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Head-to-head

Shakes and Fidget vs Idle Huntress

Shakes and Fidget 4.6★ · Free + IAP 60
Winner Idle Huntress
Idle Huntress 4.7★ · Free + IAP 65

Idle Huntress has a slight edge due to its more engaging gameplay and better art, but both games suffer from significant pay-to-win mechanics and technical issues.

Full reviews: Shakes and Fidget · Idle Huntress

Shakes and Fidget offers a nostalgic, chill idle RPG experience, but its updated UI frustrates long-time players and its free-to-play progression is slow. Idle Huntress features attractive anime art and strategic auto-battles, but it's heavily criticized for aggressive monetization, frequent crashes, and account issues.

Head to head

Features & Gameplay edge: Idle HuntressR2R6R9R16
Shakes and Fidget Shakes and Fidget is praised for its fun, chill, and relaxing idle RPG experience, with some users appreciating its twist on typical fortress-building games and the ability to play short or long sessions R2R6. However, many find the gameplay repetitive and boring, with slow gold making and long waits for 'fun stuff' like running a fortress R6R9R16.
Idle Huntress Idle Huntress is enjoyed for its amazing, fun, and addicting gameplay, strategic auto-battles, and a good selection of characters R65. Users also appreciate the art style, though some find the character designs overly sexualized . A major criticism is the poor game balance, especially after updates, making progression difficult without spending money .
Ease of Use & Interface edge: Shakes and FidgetR4R7R13R28
Shakes and Fidget Many long-time Shakes and Fidget players are frustrated with the new interface, finding it difficult to navigate and preferring the old one R7. New players also struggle with the tutorial and understanding the interface R4R28. There are also reports of UI display issues on specific devices like the iPad Pro R13.
Idle Huntress Idle Huntress is described as a bit confusing at first . Some users report issues with the bulletin board on the loading screen, preventing them from closing it .
Reliability & Performance tieR19R25R34R36
Shakes and Fidget Shakes and Fidget users frequently report crashes, with some experiencing the game crashing every minute or being unable to get past the character selection screen R19R34R36R43. Some also note that the game runs slowly or fails to load after updates R25.
Idle Huntress Idle Huntress is heavily criticized for frequent crashes, with many users reporting it crashes out of nowhere, especially during story mode, lineup changes, or arena activities R63. Some players have experienced connection issues, particularly after spending money .
Price & Value tieR10R12R15R22
Shakes and Fidget Shakes and Fidget is widely considered a 'pay to win' game, where progression and competitiveness are tied to buying 'mushrooms' (the in-game currency) R10R12R15R22. Users complain about having to watch many ads for free spins or being limited in daily play without purchases R10R15.
Idle Huntress Idle Huntress is frequently called a 'cash grab' and 'pay to win' game, with many users advising against spending money due to poor draw percentages, overpriced items, and the necessity to spend to progress . Some long-time players feel the difficulty of obtaining high-star units has increased, pushing out even 'whales' .
Support & Account Management edge: Shakes and FidgetR51R65R67R69
Shakes and Fidget Shakes and Fidget has a review mentioning rude customer service R51.
Idle Huntress Idle Huntress users report significant issues with account management, including losing old accounts after updates or breaks, inability to log in or reset passwords, and lack of response from support R67R69R70. Some also mention that the developers do not take care of older servers or players R65.
Pick Shakes and Fidget if

You prefer a more traditional, chill idle RPG experience with a nostalgic feel, don't mind a slower progression, and are comfortable with a potentially clunky or recently updated UI R2R6.

Pick Idle Huntress if

You enjoy anime-style art, strategic auto-battlers, and a game with a large character selection, and are willing to tolerate aggressive monetization and potential technical issues for engaging gameplay R65.

Evidence note: Both apps have a significant number of negative reviews related to monetization and technical issues, despite their high lifetime ratings. For Shakes and Fidget, recent UI changes have caused frustration among long-term players. For Idle Huntress, account loss and frequent crashes are major recurring complaints.

Frequently asked

Is Shakes and Fidget pay-to-win?
Yes, many users describe Shakes and Fidget as a 'pay to win' game, where buying 'mushrooms' is necessary to compete, level up faster, or avoid excessive ads and time gates R10R12R15R27.
Does Idle Huntress have account issues?
Yes, numerous users report significant problems with account management in Idle Huntress, including losing old accounts after updates, being unable to log in or reset passwords, and receiving no support from the developers for these issues R67R69R70R76.
Are there frequent crashes in these games?
Both games suffer from frequent crashes; Shakes and Fidget users report crashes every minute or inability to load the game R19R34R43, while Idle Huntress players experience crashes often during gameplay, especially in story mode or during specific activities R63.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R2] Shakes and Fidget 5/5 · US 🍄‍🟫: Fun and chill!
  2. [R6] Shakes and Fidget 3/5 · US Interesting: Cool game. Interesting concept. It adds in a twist to your stereotypical “build your fortress and forces” style games. It adds an element of interesting RPG. It’s not super strenuous and doesn’t require CONSTANT attention. It’s definitely worth a try just to see some of the quests and try out the cool classes. However, gold making is absolutely terrible. It’s slow and painstaking. It
  3. [R9] Shakes and Fidget 3/5 · US Ok but could be better: Is an ok game for when you are bored, in my opinion they make you wait to long for the fun stuff like running your fortress and such
  4. [R16] Shakes and Fidget 2/5 · US Not sure what I expected, but this isn’t it.: The ads on Facebook make is seem fare more... interactive than it is? I guess this is good for people with other stuff to do while they wait for boring time gating. I spent a few bucks on it, it was ok for a day or two, then I deleted it. *shrugs*
  5. [R4] Shakes and Fidget 1/5 · US Tutorial: Literally couldn't figure out the interface and start the game. I got to create a character and then got stuck not knowing what the heck to do. Game deleted after getting too frustrated.
  6. [R7] Shakes and Fidget 1/5 · US Bring back the old interface: I’ve played shakes and fidget for years, and was very comfortable with the old interface. The new interface installed today and I’ve too much time trying to figure it out, and can’t find my way through it. Please give an option for the old interface.
  7. [R13] Shakes and Fidget 1/5 · US UI doesnt match on iPad Pro 12.9”: It’s somehow zoomed in with the left navigation menu barely visible on the left. It seems to be only on landscape mode as portrait mode is fine (although that’s just an blown-up phone resolution) Disappointing I can’t use my account on my ipad and have to revert to my iphone. please fix.
  8. [R28] Shakes and Fidget 2/5 · US Poor UI: Voice acting and incredible art were the best part of the whole game and the good qualities immediately stop there. UI felt unfinished and very unintuitive. 4 different clicks then a drag and drop to equip an item is excessive. Coins are in decimal points for...some reason? Immediately time gated. Most of my time was spent doing something else on other apps while my character did 1-3 minu
  9. [R19] Shakes and Fidget 1/5 · US Frequently crashes: Not worth my time if it crashes every minute or so
  10. [R25] Shakes and Fidget 1/5 · US Download bug: I download the game then I’m stuck on main screen with blue bar not loading. Can’t even try the game out :/ .
  11. [R34] Shakes and Fidget 1/5 · US Unplayable: Crashes instantaneously. Can’t even get past character selection screen. Supposedly compatible with my phone. So that can’t be a problem. It’s a shame though. Because I play this game on my PC.
  12. [R36] Shakes and Fidget 3/5 · US Works well but crashes easily on iPad 4: ^^
  13. [R10] Shakes and Fidget 2/5 · US Game goes downhill fast: Old players on new servers run loops around the new guys. They level at four times the speed. On the other end for your free spins you have to watch 1 ad for 3 tokens. You need 200 tokens a day so that’s 66 ads a day. The only way to avoid ads for that is to buy mushrooms. Arguably you can skip the wheel. But it gives you exp/money/items and rarely mushrooms(this games ge
  14. [R12] Shakes and Fidget 3/5 · US Review: Like all other games in order to get levels you end up paying
  15. [R15] Shakes and Fidget 3/5 · US Need to pay to play: It’s good but I hate the fact I can only play a couple of games a day because you are required to buy mushrooms. I hate games that forces you to buy. I would rather pay money to games that you can play and not worry about purchasing anything in order to play. Watching videos don’t even reward anything...
  16. [R22] Shakes and Fidget 2/5 · US Cool looking graphics: The game looks interesting; the illustration is fun and inviting. The game play is slow and if you don’t spend money, you’ll probably lose interest pretty quickly. I want to play this game, but I very quickly run out of things I can do. So I have to play something else.
  17. [R51] Shakes and Fidget 1/5 · US Free to play, pay to win.: Would not recommend, rude customer service as well.
  18. [R65] Idle Huntress 5/5 · US Amazing game: Amazing game and chill community, plenty of room for growth and enjoyment. Though as of lately feels like the game is on autopilot and the developers are doing nothing to make the game continue the growth. I miss when we had old banners of characters that we all wanted Like cleopatra. PVP is a joke any more as OG players that know the ropes got a billion power while most of us in the
  19. [R67] Idle Huntress 1/5 · US Lost my old account 😒: I used to play this app a lot (daily for over a year) but took a little break and sadly when I recently came back just like many other players have reported I can’t access my old account anymore it’s now prompting me to login (which wasn’t a thing when I last played it was tied solely to your Apple ID even when I played it for the very first time that was never a thing at mo
  20. [R69] Idle Huntress 3/5 · US where’s my old account?: I was going to start playing this game again and I have quite a few things on my previous account, but I get into the game. It’s starting me off new and I see absolutely no way to retrieve my old account. If I had to start new, then count me out that’s ridiculous.
  21. [R27] Shakes and Fidget 3/5 · US Geht so: One pilze ist man aufgeschmissen ein pay to win game
  22. [R70] Idle Huntress 1/5 · US Not worth it: You’d better remember ALL of your account information and hope the game actually recognizes it because you cannot reset the password nor look help from the company (mail error 1307) there’s no fix
  23. [R76] Idle Huntress 1/5 · US Wow: Spent a little more than a hundred on the game, seems like you have to go out of your way to create an account so I never made one unfortunately, and because of that I lost all of my progress and have no way of getting anything back
  24. [R43] Shakes and Fidget 1/5 · US Crashing: Game is crashing While Im trying to run.
  25. [R63] Idle Huntress 3/5 · US Was my go to game: Can’t play anymore because it crashes every time I try to play story mode I gotten pretty far. I’d like a new game like this.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store