Comparison

Conveyor Idle vs MiniCity

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

Head to head
About

Conveyor Idle

Features
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Build a factory that keeps moving. Conveyor Idle is a calm, hands-on production game where you place resource buildings, connect conveyors, transform materials, and sell finished goods. Start with a simple forest-to-market line, then expand across industrial, marine, aerospace, and strategic production chains. • Place and rotate buildings on an isometric factory floor • Connect belts and watch resources move in real time • Upgrade production speed, sale value, offline limit, and floor size • Earn prestige and unlock permanent improvements • Play offline with local progress saved on your device Conveyor Idle is free to play and supported by ads. Optional in-app purchases remove the ads, double your production speed, or top up your coins — none of them are required to finish any part of the game. Optional rewarded videos are always player-started. No account required. Core gameplay works offline, with progress saved on your device.

About

MiniCity

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MiniCity is a pixel-art city builder with one question at its heart: how big a city can you grow in 50 years? Place zones, run power, let time move. The city grows on its own. But factory smoke stops houses from growing, and crowded roads pull land value down. In the same 50 years, one player ends with 10,000 people and another with 100,000. The difference is where they built. ā–  50 years. How far? Choose 50, 100 or 200 years when you start. When the last year ends, time stops and a report card shows population, funds, top building level and achievements. Your population goes to the Game Center leaderboard, so you can see where you stand in the world. The report card becomes a single picture with a bird's-eye view of your whole city, ready to post. Prefer no pressure? "No limit" is there too. ā–  Start small Roads, avenues, rail, stations, power lines, parks, big parks, residential, commercial and industrial zones, power plants, police and fire stations. Decide where they go, then watch the city move. As the city grows, hospitals, ports, landmarks, an airport and more unlock. ā–  What happens inside the city • If houses never get bigger, there is usually smoke nearby. Pollution drags land value down, and big buildings won't rise on cheap land • Parks absorb smoke, police stations cut crime, and value comes back • Zones grow through ten levels. Each level stands taller, ending in high-rise towers with blinking lights • Residents follow roads to work. Busy roads fill with cars, and land next to them loses value • Link stations by rail and residents commute by train. The roads in between empty out, and land around stations gains value • Avenues raise the value of land along them, but cost more to build and to maintain every year • Power plants have limited capacity. As the city spreads, you will run short ā–  Read the numbers on the map Tap a tile with Inspect to see its land value, pollution, crime, fire risk, traffic, population and activity. Tap a row and that value is painted across the whole city. You see at a glance where it hurts. ā–  Collect achievements 100 of them. Not just population and money goals, but ones that ask how you built: "3,000 people with peak pollution under 40", for example. Sign in to Game Center and they are kept there too. ā–  Terrain Rivers, lakes and forests are generated for every city. Look at a few candidates before you start and pick the one you like. Water and forest raise land value, so where you put the city is your first real decision. ā–  About the art There are no image assets. Every pixel is drawn from code. The moment a zone grows a level, that spot flashes. ā–  Controls • Everything works with one finger: panning, drawing roads, zooming • Roads are not final until you confirm. Went too far? Trace back without lifting your finger • Autosave. Close the app and pick up where you left off ā–  Price and ads The game is free. No sign-up, no login. Ads appear in menus like achievements and budget, in a banner under the tools on the city view, and between play sessions. A one-time "Remove Ads" purchase turns them off for good. Fifty years. How big will your city be?

Screenshots

Conveyor Idle4 screens
MiniCity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MiniCity at daily against Conveyor Idle's every 4 days. Conveyor Idle's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Conveyor Idle sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and MiniCity sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Conveyor Idle ships an update every 4 days, MiniCity daily. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Conveyor Idle versus MiniCity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConveyor IdleMiniCity
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyung Hyun Parkshuya fukai

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Conveyor Idle

One-time5
  • Reserve Supplies$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Industrial Grant$4.99
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  • Factory Foreman Pack$9.99
  • Major Investment$19.99
1 purchases

MiniCity

One-time1
  • åŗƒå‘Šć‚’ę¶ˆć™$1.99

Questions

Is Conveyor Idle free?
Conveyor Idle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MiniCity free?
MiniCity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Conveyor Idle or MiniCity have ads?
Both Conveyor Idle and MiniCity show ads.
Which is updated more often, Conveyor Idle or MiniCity?
Conveyor Idle ships an update every 4 days, and MiniCity daily. Most recently, Conveyor Idle was updated on November 6, 2026 and MiniCity on November 6, 2026.

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