Comparison

Aethel Idle vs Pulldown Paladin

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

Head to head
About

Aethel Idle

Embark on a long-term fantasy idle RPG adventure with 21 distinct skills to master. Progress even when the app is closed, engage in combat with multiple styles, and explore a world filled with lore and challenges. Trade with other players and join clans for a rich multiplayer experience.

Highlights
  • 21 unique skills to master
  • Idle progression while offline
  • Deep combat system with gear ladders
  • Player-driven marketplace
  • Clan and friend system
  • Extensive world exploration
Features
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Aethel Idle is a fantasy idle RPG about the long haul. Pick a skill, start working, and keep making progress — while you watch, and while the app is closed. There is no energy bar, no timer telling you to come back tomorrow, and no ads. TWENTY-ONE SKILLS Chop, mine, fish and hunt. Cook, smith, craft, fletch and brew. Grow crops, bind runes, pick locks. Every skill has its own screen, its own recipes and its own mastery to deepen — and they feed each other, so the ore you mine becomes the sword you fight with. FIGHT YOUR WAY Melee, ranged and magic each have a full gear ladder, and enemies have weaknesses worth exploiting. Save equipment loadouts and let the game swap to the right one automatically. Raise an altar and earn Devotion for blessings that turn a losing fight around. A WORLD WITH SOMETHING IN IT 16 open combat regions and 20 dungeons, from a quiet overgrown common to places that have gone very wrong. 240 creatures to learn and kill. 65 quests that tell a story about what happened to this world, rather than just handing you a checklist. Take contracts from the hunters' lodge for targets and rewards you won't find elsewhere. PROGRESS WHILE YOU'RE AWAY Close the app and your character keeps working. Come back to a pile of logs, ore or loot. This isn't an estimate — the game replays the time you were gone, tick by tick, so what you earn is exactly what you would have earned watching. PLAY TOGETHER, OR DON'T Found or join a clan, chat with your members, and build an emblem. Add friends and message them. Climb the hiscores and compare any skill against every other player, then dig into anyone's profile to see how they got there. Or ignore all of it — nothing here needs another person. BUILT TO RESPECT YOU No ads. No pop-ups begging you to rate it. Seventeen in-game guide books that tell you how things actually work instead of hiding it in a wiki. Optional reminders when something finishes. Your progress is saved to our servers, so it follows you between devices. Aethel Idle is in active development and we ship updates constantly. There's a Community tab in-game with the changelog and player polls, because the people playing it should get a say in where it goes.

About

Pulldown Paladin

Features
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YOUR HERO LIVES IN YOUR NOTIFICATION BAR Pull down your notification shade and watch Kael, your paladin, battle in real time — even while you're busy with something else. Pulldown Paladin is an idle RPG built around one simple idea: your champion is always just one swipe away. HOW IT WORKS Kael fights automatically through endless zones and waves. The battle keeps running in a lightweight, battery-friendly background service, and your progress continues even when the app is closed. Come back later and collect everything you earned — long breaks even grant a return bonus. FEATURES - Notification-bar combat — a compact hero in the collapsed view, a full battle arena with HP bars when expanded - Offline progress — keep earning gold and XP while the app is closed - Endless zones and waves with tougher enemies and zone bosses - Weekly World Boss — chip away at a massive boss and unlock threshold rewards - Deep gear system — weapons, armor and trinkets from Common to Legendary, with set bonuses, elemental affinities and enchants - Forge — upgrade and enchant your equipment - Sockets and gems — fuse three matching gems into a stronger one - Skills, mastery tree, pets and dungeon expeditions - Rebirth, Echo tree and Ascension — layered permanent progression - Goals — long-term milestones with rewards - Daily Shop — three fresh deals every day - Achievements, daily quests, leaderboard and a season pass - Wardrobe — costumes and three characters (Warrior, Ninja, Mage) - Notification themes, auto-equip/auto-sell and a battery setting - Full English, Turkish, Russian and German support NO ADS Pulldown Paladin has no ads anywhere. Ever. OPTIONAL SUPPORTER PACK Love the game? The one-time Supporter Pack unlocks every costume (plus the exclusive Golden Guardian), the Ninja and Mage characters, 2× gold, a larger offline cap and automatic loot collection. It's completely optional — the full game is free. Download now, pull down, and let your paladin do the rest..

Screenshots

Aethel Idle4 screens
Pulldown Paladin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Aethel Idle at 3 against Pulldown Paladin's 1. On price, update cadence, 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. Aethel Idle sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Pulldown Paladin sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aethel Idle ships an update every 2 weeks, Pulldown Paladin every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Aethel Idle versus Pulldown Paladin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAethel IdlePulldown Paladin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB11 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperJoshua CoonceDogac Yagbasan

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Aethel Idle

One-time7
  • Handful of Crowns$0.99
  • Adventurer's Bundle$3.99
  • Pouch of Crowns$4.99
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  • Chest of Crowns$9.99
  • Founder's Pack$9.99
  • Vault of Crowns$19.99
  • Royal Hoard$49.99
10 purchases

Pulldown Paladin

One-time10
  • Lionheart Costume$0.99
  • Veteran Costume$0.99
  • Glintplate Costume$0.99
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  • Rotward Costume$0.99
  • Duelist Costume$0.99
  • Pale Hermit Costume$0.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Season Pass$1.99
  • Skin Pack$1.99
  • Supporter Pack$2.99

Questions

Is Aethel Idle free?
Aethel Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pulldown Paladin free?
Pulldown Paladin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Aethel Idle or Pulldown Paladin have ads?
Neither Aethel Idle nor Pulldown Paladin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aethel Idle or Pulldown Paladin?
Aethel Idle ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pulldown Paladin every 3 weeks. Most recently, Aethel Idle was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pulldown Paladin on October 22, 2026.

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