Comparison

Planet Cracker vs Idle Ball Flow

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

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Planet Cracker

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Drill down. Sell what you find. Build an Ark for humanity. Planet Cracker is a mining game where every dive takes you further into the planet, and everything you dig goes up to a city in orbit. You start with a rusty bit that struggles on plain rock, and end with a rig that tears through nine worlds and a starship ready to leave for another star. DRILL DEEPER Cut through distinct rock layers, each with its own ores, hazards and look. Chase glowing veins, crack open crates and fill your hold before the winch hauls you home. BUILD THE ARK Every ore you sell ships supplies to the Ark. Build hab pods and solar wings, then a fusion reactor, greenhouses, parks, a museum and two great spinning rings. Watch tens of thousands of people move in, every room cut open and lived in. RECRUIT YOUR CREW Eight specialists come aboard as the Ark grows. Take them along on your rig: a geologist who reads your sonar, a pilot who flies you twice as fast, a medic who keeps the drill cool, and more. UPGRADE VISIBLY Every drill bit, hose and tool changes how your rig looks and how fast it digs. Wide bores, tunnel boring and the planet cracker turn rock that took seconds per block into a slab that falls in one blow. DISCOVER Unearth relics in every layer and put them on show in the Ark's museum. Find a lost expedition's drill. Hunt down rocket parts buried deep in the rock. CRACK THE CORE At the bottom of every world a living core is waiting in its vault. Drain it to fuel your rocket, and set its Ember burning in the Ark's Heart Spine. REACH THE NEXT PLANET Build the rocket and fly on: the Moon, Mars, Europa, Io, a world made of diamond, a world of iron, a lava world, and finally the crust of a neutron star. Each one plays by its own rules. IGNITE THE STAR DRIVE Light all nine Hearts, finish the Star Drive and give the word. The Ark leaves for another star. EARN WHILE AWAY Your Miner Bots keep working while the game is closed, and the Ark keeps building. Come back to a welcome-back haul. Free to play with optional in-app purchases. Reward videos are always your choice: watch one for a boost, or don't.

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Idle Ball Flow

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Your first factory starts with a dispenser, a single slide, and one ball. Each trip earns money for your next build. Extend the track with a gentle descent, add a bend, or buy another ball to send marbles down the run more often. Build toward a machine you want to see in action. The setup guide shows which slides it needs and what to build next. Fit a Domino Relay into the track, then watch a marble tip the first domino and set the whole row in motion. Hold the screen to make the balls roll faster. Switch to Follow to ride along with the Earth ball, or pull back to Overview to watch the whole factory at once. Complete each factory to unlock the next. Across all ten, your finished factories keep contributing to your wallet, and you earn money while you’re away.

Screenshots

Planet Cracker4 screens
Idle Ball Flow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idle Ball Flow at none against Planet Cracker's 10. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Planet Cracker sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Ball Flow asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Planet Cracker versus Idle Ball Flow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanet CrackerIdle Ball Flow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB183 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimon MaassClafoutees

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Planet Cracker

One-time10
  • Gold Rush x1$0.99
  • Gold Rush x5$3.99
  • Neon Circuit Set$4.99
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  • Night Shift$4.99
  • Solar Forge Set$5.99
  • Remove Forced Ads$6.99
  • Void Singularity Set$7.99
  • Gold Rush x12$7.99
  • Expedition Bundle$9.99
  • Legendary Collection$14.99
None

Idle Ball Flow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Planet Cracker free?
Planet Cracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Ball Flow free?
Idle Ball Flow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Planet Cracker or Idle Ball Flow have ads?
Both Planet Cracker and Idle Ball Flow show ads.

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