Comparison

Virtual Beggar vs Idle Superpowers

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

Head to head
About

Virtual Beggar

Tap your screen to earn coins and build a business empire. Invest in companies, customize your lifestyle with new possessions, and collect various items. Compete with friends on leaderboards and restart your journey with enhanced benefits.

Highlights
  • Tap to earn coins
  • Invest in companies
  • Customize lifestyle
  • Collect items
  • Social leaderboards
  • Incremental gameplay
Features
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There's a beggar in every device. Can you help him out of poverty? How to play Virtual Beggar: TAP TAP TAP Tap your screen to throw coins and start your journey to become a multi-galactic billionaire tycoon. INVEST Found your company and build it to the skies to collect that sweet idle cash. CUSTOMIZE Treat yourself with some new clothes, cars, and properties. It’s your money and you can spend it how you want! COLLECT Workers, houses, achievements, shoes and paintings. Gotta collect them all! SOCIAL Add your friends and see who can climb the highest in the leaderboards! Chat with random beggars from all around the world. ULTIMATE DONATION Donate your fortune away and start your adventure all over again. Why? You get bigger profits, better upgrades, and obviously bragging rights. Started from the bottom and now we’re in outer space. Disclaimer: Virtual Beggar is a highly addictive incremental clicker game. Your time on earth is limited so spend it wisely.

About

Idle Superpowers

Embark on a roguelike idle RPG adventure as a superhero with a vast array of unlockable, combinable superpowers. Experience unique runs with procedurally generated items and enemies, and overcome challenges that demand diverse playstyles.

Highlights
  • Unlock 99+ superpowers
  • Combine superpowers for synergies
  • Random power generation
  • Procedural items and enemies
  • Unlockable upgrades
  • Challenging gameplay
Features
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Idle Superpowers is a roguelike idle rpg where you are a superhero who can get multiple superpowers that are combinable and synergize with each other! - 99+ superpowers to unlock - random generation of powers ensures that each run plays different - combine superpowers to create overpowered synergies - procedural generated items and enemies - challenges to unlock new upgrades, which require different playstyles

Screenshots

Virtual Beggar4 screens
Idle Superpowers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Virtual Beggar at none against Idle Superpowers's shown. Virtual Beggar also leads on ratings volume (9.1K vs 835) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Idle Superpowers's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Virtual Beggar sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Superpowers sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Virtual Beggar against 4.8 for Idle Superpowers. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Virtual Beggar has 9.1K ratings behind it against 835, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Virtual Beggar's written reviews are positive against 75% of Idle Superpowers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Virtual Beggar ships an update every 5 weeks, Idle Superpowers fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Virtual Beggar versus Idle Superpowers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtual BeggarIdle Superpowers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.1K ratings)4.8 (835 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.8% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9.1K — better835
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB150 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTreetop Crew OyLutz Schoenfelder

Customer experience

Virtual Beggar

All ratings9,135 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews797 reviews
Positive76.8%
Neutral6.8%
Negative16.4%

Idle Superpowers

All ratings835 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative13.0%

User reviews

Virtual Beggar

From 9.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Amazing game
  • 🚀 Addictive and fun
  • 💡 Great business simulation
  • 🚀 Consistently updated
  • 👍 Pixel art style

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Progress resets/lost
  • 🐛 Buggy ad system
  • 👎 Predatory in-app purchases
  • 👎 Inappropriate chat interactions

Idle Superpowers

From 835 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Pretty good
  • 👍 LOVE THIS!
  • 👍 Never thought I'd be this invested
  • 👍 Best Idle Game to Date
  • 👍 my favorite mobile game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Unskippable overlong ads
  • 🐛 Weirdly fun, but very limited
  • 🐛 Ads?
  • 🐛 Used to be fun
  • 🐛 Inventory management is bad

Bugs and requests

Virtual Beggar

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Screens cut off on newer devices
  • Timers not working properly
  • Purchases not registering correctly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to chat with friends
  • Improve virtual card earning
  • Add more business/upgrade options
  • Faster worker/bus timers
  • Introduce new locations/content

Idle Superpowers

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Fix new bug please
  • Money UI getting pixelated
  • Latest update (notifications) is causing crashes
  • Ok, so idk what I did but my game now crashes after about a minute of me being the game
  • Pretty fun, but extreme flickering bar on bottom of 12 pro max prevents playing for extended amounts of time

Requested features

6 requests
  • Beta
  • Give it a real chance
  • Needs an update
  • Updates
  • An amazing game with no random adds. Literally No random Adds!
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  • It can be improved

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Virtual Beggar

One-time11
  • 350 Virtual Cards$0.99
  • 125 Virtual Cards$1.99
  • 350 Virtual Cards$1.99
Show 8 more
  • 350 Virtual Cards$2.99
  • 350 Virtual Cards$4.99
  • Unlimited Motivator Mike$4.99
  • Special Offer$6.99
  • 800 Virtual Cards$7.99
  • 800 Virtual Cards$9.99
  • 2250 Virtual Cards$24.99
  • 5000 Virtual Cards$49.99
9 purchases

Idle Superpowers

One-time9
  • 500 Gems$3.99
  • No Ads$8.99
  • Starter Pack$8.99
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  • 1000 Gems + 100 Free$8.99
  • 2000 Gems + 250 Free$17.99
  • Hero Pack$35.99
  • Superhero Pack$44.99
  • 5000 Gems + 1500 Free$44.99
  • 10K Gems + 5K Free!$89.99

Questions

Is Virtual Beggar free?
Virtual Beggar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Superpowers free?
Idle Superpowers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Virtual Beggar or Idle Superpowers?
Idle Superpowers is rated higher. Virtual Beggar averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9.1K ratings, while Idle Superpowers averages 4.8 from 835 ratings.
Do Virtual Beggar or Idle Superpowers have ads?
Idle Superpowers shows ads; Virtual Beggar does not.
Which is updated more often, Virtual Beggar or Idle Superpowers?
Virtual Beggar ships an update every 5 weeks, and Idle Superpowers fortnightly. Most recently, Virtual Beggar was updated on October 13, 2026 and Idle Superpowers on October 11, 2026.

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