# Hack Ex 2: Hacking Simulator — user reviews > 49 indexed App Store user reviews of Hack Ex 2 by CNC Apps, LLC, rated 4.37/5 from 93 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hack-ex-2-hacking-simulator/id1584560010/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hack-ex-2-hacking-simulator/id1584560010.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 69 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 9 ## Is Hack Ex 2 safe? Hack Ex 2: Hacking Simulator appears mostly safe based on user ratings. The AppsHunter Safety Score for Hack Ex 2 is 84 out of 100. This assessment is based on 93 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4 out of 5. Of 92 App Store ratings, 84.8% point to a safe experience, 3.3% suggest some concerns, and 12.0% point to a risky experience. ## Is Hack Ex 2 legit? Hack Ex 2: Hacking Simulator appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Hack Ex 2 is 68 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Newest reviews (14 of 49) ### 4/5 — Cool *2026-11-09* Would do 5 but I feel like this game needs tech sounds on it to make it more graspy or cool ### 3/5 — No Music or Sound Effects *2026-10-18* Where is the Sound? ### 3/5 — Nostalgia *2026-10-15* Didn’t feel right giving it one star. I’m sure just like a majority of the rest of you received an email that the decade old game hackex released a sequel. Downloaded it played for three months. And I can tell you wholeheartedly, they did this out of greed. They wanted more of your money, and we’re standing on it with the latest update. This is not an idle game. They have a Discord had no devs or moderators are anywhere to be found. You can reach out via email and you will not get a response. And then you have the people I go outside the game and use macros and emulators to achieve impossible numbers on the leaderboard with no way of reporting it. However, you are leaving notes and people’s logs their AI will fly and ban you for 1 to 3 days as your first offense. You will do whatever every player has done before you and play for a few months to get that nostalgia back and drop it like a dead game it is. The scan list is still filled with the same 10 people just like it was before the stealth change. Quality of life update is great extra star for that. ### 2/5 — Nostalgia *2026-10-02* Didn’t feel right giving it one star. I’m sure just like a majority of the rest of you received an email that the decade old game hackex released a sequel. Downloaded it played for three months. And I can tell you wholeheartedly, they did this out of greed. They wanted more of your money, and we’re standing on it with the latest update. This is not an idle game. They have a Discord had no devs or moderators are anywhere to be found. You can reach out via email and you will not get a response. And then you have the people I go outside the game and use macros and emulators to achieve impossible numbers on the leaderboard with no way of reporting it. However, you are leaving notes and people’s logs their AI will fly and ban you for 1 to 3 days as your first offense. You will do whatever every player has done before you and play for a few months to get that nostalgia back and drop it like a dead game it is. ### 3/5 — Brilliant game but flawed *2026-09-11* Great game, loved the first one and this one is also fun however, if you are hacked early game and given high level virus’s you cannot get rid of them until you level up enough, meaning almost half of everything I get is skimmed away and there is nothing I can do about it unless I’m gonna play this game for weeks and weeks to reach the required level to clear these. Update 2 weeks on: this issue has only got worse. A player higher level than you uploading a high level virus completely ruins your account/stops your progression. All in all, fun game but they really need to prevent high level players from ruining low level players accounts ### 3/5 — Brilliant game but flawed *2026-09-09, version 1.7.0* Great game, loved the first one and this one is also fun however, if you are hacked early game and given high level virus’s you cannot get rid of them until you level up enough, meaning almost half of everything I get is skimmed away and there is nothing I can do about it unless I’m gonna play this game for weeks and weeks to reach the required level to clear these. ### 3/5 — Unfun *2026-09-07, version 1.7.0* Especially versus its predecessor ### 4/5 — Fun Game, but hard to stick with *2026-09-03* Really fun game, I loved the first one, but it’s really easy to hit a wall and get shut out of progressing. Because of the long wait time for processes to finish, the game can pretty easily become an ad watching simulator if you want to play for more than five minutes. Also, if your wallet keeps getting drained because a bunch of high leveled people hacked you and put viruses on your device that you can’t clear, you’re basically stuck unless you pay for special single use items that clears your device and gives you a new IP, and even then the cycle just starts again after the cool down. It’s a fun game and a great concept but it needs to add tools that lower level players can use to actually protect themselves from getting dogpiled. ### 4/5 — So cool!!! *2026-08-19, version 1.6.1* Need MORE OVERCLOCK and add free overclock ### 2/5 — Alright, but some issues *2026-08-10* Original was better, but this isn’t too bad of a redevelopment. However the main issue I find when watching ads to skip timer, the close button after the reward granted never works, so you have to force close the app and then when you re-open it, you don’t get the reward anyway. Fix this please! ### 1/5 — Not great *2026-08-02* Sadly, the design, direction, charm and everything that made the original Hack Ex so good is no where to be found. Which wouldn’t be a big deal if the replacement was decent, but it’s not. It’s a boring, sloppy AI put together game with no soul at all. I got really excited when I got an email saying this game was out as I loved the original and always wondered if they’d make another. Sadly, I wish they didn’t. Real shame ### 2/5 — Poor Gamedesign *2026-07-13* The problem is that the success of a running process ist always dependend of rng. This makes upgrading the apps nearly useless. Another thing is the small playerbase which makes it in the late game way to hard to earn crypto because you get robbed around 2 times in 10 Minutes. The idea of the game is cool but the execution is poor ### 1/5 — Devs delete reviews, Game is easily hacked *2026-07-12, version 1.5.1* Every single day theres someone thats exploited the game. Apparently anyone can hack this game for real and the devs praise it over the people who actually try and play the game. They banned 1400 people at once and changed their terms of service to basically screw people out of refunds. ### 4/5 — Honest *2026-07-01* Honestly it’s a good game and I enjoy it. Only thing I dislike is the times it takes to install things on devices like spam etc. community is awesome and one of the best communities i have ever been in. If it wasn’t for the wait times I would give this game a 5 star no questions asked. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Pay to Win *2026-09-24, version 1.7.1* Devs updated the way the Proxy works and now the games completely pay to win if you can afford shields ### 1/5 — DONT PLAY GAME IS RUINED *2026-09-17, version 1.7.1* Devs allowed actual hackers to keep hacking their game. Now its 1 person playing that immediately starts off with a score of 250,000 after each reset. They do NOTHING to stop this guy from breaking their Terms of Service which got 1400 others banned earlier this year which they wont admit to doing. Even with evidence, him and his entire guild was caught cheating, they let them back in and it got worse. Go check out their discord server youll see everything. This game is so boring now, we waited 10+ years for the devs to just let some bums ruin it for what? I bet yall are missing out on a lot of money because of that. I know for sure yall miss me ### 1/5 — Eigentlich echt gut und gut durchdacht, aber… *2026-09-17* … das Stealth Update ist eine Katastrophe und raubt jeden Spielspaß. Reihenweise gehen die Spieler und das Spiel verkommt zu einem Pay2Win Spiel. ### 1/5 — Money hungry changes *2026-09-13* Creators of this app must be desperate for money for some reason. They got more players and suddenly they’re pushing things that make the game far more p2w than it has to be. Why should I be pressured to spend money just to keep my fictional money safe for more than 4 hours at a time?? TERRIBLE response with this stealth update. I’ll be canceling my subscription and moving on. **Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback. The main complaint we constantly received was stealth ruining the endgame for high-level players as everyone went into hiding and the PVP aspect was limited after a certain point, We made this change to address that and now are looking at more ways to improve stealth especially for free to player players. ### 1/5 — Poor Gamedesign *2026-09-12* The problem is that the success of a running process ist always dependend of rng. This makes upgrading the apps nearly useless. Another thing is the small playerbase which makes it in the late game way to hard to earn crypto because you get robbed around 2 times in 10 Minutes. The idea of the game is cool but the execution is poor ### 1/5 — Current updates to stealth *2026-09-06* The current update to stealth had to be the dumbest solution to the stealth problem imaginable. It incentivizes use of premium consumables, making p2w players able to sustain permanent stealth as before while f2p or low spend players simply can not, all while not solving the problem of seeing the same 10 people on scan every scan. Rather than this solution, they should have implemented a new scanner with a percentage chance to find stealth players. The game otherwise is so great, but this update was not it. Please devs, revert stealth and find another solution, because this was nothing other than a p2w update. ### 1/5 — Too many changes, money hungry *2026-09-05* So first of all, the game was fun. WAS. You struggle at first but after weeks of putting in the work, I finally got one of the programs called a proxy and at level 20 proxy, it hides your ip from the scanner so no one can find you anymore. It’s really nice. After WEEKS of playing and struggling with people hacking me constantly, I FINALLY got the proxy level I need and now all the crypto I make is for myself and I’m having fun being in stealth mode. However, they just released an announcement that all my work is for absolutely nothing. I even bought the elite pass, which gives you extra stuff every month. They are now changing the proxy that after using 1 hour of proxy, it takes 2 hours to recharge with NO PROXY at all, which means I have to go back to being hacked all the time and all that work I did to stay hidden was for absolutely nothing. I will be removing my elite pass and deleting my account if this announcement goes through. If you’re reading this, the announcement did in fact go through. I will be removing this review if the announcement is cancelled. Honestly, the first hack ex was way better if you want to stay with this company… Update: they just announced they’re going to continue to push this stupid update about stealth. I have cancelled my monthly subscription and will no longer be playing this game. I spent weeks upgrading everything to be able to have the level 20+ proxy to stay hidden from other players, just for it to be ruined by money hungry developers. ### 1/5 — Boring! *2026-08-14* Doesn’t have the same feel as v1. We should be able to automate things instead of manually doing every action… ### 1/5 — Toxic people *2026-08-14* There are two or three crews that are so toxic, in game and on discord. I have been targeted with harassment AND hateful “art” in my logs. Yes I have screenshots. I have sent emails, and feedback through the ingame feedback mechanic. I’m tired of being bullied. I have spent legitimate money on this game because I love it so much, have spent hours and hours over the past 76 days. Please do something about it. **Developer response:** Hi, we recently have begun flagging/suspending accounts for this type of behavior. If you continue to see more of this please reach out to us at support@hackex.net. We are doing our best now to monitor and take action on these accounts. ### 1/5 — Could be a lot better *2026-08-02* with some work you guys might actually improve the game i recommend listening to user input and engaging with your community ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I like it a lot! *2026-10-16* Used to play the OG Hack Ex game way back in the day. Got notification that they made a sequel and I immediately downloaded it. It’s a fantastic game and incredibly fun to play. A++ to the developers, give them all your money (or crypto) whichever is easier :) ### 5/5 — PUBG *2026-10-11* PUBG ### 5/5 — Good fun. 9/10 *2026-09-20, version 1.7.1* Hack times feel ok, incentivizes using oc. Good equipment progression. Gets repetitive… bun in a fun way. Only gripe, I wish I could have automations. ### 5/5 — 🎧Sound system‼️🔊 *2026-09-04* Hey dev and game developers🧑‍💻, it’s not needed but I highly recommend a sound system or sound effects🎧 and stuff but if you ever have a chance or ever are in a situation where you don’t know what to add this a a recommendation!😁👍 ### 5/5 — WIDGET *2026-08-09* I gotta say, I’m glad I got the email that yall made a new version, I’m sooooo diggin it. However, i think I speak for all of us when I say if we could have a widget for the Home Screen it would take things to the next level! ### 5/5 — V2, Next Level *2026-08-09* When this game originally came out and was an amazing first of a kind app, now version 2 has that same feel taking the gameplay, new features and challenges to the next level! Many new tools and surprises. So much fun to be a pseudo hacker. ### 5/5 — Its amazing! *2026-06-30* Wow, I'm thrilled , a really successful second part. You can really see how much time, work and love have flowed into the game. Keep up the good work, that's perfect. ### 5/5 — Such an upgrade *2026-06-27* The sequel to one of the best mobile games. I loved the first one, and somehow they managed to make it even better!! New items, new systems, new everything, but somehow manages to keep it super familiar. I started playing a little late, but had no issues catching up. It is a grind, but that’s my type of game. ### 5/5 — Email switching *2026-06-24* I created my account through "sign in with google" option. Now I use a different email and I can't change the email that I made the account with. So all of my progress is locked behind an email when the game says I can "change" it, but you can't. Please fix this and add a switch email option for users who created their account with "sign in with google". Please. ### 5/5 — The only mobile game I play anymore *2026-06-23* This game started as a fun hobby, but it’s become so much more. I play it every day, and login every 12 minutes to steal from everyone else’s wallets at maximum efficiency. I hang up phone calls from my dad because I’m in the middle of refreshing my spam botnet. My roommate disappeared a week ago, and someone is banging on my door yelling at me about rent but I’ve managed to tune it out and barricade the door. I will not be interrupted while playing this game. I turned Do Not Disturb when my phone started blowing up after my mom died. Even from the grave she tries to pull me away from this heavenly experience. Funerals are for plebs. Download this game so I can put level 20 spam on your device. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-11-14.*