Idle Forge
Erik Tobias Rinde Tharaldsen Games iPhoneiPad
Idle Forge is a free Games app for iPhone and iPad by Erik Tobias Rinde Tharaldsen. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated October 22, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 78 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 22
- 2026 · v1.2.2
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About Idle Forge
A little forge that doesn't need you. Light the hearth, hire an apprentice, and watch the smithy fill with workers, furnaces and stranger things. Idle Forge is an idle clicker built to be calm: it earns while you're away, asks for nothing when you return, and never punishes you for having a life. MADE TO RESPECT YOUR TIME • Progress continues while the app is closed. Sleep is a strategy • No daily-streak guilt, no timers that expire while you're at work • Watching ads is always optional, always a bonus, never a toll • Tapping helps, but it's a pleasure, not a duty: your workers swing the hammers A FORGE WITH SOMEWHERE TO GO • Dozens of generators, from apprentice to things physics won't explain • Reforge to melt it all down for Embers and permanent power • A living workshop you can watch: every worker you hire is down there on the floor, hammering • Catch drifting fire wisps for a frenzy of production • Achievements, milestones, a daily gift, and yes, an actual ending at the top of the ladder QUIET BY DESIGN • The forge's own sounds (hammer, embers, quench), no music, no noise • Every effect can be switched off, from vibration to embers • Your save is yours: export it as a code, carry it anywhere, no account Free to play. Ads are opt-in rewards only: everything an ad grants can also be earned by playing.
What’s new
Version 1.2.2 · Updated October 22, 2026
Fixes a crash on some iPhones and iPads that could close the game a few seconds after opening it.
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App privacy
The developer, Erik Tobias Rinde Tharaldsen, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Advertising Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Advertising Data
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Other Diagnostic Data, Performance Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics, App Functionality
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