the next. Kessler Orbit starts where every defence game starts: one planet, and things falling toward it. Then it zooms out. Hold Earth's orbit and it collapses into a point on the map of the Moon. Hold that, and it becomes a coordinate on its way around the Sun. Five scales, one set of rules. FIVE SCALES Orbit - Earth and its three shells: LEO, MEO, GEO. Cislunar - the Moon and its Lagrange points, turning together. Inner system - Venus, Mars and the asteroid belt. New stations fly on transfer orbits. Solar system - Jupiter and Saturn bend every path that comes close. Neighbourhood - the nearest stars. Every order you give travels at the speed of light. SIX STATIONS, SIX DIALS EACH Lasers burn through one target at a time. Railguns kill big rocks - and shatter them into swarms, the Kessler cascade. Nets catch the swarms. Flak bursts over whole clouds. Tugs never destroy: they push an object past, and it comes back later, lighter. Interceptors hunt far beyond any gun's reach. Every station has six dials, and every dial shows its value now and after the upgrade, before you pay. MOONS AND PLANETS Tap the Moon, Mars or Jupiter and build up its base: mining, a battery of its own, and reach. WHAT YOU BUILT STAYS On the next scale, everything below is your shield - exactly as strong as you made it. Two thirds of your research travel up with you. REAL DISTANCES, ABSTRACT VIEW Fine lines, points and coordinates: L4 sixty degrees ahead of the Moon, Mars at 1.52 AU, Alpha Centauri at 4.37 light years. The only thing drawn the way it looks is Earth. FAIR No ads. No loot boxes. Gems buy time - speed, a second chance after a defeat, gold from the freighter. Nothing is locked behind a purchase. SUPPLY LINE SUBSCRIPTION Supply Line - EUR 4.99 per month (price varies by region). Delivers gems and gold every day and unlocks 3x speed while it runs. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://brandeed.de/kessler-datenschutz Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Idle Ages4 screens
Kessler Orbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kessler Orbit at daily against Idle Ages's every 9 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Idle Ages sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Kessler Orbit sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Ages ships an update every 9 days, Kessler Orbit daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Idle Ages versus Kessler Orbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle AgesKessler Orbit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size254 MB6 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperOogzy Entertainment LLCSebastian Muehlbauer

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Idle Ages

One-time4
  • Sprinkle of Diamonds$0.99
  • Handful of Diamonds$4.99
  • Pile of Diamonds$9.99
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  • Hoard of Diamonds$19.99
10 purchases

Kessler Orbit

Subscriptions1
  • Supply Line$3.991 Month
One-time9
  • Handful of Gems$1.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
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  • Bag of Gems$8.99
  • Arsenal Pack$12.99
  • Crate of Gems$17.99
  • Cargo of Gems$44.99
  • Command Pack$44.99
  • Convoy of Gems$89.99

Questions

Is Idle Ages free?
Idle Ages is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kessler Orbit free?
Kessler Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Idle Ages or Kessler Orbit have ads?
Neither Idle Ages nor Kessler Orbit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Idle Ages or Kessler Orbit?
Idle Ages ships an update every 9 days, and Kessler Orbit daily. Most recently, Idle Ages was updated on October 31, 2026 and Kessler Orbit on October 29, 2026.

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