Spore Cubes vs Idle Universe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spore Cubes
A classic cube-popping puzzle game where players click matching colored cubes to clear the playfield. Offers 10 skill levels and saves high scores for each.
- Match and destroy colored cube groups
- Clear the entire playfield
- 10 skill levels
- Saves high scores per level
- Classic web game remake
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Spore Cubes (TM) is the classic web game that captivated millions of players with its addictive and deceptively simple gameplay in the early days of the web. You'll be instantly hooked with this remake of the original brain-training game from 25 years ago! ** Inducted into the Puzzles.com Hall of Fame and featured in the book "Flash 5 Cartoons and Games" ** Click colored cubes to match and destroy groups of the same color until the ENTIRE PLAYFIELD has been cleared! It's easy to play but difficult to master and will keep you coming back to the same game for "just one more try!" This version now has 10 skill levels to keep your brain trained and challenged and your best score is saved for each level. Can YOU clear ALL cubes off each playfield? It's harder than it looks. * * * Please help us improve the game by giving it 5 stars rating and give us suggestions in your review.
Idle Universe
Tap to gather matter and create interstellar objects, from particles to galaxies. Objects automatically generate more matter, allowing for endless universe expansion. Unlock divine powers, upgrade objects, and utilize special abilities to grow your cosmic creation.
- Create 31 interstellar objects
- Unlock 24 Divine Powers
- Upgrade objects with multiple options
- Obtain Dark Matter for special abilities
- Gain Antimatter via prestige for permanent upgrades
- Compete on leaderboards
- Earn daily rewards and achievements
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Create your own universe in this new addictive idle game! First, you have to gather matter yourself by tapping; but once you've got enough matter to create a couple of objects in your universe, these will produce more matter automatically by colliding. Features: • Create many different interstellar objects - from tiny particles to your own planets, galaxies and even more! • Unlock Divine Powers, powerful permanent upgrades! • Speed up the growth of your universe with even more powerful Evolvements, transcendental upgrades that persist even through restarts! • Upgrade all of your objects in various ways! You will need to find a strategy that fits your playstyle to succeed in the late-game! • Obtain Dark Matter and use special abilities like Augmented Production and Tapping! • Get even bigger with prestige! Every time you restart the game, you will obtain Antimatter, which can be used to buy permanent super upgrades! • Join the competition with a global leaderboard! • Get daily rewards! • Earn Achievements, not just for the sake of it, but to increase your production even further! There're plenty of opportunities in the game - you can play for weeks and never get bored! Try our new idle game and create your very own universe :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Idle Universe at Free against Spore Cubes's $1.99. Idle Universe also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 1). Spore Cubes's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). On 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
Idle Universe is free to download; Spore Cubes costs $1.99 up front. Idle Universe sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Spore Cubes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spore Cubes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Universe has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Spore Cubes's written reviews are positive against 65% of Idle Universe's.
Spore Cubes ships an update every 10 months, Idle Universe every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spore Cubes | Idle Universe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (1.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 65.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 297 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SPORE Productions | Dominik Stallmann |
Customer experience
Spore Cubes
Idle Universe
Bugs and requests
Spore Cubes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Idle Universe
Reported bugs
4 issues- Prestige button not working
- Ads not providing expected rewards
- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Incorrect offline progress tracking
Requested features
4 requests- Offline progress tracking
- More prestige layers and upgrades
- Better optimization for larger screens
- Improved tutorial and explanations
In-app purchases
Spore Cubes
No in-app purchases
Idle Universe
- 250 Dark Matter$3.99
- Double Antimatter Gains$4.99
- +100% Transcendence Exp$4.99
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- Remove All Ads$8.99
- 1000 Dark Matter$9.99
- 2500 Dark Matter$24.99
- 10000 Dark Matter$69.99
Questions
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